In 2006 my oldest daughter and I took a trip to Italy in the early spring. It was a wonderful experience for both of us. I bought three of these nativities while I was there. The one on the far left came from the Vatican. The clay one in the back came from San Giminano and the small one in the front came from San Marino which is technically a Republic that is surrounded by Italy The last one on the right came from Bethlehem and I bought it at our church from a group that carves them from olive trees in the Holy Land and then sells them all over the worlld
@marilyn Thanks,Sissy. It is a challenge to get only the nativities I am posting for the day and keep the other ones from cluttering up the shot because they are packed in there like sardines!!!
@maggotx Why, Thank you , sir. I have to do something to keep the focus on just the ones I am posting for the day and it has been a challenge to do that.
@thesandbox5 Thanks, Brenda. Basically the same. This time I did it in B&W with SC and then vignette. It was a little too dark when I first posted so I went back and upped the exposure just a little.
Hi Katy..I got a picture up in picnik and followed your instructions..got the focus pixelate or just pixelate..sofar so good. but now where you say use the brush stroke to erase what I want to see.. you lost me there. . the only thing I remotely saw was dodging and burning where they referred to a brush stroke..but couldn't get it todo anything. where did I go wrong? hate to bother you with this but I'm still curious.
@bruni I am so glad you are enjoying them I may not be able to help you with your technical question tonight because I have some other commitments. I am rushing through 365 now. I hope tomorrow is not too late. ;.}
@bruni OK I had a little time to research for you . In Picnik go to effects and then to pixelate. If you click on the question mark it will puul up a little screen to the right of the main effects screen that says Effect Painting. Within that screen you can choose brush size , hardness, and strength.. After you do that click on a portion of the photo that you want to "smooth" out and move the mouse around until you like the effect. I hope this helps a little bit more
@ruthmouch That is so kind of you, Ruth but I am not skilled enough to teach a class. What little I know I learned by playing around with on my computer. There are people far more skilled on this site than I will ever be.
December 9th, 2011
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