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Autumn leaves have fallen to the ground.

 

I was pleased to capture these glorious reds in the setting sun.

Even Pine needles look good when the sun is going down :)

The Barn Collective

This is one of my favorite barns from my archives.

Sharing with The Barn Collective #8 @ Rose Street Reflections

For my Barn meme friends....I am having trouble leaving a comment with my Wordpress identity on some of your blogs. I don't have any idea why this is happening all of a sudden. But I am enjoying seeing all the beautiful barns!

The Barn Collective

Snagged this shot on a drive-by.

Sharing with The Barn Collective #7 @ Rose Street Reflections

A Tree, a Smart Phone, and an App

I was playing around with a new editing App called Aviary that I downloaded for my smart phone. Using the same photo, I tried several effects.

^^^This ^^^is the original, which I seriously don't think came out bad at all. I just have a hard time not experimenting. :)

 

There is a subtle difference using the Lucky effect; sort of like cross processing.

The sepia tone effect, Boardwalk, makes it look sort of old and western-y.

Using the Sentosa effect and decreasing the saturation, gives this one a bit of a chilly feel to it.

To give it a more dramatic look, I used Metropolis, which is their version of a B&W effect.

The App has lots of features to choose from. And you can share on multiple social networks once you're finished editing.

Once I was done, I emailed them to myself, opened them in Picmonkey and watermarked them. I could have done this in Aviary because it has Text ability, but I needed a bit of extra to make my text visible. So, in Picmonkey I used a Tape Overlay sent to the back to make my name more visible. Otherwise, it was lost in the grass. :)

Do you edit photos on your smart phone? If so, which program do you prefer?

This Old House

Digging into the archives today but I love this photo.

I edited it in PicMonkey and added a texture, making it look like a canvas painting.

What do you think?

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To edit or not to edit

Sometimes I'm not sure exactly how a photo needs to be edited. I took this photo on a mountain bike trail at our local park a couple of weeks ago. I love how the sunlight is filtered through the trees, highlighting the mossy area on the ground.

 

I edited the photo to enhance the sunlit moss by increasing the warm tones and darkening the edges.

 

My question is whether or not I should crop the photo, as well. Does the orange leaf detract or enhance the image? Is it too dark? Any comments or suggestions?