I am involved with photo editing, regularly.  I love working with photos but am trying to cut some of life’s stresses so left a larger group I helped with for about two years.  I am now involved with a very small family group of 6 people.  Actually 3 in my family including myself and several very good friends.  It is much more personal and more enjoyable as there is much less stress.  Below are some of my photo edited pieces. 

I took the original photo on my front porch.  The nesting pair of Blue Jays built in what is considered a highly unlikely place as they are firm when it comes to tree nesting.  I took so many photos they decided not to return, to nest, the next year.  The mailman appreciates that fact.

Most of my Blue Jay photos really weren’t prize winning as I was trying not to disturb the birds anymore than they would tolerate.  They did pick a place above my head so reaching to get shots wasn’t easy.  The birds tolerated photography quite well until after the babies were a little bigger and then the tops of your head were not safe.  John wore a construction hat when he moved around, outside.  I covered with a coat and ran.

This photo came from my good friend Lil.  She challenged us to build new graphics after tubing her biker friends.  I did quite a few new graphics using the tube I made from this photo.

This was my favorite from the particular group of graphics I did for the biker couple.

This was another challenge.  We were given the bench to tube and the deer head and told to create a new graphic on this background.  I included in my finished graphic the farmer and the dog, also tubes I created from photos taken by members of the group.  Definition:  tube = a particular item removed from a photo, cleaned of all outside interference then saved for reuse in other graphics.  You can use them over and over and I have used my farmer and dog in many graphics.

These Elephants are Thai.  Their photo was taken by my daughter on a vacation trip to that country.  They had some wonderful experience as well as super photo opportunities.  I tubed the elephants and placed them on one of my photos, taken on a short trip to visit a friend in Ashland, Kentucky.  I felt the photo and the tube meshed well and I was very happy with my results.

Digital cams are a wonder and editing photos is a fun as well as a rewarding pastime.

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