Which File Extension are You?
By the way, in my previous entry, I totally cheated and altered the colors of the photo. Thank you, if you knew that already but didn't bust my chops for it. I was actually pretty happy with how the photo came out.
I shot it the other day. I worked at home, because there was so much snow coming down I was sure my kids would either stay home or come back home before long. Hah! It's Regents exam week in NY which basically means a blizzard could be bearing down and they don't really want to cancel school. They ended up having a full day. Mwahahaha.
So, I had peace & quiet all day, did some work and then around 4 pm I went out in my yard and took some pictures. I love the way tree limbs look in winter, just after a storm - with a thin line of snow on each branch. I used a JASC/ paintshop program that came with my new Dell PC last spring and just played with the color balance until I liked it.
I am very happy having a digital camera now because I can take a truly random picture (ex: the basketball hoop, Monday's entry) and no one says "Hey, that was kind of a waste of money, wasn't it?" whereas before when I did real film, I used to cringe seeing double prints of really crappy shots.
I need to start working with Photoshop (which came with the drivers for graphics tablet I just bought from a friend.) I've used the tablet already to edit an oxygen tube from a photo of a NICU patient and I was VERY happy at what a difference the pen made. I had to redraw part of her nostrils and the little crease above her lip. It was much easier, quicker, etc. Yay!
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