I recently have done a few tutorials and have starting playing with blending layers in Gimp. It has been a lot of fun just playing around and seeing what I can do with it.
In this picture of myself, I did a motion blur on the background. Then I made minor curve adjustments. I made a copy of the layer and then made the bottom layer black and white. Finally, I changed the mode of the top layer to overlay.
Here’s the before and after… (click the thumbnails for close-ups).
I took this picture of a flower today and began to play with it in Gimp when I came up with this. Isn’t it so cool? I love taking really cool pictures. Some day we have to get a digital SLR.
Late last-night, long after the boys bed time, we were out watching the fireworks. It was a lot of fun for all of us, setting off our own fireworks, munching on the parade candy, and then watching the big light show. I took several pictures of Chesley and I, but every time Chesley insisted on watching the sparkler he was holding. :) What was I thinking!? Who wants to look at the camera when they can watch the cool sparkler?
