Finally "Butterfly Magic"

This story is of my grandson, daughter and myself taking a trip down to Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory in Deerfield, Mass. The colors, size and shapes are just beautiful. Some of the photo's I cropped, added text, and used the clone and stamp out tool on. Some of the butterflies I burned to bring out the additional colors on their wings or bellies. Enjoy.

Stamp out tool

I used the stamp out tool to take the leaf out of the picture to the left that is covering the flower. Then I added some additional water spots after removing the leaf.

Filters

This was the animal parade at the Windsor County Ag Fair last weekend. I used the radial blur for the filter so that you focus Llama and USA girl. Fun was had for all.

Draft Pony Pulls at the Windsor County Ag Fair Last Weekend

My Husband and I are both Directors on the Windsor County Ag Fair committee and last weekend was our annual fair. After a gruelling day of selling tickets Saturday, I took some time and went to watch the pony pulls. You'll notice in the picture on the top that there is a man behind the team. The picture on below reflects the photo being cropped and the man being removed by stamping him out. I realize that this is not part of this weeks or last weeks assignment, but I was so excited to remove him from the photo and have it look natural, that I wanted to share.

Luna Moth dodge and burn

I was really excited this week when a Luna moth decided to grace me with his presence. These are truly a rare sight for me and to get this close and personal was a great experience. The top picture is the original picture taken Wednesday night after he flew into my house and landed on my kitchen window sill. I then took that photo and burned the background of the photo along with his spots, feelers and border to his wings on the top. I also burned his over all green color to be more vibrant. I then cropped the photo to make him really stand out.

The end to a rainy day proved to be a suprise with this beautiful sunset at about 8:15 pm on June 29th.

The top image is that of the globe layered over the waterfall.

Composition

Composition is the combining of distinct parts or elements to form a whole. Before taking a picture, you should consider what you want your viewers to see in the photo.

In this photo, I was trying to compose a shot of the panaramic view of the mountains towards Ludlow VT. When I zoomed in to get a better picture, it focused in on the grass on the side of the road and blurred the view of the mountains. The next good day for weather, I will try again to compose a panarama view of the same mountains.

Mt Ascutney with the tip cut off due to the clouds that were settleing in. The below picture is a cropped version of the same pictures, showing a better picture of the clouds that had settled in.

Daisy May and Landon

My grandson and my daughters dog having a gay ole time one early evening this past week.

Foggy drive to work

Heading to work on a foggy morning at 7:10 am. Going into the fog on I91 south with my camera white balance setting to cloudy. I was hoping for a car to be coming from the other direction. You can just barely see a car with its headlights right at the edge of the left hand side of the picture.

DJ my 25 year Morgan

This is DJ, he was hangen with his friends on the only sunny afternoon we had last week. This picture is taken between 10 and 2:00 pm and the white balance was set to daylight. The sun was to the left of me slightly and he was not in the shade. His face came out to bright and doesn't appear to be good color. I used the softening setting in picasa to try and bring out his face a little more. I like the way the picture came out, but wish that I had taken the picture with the sun to my back.

Cute Cats

Macro Collage of Flowers

Flowers taken in Macro done as a collage.

This is one of my favorite.

I love the way the background is blurred and just the flower is crisp and clear.

Both these photos are of a fountain at the Perkins School for the Blind. I thought it was kind of neat whent he wind started to blow causing the bubble of water on the top of the fountain to fan out.