Eeny, Meeny, Mynee, PEDRO!

I am really having a blast learning all about the variations you can create from a sinlge photo in Photoshop CS...I have never worked in another program, so I have no comparisons to offer, but I can tell you CS seems to be pretty straight forward and beginner friendly for the most part. I have also discovered a tool called ACTIONS, which allow you to record a preset of commands that you use repetitively and apply then in one swift stroke, instead of multiple. I have also learned you can find Action Sets online to download. Some are free, some are bookoo bucks!!!! One of my favorite actions sets can be found at The Pioneer Woman. I use her BOOST action all the ever-loving time! It's fantabulous! I don't know what I would do without her....It would have taken me at least another month to come up with a similar affect.

Anyways, here are a few variations for you to consider using the same pic of one of our handsome boarders, Senior Pedro. I applied actions, as well as manual edits to each.

Do you have a favorite? Any feedback or recommendations?

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Either way you cut it, Pedro is a good lookin' caballo! Adios hombre'!

Happy Trails,

Leah

One of these things is not like the other!

Can you figure out which?

My new camera...

My dear hubby bought me a new camera for our upcoming camping trip! I could not be more excited! I decided on the Nikon D60, and am very happy with that decision so far! It is super simple to use and the pics are AMAZING!

As soon as I got back from the store with it, I ran outside to try it out on some unsuspecting boarders...hehe



Above is a picture of one of our long time boarders, Fede. She's the bay mare at the fence...I used Photoshop CS to add a hard light to this image. I liked how it made her color 'pop' :)

Gabriel is the handsome paint horse above. He is owned by the same boarder as Fede, but he is a new addition. I used Photoshop CS to add a Gausian Blur to the background on these pics, then applied a layer mask to his face and markings to make them stand out more. Doesn't he look dreamy??? This gorgeous lady is another boarder named "LilBit"...by the look of that sagging lower lip, it must have been a long, greuling, hot and tedious day in her life. I also could not leave well enough alone on this one, and added the hard light in Photoshop to accentuate her 'highlights'...every lady deserves a little 'accentuation' now and then ;)

This is Raven. She's a brat.

Happy Trails!
Leah