Photo Friday 06/20/2008

PHOTO FRIDAY

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Today’s Photo Friday entry is entitled: Midsummers Night Dream

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Curious C

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This week the topic is Midsummers Night Dream. I have been trying to capture lightning bugs around my home, but unfortunately, They stop lighting their butts when I snap the photo. I am especially excited this week because I got a new camera this week.

I fell pretty hard over Memorial Day weekend and my camera was in my hand (I was taking a picture of a scenic point and tripped up the curb…go figure). The digital display got cracked and goo bled out of the display screen. The camera still works, but you can’t see what picture you took until you insert it into your computer.

I can’t work that way. I got a new Canon Powershot A590 a huge step up for me from the Nikon Coolpix 2000 I have been using.

I have been trying to figure out WHAT to use…so I went to the source of this topic.

Jan at A Curious State of Affairs added this to the description;

(photographic manipulation, use of photographic gadgets and digital trickery is all par for the course!)

OK… that I can do!

While playing with my camera on a midsummer night, this shot was taken of my eyeball:

I like this photo, but I started playing with the editing tools on Photobucket.

First I used the paint tool and got this, which is a neat effect:

Then I used the neon feature, and this is how it turned out:

I liked it so much, I made it my new avatar. I wish I had some photos of fairies… but I will pretend this is an eye of a fairy…

In the meantime I am off to a camping trip with my kids and my mom for the weekend. This is a camp for kids with cancer and their families. I will be sure to take my camera along for the ride.

Stay tuned for:

27th June: My Choice: Sunrise/ Sunset

4th July: CuriousC’s choice: Traditions