Artsy fun

I got a new version of Perfect Effects Free, a photo program that lets you add special effects as layers to your photos.  Naturally, I had to look for some photos to play with!  I took a vacation folder, largely at random — Galicia 2010 — and looked for some photos I hadn’t paid much attention to.

Luckily, I had the obligatory tourist photos…

A Coruña

A Coruña

This is the fortress A Coruña in Santa Cruz, Galicia, Spain.  It’s a museum and park now and pedestrians wander across the bridge to visit.  There are three layers in effect here:  1)  one applies a bit of a glow; 2) the second washes a bit of coolness through the colors and 3) the third adds the cute little frame.

Luckily, I also had a picture of rocks.  No self respecting amateur photographer can resist the ethereal green of mossy rocks.  These are from a walkway along the beach in Perillo, around the bay from our hotel.

Classic faux HDR

Classic faux HDR

First, a layer is applied to push the green and add a bit of contrast.  Then an HDR effect goes on top.  Natural?  No way!! But the ethereal result has some of the fairy tale feel of our walk along the water’s edge in the setting sun.

Of course, there’s a bicycling theme to my posts, so I can’t close until I add in a photo from the top of the hill above the fortress — a lovely cyclist and dog!

immobile in concrete  This has a sharpening layer and a second that undoes the sharpening in a dreamy glow.  The third layer adds the vignetting and the last one puts in the black frame.

 

 

 

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