I was (once again) playing around with the layering technique today. I'd been trying to decide how to approach the movie Easy Rider and even had a possible picture lined up to post, but then this fellow on the "put-put" motorcycle flew past my house today as I was taking pictures of my plants and I couldn't resist taking a shot of him as he went by. I should have kept track of what I did to this picture! I singled him out of his picture, overlayed him on a highway shot from my time in Vermont, and then added another shot of the street signs on top of that. I cloned the edges around them to blend them into the highway shot, added a texture to give the sky some texture and then messed around with the exposure, the vibrance, and somehow changed the b/w photo into the colors you see here. It still needed something so I posterized it and added the film strip frame. The processing was done in iPiccy; the frame in BeFunky. The only thing better might be to throw the Hypnotic effect in Ribbet on top of it- but then I'd have to call it Vertigo. I hope this makes you laugh as much as it does me!
@simster Thanks Simmy! @smithak Thanks Smitha! @kerristephens Thanks Kerri! @mrssmith Thanks Carla! lol- we've had too nice cooler days but I know some folks are still sweltering. And we just had a little rain shower a moment ago. @allie912 Thanks Allison! lol I know I did most of those things, I just don't remember the exact order!
didn't just make me laugh. i almost forgot to breathe as i was reading the ETSOOI that you did to the photos. now i'm tired! hahaha! you know i should've asked partner to take a picture of me last sunday while i had vertigo then i could post it for the july-movie. two days too late. what the heck is a put-put motorcycle?
Thank you Karenann, Nicole, Vikki, Kimmi, Dione and Rick!
@summerfield That should read putt-putt I guess. It's a little motorcycle that's more like a scooter than a motorcycle. In other words it's not a real motorcycle like a Harley! lol
@cimes1 Thanks Carole! I don't remember how I got it to turn so yellow! But I think the heat has clouded my perception into thinking everything is hot these days!! @automaticslim Thanks Andy- yes, it's the second appearance of those signs! Both the signs and the motorcycle man are layered into the original picture.
My goodness, I think I would have to take quite some time to absorb all you've said you did to this! It's amazing - your talent with the layers. I have a lot to learn!
@lyno Thanks Lyn- I have to confess that sometimes I don't really know what I'm doing, I'm just trying all kinds of things. And there are other times where I just happen to pick the right thing to do and the picture ends up looking great. It's really all experimental when you come right down to it. And if I can do it, so can you!
@vposey Thanks Vickie! I am learning by just fooling around with it. Half the time I don't have a plan. I just experiment until I get something I like. lol!
July 21st, 2012
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@smithak Thanks Smitha!
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
@mrssmith Thanks Carla! lol- we've had too nice cooler days but I know some folks are still sweltering. And we just had a little rain shower a moment ago.
@allie912 Thanks Allison! lol I know I did most of those things, I just don't remember the exact order!
Thank you Karenann, Nicole, Vikki, Kimmi, Dione and Rick!
@summerfield That should read putt-putt I guess. It's a little motorcycle that's more like a scooter than a motorcycle. In other words it's not a real motorcycle like a Harley! lol
@automaticslim Thanks Andy- yes, it's the second appearance of those signs! Both the signs and the motorcycle man are layered into the original picture.