The Magic of Photoshop Elements

With no desire to do anything useful this evening I decided to play around with a few images in PSE. Started with some gorgeous fall colors & ended with some fun abstracts.

Levi's Pumpkin

Make a Smilebox slideshow

More Gold

I thought this was interesting with the sun in the maple tree & also brightening colors down the road.

Golden Glow

Autumn Scenery

Photo Challenge

It's the time of the year for the PA Game Commission to stock pheasants for hunters & in hopes of re-establishing the birds in their natural habitat. I like to go along with Andy on this task. Besides it's another chance to capture some images. Wellll......................not easy! The birds are fast! Much faster than anything I ever "shot" before.

Not sure why I was focused on the feather not the hen.

Best way to get a shot. Beautiful, isn't he?

Ready?

Go! Wait for me!

Freedom!

Snow Scenery

A couple more snowy images from yesterday morning.

YIKES!!!

Quite a pile of wet snow crowded the fall colors on the mountains near my house last night! Melted quickly when the sun came out.

A Break from a Cold, Wet Day

A memory from Ocean Isle Beach.

Elk Silhouettes

Capturing this elk at the top of a hill gave an opportunity to produce one of my favorite types of image, the silhouette. The magic of PSE makes this process very easy. The shadows needed to be darkened & the intensity of the sky increased.


Pretty much the same process to start this one, then I cloned out the bush & cloned in some of the hill top to keep the horizon even.


The final one was a mistake. Somehow I ended up "dumping" a bucket full of black over the image. Turned out kinda cool, I thought. (Although I am glad there is an undo switch!)

The Pennsylvania Elk Range

The last leg of last Sunday's roadtrip took us north to the Pennsylvania Wilds. Autumn was making its self know, displaying wonderful colors. We seemed to arrive with perfect timing since the elk were out & about enjoying the evening feed.

This guy was hanging out in a field of several cows doing his best to extend the rut one more day. This one, as you can see, wears the PA Game Commission tracking collar. This shot was taken in the town of Benezette. Looks to me like he must have a headache. Must be tiresome carrying that head dress around for months!

A full tummy then to the top of the hill for a rest.
This is the first elk we seen that day. It is obvious he is in a yard, but what you can't see is a group of people on the porch throwing apples. I fear for the animal when humans "forget" they are wild.

Madyson at City Park

I am off all this week & had promised Madyson we would go somewhere one day so she could sit in her "pretty pink car seat". We went to city park in Hagerstown to feed the waterfowl & to take pictures. A goose nipped her, that took care of any feeding for her...I finished. The geese are every bit as tall as she is, I doubt that I could be convinced to feed anything my height, especially the way they grabbed. (Andy tried to fed the geese & ducks corn during one visit - they had no clue what it was. Definitely city dwellers!) She picked some roses, then wanted to find the playground, since we were in a park there had to be one. So we ventured to the other side of the park. One can not image the positions a 3 year old can manage on swings! She climbed what could be climbed & ran everywhere. I ask her to sit on a wall so I could take a "nice picture" of her. It took some time & many shots to climb the steps & try sitting anywhere one could sit...except the wall. Finally she found the perfect spot & sit for 1 shot. Then immediately was back to movement! Didn't get the shots I had thought about, but sure got some fun ones on a fun afternoon.

"Sit still & smile, please". Gotta love those little teeth.



There were ladders & ramps leading to the slides, of course she chose this route!

Windmills

This is an unusual post for me. Most of my photography attempts focus on nature, animals, or kids. But, for some reason, these things seem to fascinate me! Maybe it's the graceful movement, or maybe a "take me to your leader" kind of thing. Anyway, these are on top the mountain along the Lincoln Highway in Somerset County. Some are under construction & some are operational.

Flight 93 Memorial

Today's images are from the Flight 93 Memorial. No words or explanations needed.

Youth Field Day Collage

Each year after YFD I try to put together a collage for the Fulton County Pistol & Rifle Club, who host the event. This is what I come up with or 2009.

Fall Flowers

A couple more flower captures from the gardens of the Country Cupboard Best Western in Lewisburg, PA. This time focusing on fall beauties.

Last Day of Training Flowers

The last day of training this week remained windy, but would die down on occasion enough, that with patience, I was able to capture some images. Here are a couple favorites.