Bonnie Ballentine

c = certificate of excellence

I even cheated and Googled picnic words beginning with X. There seem to be none unless you use words from languages other than English.

 

How about eXtra mayonnaise?

river, rain, running

oranges, onion, oatmeal raisin cookies, Oreos

melons...watermelon, cantaloupe, etc.

Ice...gotta have cold drinks and keep food from spoiling!

Sometimes you have a Grill. We always offer thanks, say Grace.

 

Grill

 

Grace

Thank you, Anja!

V = vegtable

Q above

 

 

 

R = Rooster

Q = quack

M = moo

 

M = mow the hay

 

M = mare, meadow, milk, mule

H = hay

No stain and we sure drank a lot of that warm water (hot springs).

In this photo I tried to remove the truck and trash can. Nothing I tried gave good results. I tried to remove the entire truck and the result also picked up part of the trash can and a light pole that is to the right of the truck. Perhaps I should try to remove the truck in smaller portions. The trash can is just too close to things I want to keep...I think.

Another photo...I removed the cap bill, hands and an object (maybe a boat) on the far side of the pond.

I removed the pine tree on the left and the house on the right. I also worked with a couple more pictures also. I have one photo that nothing seemed to work.

I don't know how I did it, but I missed this challenge! Cassel, your video tutorial was amazing! I can't wait to try it!

No lucky...but the word, luck...

 

 

 

We played a basketball tournament in Hot Springs, Arkansas. They go all out for St Patrick's Day there. Even dyed the fountains green.

Sheila, the black vultures are showing their personalities. Never would have thought it but I do enjoy them. They mate for life...I forgot to say that in the above post.

A friend of mine took these pictures. Hawks are one of my favorites. We see them a good bit but I have never been able to get good pics.

 

Sadly, these photos were resized for email so I had only small images to work with.

These birds are amazing. They dropped by one day and we fed them. The next day they returned with 2 more. We have learned they form very close family groups; they share among that group. They are very patient and will sit and wait hours until we come out to feed them. They are cautious but not very frightened of humans. They have a very keen sight...that is how they find their food...not smell as you might think. Their courtship ritual is performed in flight. Seeing them up close, I realize they are really pretty and not at all what you think when you think of vultures. The spread wings are a way of warming themselves. I think the wings are especially pretty.

 

 

 

I forgot to say I used Carole's photo mask script.

I used the same bokeh I created before but changed the photo. The original photo was too small. I simply used a different photo...much larger photo. I like it better than the first one.

I have not done a page for Day 7 yet but I did manage polka dot papers and metallic wire text. I did not have a gold pattern so I used a pattern from Corel that was close to a gold color. My text doesn't look as good as it could. I have metal brass and metallic gold in my gradients...could I copy them to textures to use?

 

 

 

Carol, I echo Wanda's sentiment. I have really enjoyed this challenge and have learned a great deal. Thank you so much for all you do for all of us wishing to learn PSP. This challenge is a wonderful example of your generosity.

 

 

Day 6

 

I enjoyed making this...I don't like my results...