Helicopter

I was on the road coming back from Alabama and saw this helicopter

on the back of a truck, i had to take a picture of it :)

Fountain

This is a fountain at the University of Alabama

Trip to Alabama

this was taken by my sister in law while in alabama

Roll Tide

Roll Tide

300 filter

Birds

I know, i have a lot of pictures of birds, but i cant let them all go to waste:P

i increased the contrast, lowered the curves, and also made it b/w

Pelicans Flying

Some Pelicans flying over the beach

(yep, Carolina Beach, NC)

Ghost Boat

can you find it?

Pelican

I think he knew i was taking a picture of him

Double Ferris Wheel

This is a built in filter on my camera, i thought it made the picture

look kinda creepy. 

Seagull!

Its a Seagull!

(at Carolina Beach, NC)

Ocean

This is at Carolina Beach, NC

Life Guard Stand

Life Guard Stand with the 300 filter

(if you dont know what i mean by 300

filter, look at my previous posts

and my tutorial)

Pelican

 A pelican flying over the water

(yes, this is also at Carolina Beach, NC)

Shell

This is at Carolina Beach, NC

Board Walk

This is a board walk at Carolina Beach, NC.

Eerie Dock

This is a picture of the corner of a boat dock.

i did part b/w and part color, then i moved the curves

to make the darks darker. 

Gimp "300" filter tutorial

i have been using this filter a lot lately so i thought i might as well

make a tutorial on how to do it.

In case the annotations dont show up.....

once adding the second layer (duplicated from the first)

and desaturated, you lower its opacity to 40.

then you duplicate that layer and on the new layer, 

raise the opacity to 100, then set it to overlay

Summit in the lake

i actually did more to this picture than you would think. 

there was a leash on him (see where his collar is pulling?)

so i used the clone, heal, and burn tool to get rid of it.

i also used that "300" filter that i have been using a lot lately 

Bird!

i looked out the window and saw this bird eating, thank goodness 

i had my camera near.

sorry about the reflection on this one....i was taking it through the window

Colorful Abstract Background

I know...i have done this before,  but i love how it looks! 

(i think i can get away with it cause i used different colors)

Lake

i went out to the lake earlier this week and took this picture with my cell phone 

(its only 1.3 megapixels which is why the quality isnt too great).

my phone does this weird thing with all of my pictures - it automatically adjusts

the contrast - it normally doesnt look good...but i kinda like it on this picture

with the lights and darks.

More Hydrangeas

this bright purple hydrangea was in my back yard

Lizard

i was in my backyard and saw this little guy on a chair