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Thursday, April 22, 2010

For the Birds

Tail wags, pups and kittens, it's me, Stormy. We're a bit behind posting today because of some small 's' storms in our area. I don't care for small 's' storms, but fortunately they haven't been too severe. Even so, thunder and lightning are for the birds.

Speaking of birds, Mom learned a new "trick" in her PhotoShopElements class - using a clipping mask as a frame. She took some of her bird photos and framed them using the technique. I thought I'd share those with you.

Here's a little robin:

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Robin on our roof

To get the full effect, you might want to click any of the photos to go to FlickR, then hit "all sizes" to see them larger.

Here's a little schputzie:

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Sparrow on our fence

And here are a couple of a cardinal:

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Cardinal on our wire

I love this one:

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"Lalalalalala...."

Oh, and just so you don't think this technique is strictly for the birds...

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Me. Stormy.

All puns encouraged by Amber.
Ha roo roo roo!

I think the thunder and lightning are past us - time for a walk!

Tail wags,
Storms

20 comments:

  1. We were not aware your moms was taking a PS Elements class! Way cool. Your mom is great!
    And so are the photos! Birds are good, very nice.....but that last fur fur pic of a very special
    husky is the bestest! Can"t wait to see what develops from the classes!

    WOO.

    Frankie Girl, Maddie and Domi

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  2. Very, very cool. We have to agree that the birds are great but Stormy rules

    Our Dad has been trying to decide whether to buy Elements or the expensive version of Photoshop for his business (but mainly for our photos). If he could get half as good as your Mom we think Elements should work.

    Remy and Flash

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  3. Ooh the pictures look awesome! Your mum is talented! I love to look at birds while we're out walking! But mum never lets me get too close for fear of what may happen! :)
    Kodi x

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  4. Hi guys,

    Your mom did a great job, we love the Cardinal!

    Calvert has a fascinated with birds, he'll even sit on the bed and watch them out the window - sigh. Poor guy keeps thinking he'll catch one; silly puppy.

    Belly rubs
    N&C

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  5. Great effects with the pictures!! Your mom is very creative!! I love the birds but the last one with Storms is the very best one!!! Lots of love, Debbie and Holly

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  6. Hi Guys,

    What a beautiful photo display. Your mommy is sooo smart! We luuuv it!

    Our mommy came home this afternoon after staying at our sister's house all week and we were so happy to see her! She will mail you the cross tomorrow.

    Luv ya,
    Riley and Star.

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  7. GREAT pics! I love the birdies! You are lookin' good also, my friend!

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  8. Hello Storms!

    PS Elements is such a magical thing! Mommy is now determined to take the time to begin her PS tutorials and your Mom is her inspiration to get started.

    The bird photos are very nice but your photo is the best! Weeeee

    By the way, did the Deeve Bag still available?!


    -Fudgie, Princess, Frappie, Mocha, Sugar, Wai-Pai, Wai-Max & the Piappies

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  9. How fun! We love the way the photos turned out!
    We had thunder and lightning earlier too and I velcro'd myself to mom's leg!

    Love ya lots,
    Maggie and Mitch

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  10. Wow! How cool! Your mom did a great job! :) I like the pic of you best! :)

    Mochi

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  11. I like that technic! I'll have to give it a woo!

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  12. Those are very good .. Mum wishes so much that she could do photo shop.. Your mum is clever.. Hugs GJ x

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  13. Your mom did a great job with the photos! We thought the first one was a cartoon until we realized it was a real birdie since we hadn't seen those clipping mask thingys before.

    We're glad your small 's' storms are gone cause we don't like those but we love the big 'S' Stormy!

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  14. nice nice nice!
    do you play angry birds on your iPhone?! :)

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  15. Furry cool! We didn't know your mom was taking aPS Elements class! Our mom loves PS and uses it all the time. We like them all, but especially Stormy's!

    jack a-roo & moo too

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  16. Oh guys..momma is out of control..BOL...
    Benny & Lily
    Pee.S very cool!

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  17. Beautiful brids and Storms!
    Kisses and hugs
    Lorenza

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  18. I love your mom's new skills. The first birdie is a pretty cool effect.

    Steve

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  19. If you were late posting we didn't notice as we are late commenting!
    Our mum has recently bought Elements but to be honest hasn't had the time to play around with it.
    We liked the effects your mom got -loved the birds and Stormy!
    Today we just posted some landscape pics taken on holiday - well at the bottom after us dogs - only right!
    However they don't post like landscape on blogger.
    Oh well, onwards and upwards.
    love
    Martha & bailey xxx
    ps our mum may have to liaise with yours re Elements!

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  20. What beautiful photos!

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