Playing with the Buzzards

I was experimenting with combining a couple of my photos that I used in my blog on June 17 of the buzzards and am pleased with the results. It was an exercise in photomanipulation and took two hours! The panorama is done completely by hand. (copy-paste, copy-paste, blur, cut) The others were enhanced by using a free application I found on the internet.

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Early Morning Fog

This is what we saw when we looked out this morning. It was 6:30 AM.

I couldn't decide which view I liked best so I made a panorama. 

How wonderful to see this!

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Experimenting..

Otherwise known as learning by doing, so I did.

It was so nice outdoors this morning that I took laundry to town and HUNG IT OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR! YEA! I had to stand on a footstool that we carry in the vehicle when we travel so I can get in the truck easier because of my shoulder injury last year, but I did it! I hung out laundry on the clothesline!

Then, feeling so proud of myself, I dug out my tripod that I had buried deeply in the closet thinking I wouldn't be able to use it much anymore. I first had to practice its use and the tilting feet were frozen, but husband got them unstuck and I relearned the various functions until I thought I had it under control. Donning brimmed cap and sweater, out the door I went. Now you must know that I only once ever used the Panorama mode and it came out terrible and warped and not good at all. Determination and persistence "seem" to have paid off, because the results are very satisfactory - to me at least! I already have discovered that, after uploading them to the computer, if I view them as large as possible they don't look warped at all. It looks as if I'm really standing in the road and turning around and looking out over the lake. What do you think? 

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