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another foggy morning

This week's challenge by Kim Klassen for Beyond Layers is to create a photo around a single word, mood or thought. Since I was conveniently greeted by another foggy morning, I selected FOG, shot the photo just steps off my front porch, denoised it with a Topaz plug-in, composed and inserted the haiku, and added Kim's PlasterSquared texture to the image, then added the frame in (soon-to-be-gone) Picnik.

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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2012

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great blue heron on deck railing

I met Flickr friend Gene (Geno k) at the Alpharetta pond where I saw the Common loon on January 12, but the bird wasn't there anymore. But I noticed this Great blue heron hanging out on somebody's deck railing and took a few shots. Upon viewing the bird on my camera's LCD screen, Gene said he'd be amazed if I could make anything out of it. It was a challenge, and this is not a great shot by any stretch of the imagination, but I did make something out of it!

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Uploaded on Jan 25, 2012

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farewell, sadie

Little Sadie, one of the most adorable Pomeranians ever, is with us no longer. Please stop by to extend your sympathies to Dallis and Mark.

Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012

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just enough

Along with Lissa (who has been working with Kim Klassen for a short time but whose lessons she has quickly absorbed like a sponge), I've signed up for Kim's Beyond Layers class. The first assignment, posted today, was to create a simple image. I went outside and shot a sweetgum ball, then in Photoshop Elements 8 used the Level slider to lighten up the fruit, then paintbrushed the background all blue (to eliminate distracting branches, etc.), and then applied Kim's "lifesgood" layer, which rather closely simulated the sky. I then went to Picnik to create my usual frame. I trust Kim will let me know if she (like some Flickr folks) would prefer that I not frame my Beyond Layers pieces.

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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2012

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"stumpy"

"Stumpy" has been hanging out across the street since October 2010 but has recently decided to expand his (?) range. I've admired how he has adjusted to navigating tree limbs and balancing himself as he jumps from one to another without a full tail.

I haven't been posting much and won't be, as I haven't been shooting a lot and don't have many worthy-to-share shots in the archive. But I did want to post today so the photo can be symbolically darkened in support of efforts to stop SOPA and PIPA. If you want to see the picture now, click on "show the photo anyway." If you prefer, you can wait till tomorrow to view it undarkened.

(It's interesting that the message on this symbolic blackout screen includes a link to "Tweet to help spread the word" when in fact Twitter is not participating in the blackout.)

EDIT, 1:55 pm--Some progress

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012

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