Thank you all for the support and encouragement you have given me, for your time and kind words.
I have seen so many beautiful things on here, many of them I've not seen or heard of before and look forward to seeing what the new year brings.
Wishing you all good health and happiness in 2018
Happy New Year @dmdfday Long story Diane! I don't have a hour glass so I used I wine glass, duplicated & flipped it. Then used the perspective tool on the 2017 (that took some doing) and the smudge tool. Pencilled in a blurred line and then erased some of the layer to show the black sand. It took me about 2 hours!!! I'm sure there are easier and quicker ways but I'm pretty new to editing. Lots of it could be neater, but I figured I had spent enough time on it. I work in Gimp 2.8.
Absolutely love this years end photo, Suzanne! Well done! Fav! Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to sharing this next year of 365 photos with you! :-)
Wonderful, creative photo. Fav! Happy New Year, Suzanne. I have really enjoyed your photos and have been so appreciative of you kind remarks this year. Thank You!
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Happy New Year Suzanne