Adobe Photoshop Crop

Here's another image that was cropped in CS4, along with the original full-size.

Adobe CS4

I downloaded the trial version of Adobe CS4, and was playing around with it today. Here's something I did with a photo of my hand, using the lasso to crop out a photo of my husband jumping, and then combining the two. A little crude, but it's a start!

More fun with Picasa

 

This was just playing around with the settings on Picasa.

Framing slide show

Different ways to frame a picture...including some of my favorite volunteer, my husband.

Rule of Thirds Pt. 2

Here's another sampling of the rule of thirds vs. a centered image. An old oil barrel that makes for a nice effect of bright orange against the vivid green grass.

The Rule of Thirds

Here are two shots; one with the subject centered and one with it following the rule of thirds. Having the picture off-center, falling on the 1/3 dividing line, often helps make for an interesting picture when the subject is pretty straight forward.

I learned in an oil painting class that if you have your subject touching/going outside of the picture's border, it also helps create a more interesting image than when it is straight in the center.