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Blue Lights at my Kitchen Window (Original Post) Mira Mar 2013 OP
I like the new age colors and the real life subject. alfredo Mar 2013 #1
Lots of commotion outside my kitchen window. Mira Mar 2013 #2
He's now paying higher insurance premiums. alfredo Mar 2013 #13
Sorry about your fence. bluedigger Mar 2013 #3
Yeah, thanks. It took a long time for him to fix it. Mira Mar 2013 #4
That's no mutt! bluedigger Mar 2013 #6
What a great video. And they just love playing with each other. Mira Mar 2013 #8
Just my neighbor's, lol. bluedigger Mar 2013 #9
There are so many things about this Callalily Mar 2013 #5
I think I just got praised! Mira Mar 2013 #7
I have learned so much Callalily Mar 2013 #10
When I got up this morning Mira Mar 2013 #11
something very intriguing handmade34 Mar 2013 #12
Damn! Looks good. Mira Mar 2013 #14
see... you're even handmade34 Mar 2013 #15
Are you saying Mira Mar 2013 #16
oh, no handmade34 Mar 2013 #17
What you did is quite amazing. NO Mira Mar 2013 #18
I know what you mean. I use Picasa, but then have to go deeper into Picnic to resize. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #19
btw...absolutely brilliant photo. nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #20

Mira

(22,378 posts)
2. Lots of commotion outside my kitchen window.
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 03:48 PM
Mar 2013

Towtruck, cops and wintry night can make for a serious light show.
This happened last year. The guy rammed my fence and created serious damage to me, but he was AOK.

bluedigger

(17,077 posts)
3. Sorry about your fence.
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 04:01 PM
Mar 2013

People down there just shouldn't drive in that weather.

I took this snapshot of my street this morning. I live on the sunny side of the street.

Mira

(22,378 posts)
4. Yeah, thanks. It took a long time for him to fix it.
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 04:04 PM
Mar 2013

I that Cleo Marie in front in a standoff with a brown mutt?

Mira

(22,378 posts)
8. What a great video. And they just love playing with each other.
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 04:42 PM
Mar 2013

Is it one of the Queen's corgis?
(still looks like a mutt to me, I like big dogs)

bluedigger

(17,077 posts)
9. Just my neighbor's, lol.
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 05:05 PM
Mar 2013

She got him as a pup last Spring. He comes to my door and barks for a dog biscuit every morning when she puts him out. Then he barks all day long at passers-by when he's out. When I go to bed at night, he barks goodnight from the other side of the wall. Wynn likes to bark.

I don't know why the video was so red. Shot w/Oly - I've only used the video a few times...

Callalily

(14,885 posts)
5. There are so many things about this
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 04:05 PM
Mar 2013

photo that I simply adore! Obviously the subject matter which is important, but the composition, the color (and treatment of color - yes two different things), and frankly the angle lead so much relevance/interpretation to your photo! OMG! And I simply LOVE that burst of red with a hint of yellow on the bottom left side of your photo! This is such a super cool photo!

Mira

(22,378 posts)
7. I think I just got praised!
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 04:41 PM
Mar 2013

Thanks Callalily, I think the crop had something to do with the final version. Have to go look at the full photo.
I think the crop is almost everything in my photos.

Edited to show you the full untouched version

handmade34

(22,755 posts)
12. something very intriguing
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:04 PM
Mar 2013

about the photo... please forgive my impertinence but I couldn't help but play with it...








Mira

(22,378 posts)
14. Damn! Looks good.
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 07:45 PM
Mar 2013

Where did you take it and what did you do? (or as my grandson said at age 2: What does it do when it doooos it?"
Honestly.
That washed out car now looks really crisp. I'm amazed. I think I need to leave Picasa behind...
who knows what could happen...

Mira

(22,378 posts)
16. Are you saying
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 08:12 PM
Mar 2013

that you think I'm conceited?
Still don't know where you worked the magic. Photoshop?

handmade34

(22,755 posts)
17. oh, no
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 08:36 PM
Mar 2013
not what I meant... I was trying to be complimentary... but, I have been told I have a clumsy way of communicating

I played with your photo in my 'Windows Photo Gallery' program...

my green snow:


Mira

(22,378 posts)
18. What you did is quite amazing. NO
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 09:21 PM
Mar 2013

not the green snow. I realize I must branch out from only using Picasa.
Thanks for everything. You are one of my (s)heros on many levels.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
19. I know what you mean. I use Picasa, but then have to go deeper into Picnic to resize.
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 08:19 AM
Mar 2013

Here's a dumb question about cropping. For the best result, do you crop first? or tweak the picture first (i.e. adjusting
clarity, highlights, color, etc.).

When you crop, you are reducing the pixels within you entire resulting photo, correct?

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