I haven't used the filter app for my photos in ages. And, since it was rainy and gloomy one morning this past week, I played. Really, just to break the boredom. I started off in my software program, Paintshop Pro, making and designing a new picture frame shown here. I added effects, took them off, tried another effect, didn't like it, and did others...finally got the texture [and faint bubbles] to look half way decent and saved it for later use along with framing what I planned to do afterward.After it got light enough to see better while driving, I did go to the grocery store, debating beforehand if I should go out birding and hope to not get too wet. Well, I'm glad I decided against it. The rain started about 11 pm the night before and it came down heavily for quite some time; into the morning hours. Leaving lakes and ponds in the fields. There wouldn't have been too many birds out. Once I got home and put the stuff away in cupboards and refrigerator, I got back on the watercolor filter site and played some more! Here's what I did. Well, I didn't do much but upload the photo I chose and then set the numbers I wanted for the effects and voilá!
These are all my photos from archives...
...first, the bald eagle. Once the watercolor effect was to my liking, I got back into Paintshop Pro and opened my new gold frame just made and framed the eagle; changing the gold to a soft, warm brown.
This one of the snowy egret was taken when the pond was full of duck weed...making it look very Louisiana swamp-like [bayou]. Because of that, I chose to change my gold frame export to a swampy green color after setting the watercolor effect the way I wanted...
I took one of my pencil sketches to the site and manipulated the watercolor effect on it...changed my gold frame to a silver-blue one since it's black and white and the result...
I did several while trying to pass some time during the intermittent storm fronts passing through, but I will share one more. I will post the last of them at a later date...
I put the groceries away, left the cupboard door open [long ago, when he was a kitten] and Isaiah jumped up in it. Very proud of himself. With the framing this time, I chose to use a blue 'wood stain' to offset the cherry wood cupboard with a contrasting color...
I put the groceries away, left the cupboard door open [long ago, when he was a kitten] and Isaiah jumped up in it. Very proud of himself. With the framing this time, I chose to use a blue 'wood stain' to offset the cherry wood cupboard with a contrasting color...
