The pie cherry tree in our yard is ripe.
The crows have been perched all over the branches
munching on those tart cherries.
Each time I step outside with the camera, the crows fly away...
The photo below is the best I can get from inside the house,
through the dirty window:
No the photo isn't much to look at...
until I zoomed in, cropped out, enhanced in iphoto...
and look what I ended up with:
I am more than happy with this version of the crow photo.
I decided to work on this second image below:
This is the same crow, but he has turned his head just a bit...
Here is the first version....
I cropped in a bit tighter and like this one.
Then I went back to the first crow image...
I cropped it a bit differently, and added more saturation.
I printed all 3 images on cotton sateen fabric
with the wide format printer:
I believe a crow quilt is in my future!
Summer has finally arrived here in
Western Oregon.....Enjoy it!
Western Oregon.....Enjoy it!
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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,
LuAnn Kessi
I cannot help it - pardon me... "now that is something to CROW about!" or 'crow-dropping' or... just VERY, very, cool! Love the saturation and crow-cropping-hopping you did!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love crows too and you photos are going to make a great quilt!
ReplyDeleteLuanne, I'm always in awe of the projects you're doing, thanks for giving me hope whilst I work one year long quilt project for our 2013 Centennial.
ReplyDeleteDo you ever use online photo toys, I've found the bighugelabs.com site good as well.
I love the crows!
Carli
Thanks for the heads up on the photo site. There are a few things I want to try out there.
ReplyDeleteI have used Picasa, which is a free online photo site.
I have Photoshop Elements that I use occasionally.
I mostly use the iphoto program that came with my mac computer.
That is what I used for the crow images. It is handy and easy, so I use it the most.
Have a great summer up there in Canada!
My Best To You,
LuAnn