Monday, April 4, 2011

Good to Wow: Up Edition, SOOC

I'm looking forward to editing my Up photos, which are all sky shots, because I anticipate applying much of what Ashley has taught us, including perhaps the method that was outlined in her tutorial on greening up your dead grass. Not that I'm going to present any green skies, but the same techniques can be applied here. Anyway, here are my Up shots (ha!).

Two monkeys in a tree. And, lest you think these are all archived photos, no, we still don't have any leaves on our trees.


I have developed a love for and fascination with crows because of all of the wonderful photos I have seen Julie at jules j gallery take of these birds. I previously thought of them as just a nuisance, but they really are so pretty...especially in the winter against the brown grass and white snow. I have not yet succeeded in snagging that perfect shot of a crow, but I thought I might achieve something with some cropping in this shot.

Finally, this photo is an archived photo from a couple of weeks ago. I already edited this, but in light of new things I've learned, I thought it might be fun to give it another go. I love this stormy sky:


16 comments:

Unknown said...

great shots :-D

mommy to many said...

for some reason,i love that last shot!! can't wait to see what you do with it!

allison said...

we're facing the same conundrum - no leaves in trees - soon enough right?? I'll be curious to see how you handle the monkeys in the trees - I need some work on mine!

Unknown said...

Love the shots of your sons in the tree!

Ashley Sisk said...

Great shots - I look forward to seeing your edits.

Michelle said...

Beautiful shots!! I hate crows though. When we lived in Japan, they really bothered us. They were huge-up to 18 inches and ate everythign. I planted a garden and they ate everything out of it! They would attack kids walking down the street. Ugh!

TaMara Sloan said...

Great shots! We don't have any leaves on our trees either.

Tara said...

Great shots, love your monkeys in the tree!

Cedar said...

These are great! We have mostly evergreen trees, but everything else is bare :) Look forward to seeing how you apply what Ashley is teaching us.

Rosie Nixon Fluerty said...

He hee great captures especially of those monkeys - I spent many an hour up trees like that.

Gina Kleinworth said...

Oh my goodness- look how high up they are!

Courtney said...

Nice shots! Love the third one down. :) Looking forward to seeing your edits, Kathleen!

tsinclair said...

I want to know how they got so high in those tree...lol

Brownie said...

Beautiful blues in the sky!

hey - thanks for your kind comments on my blog.

Michelle R said...

the monkeys are my favs!

and I love the spring stormy blue/gray skies!!

We got some awesome ones tonight, with the sun shining on them -- wow!! too bad though I was walking storm and didn't have ANY camera on me -- even my cell was at home! ah!!

Mommy2Four said...

:) Love them!