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… streaming in through the blinds, while blog hopping. It was difficult to read, so I picked up the camera and had some fun with Photoshop. This post was 10 minutes of fun.

The blog on the screen is A Mad Tea Party.

Original Shot

With Basic Photoshop Filters

Chrome

Solarize

Filmgrain

Wind

Craquelere + Glass

- B.

13 Comments

1. Mansi says:

   February 15, 2008 at 11:34 am

   The chrome and Glass ones look awesome! its fun to experiment with photo editors, right?:)

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2. Mona says:

   February 15, 2008 at 12:06 pm

   Experimenting with Photo-Editing softwares is fun, i love it. I believes it teaches us a lot

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3. Asha says:

   February 15, 2008 at 12:28 pm

   I just bought photo shop too, still experimenting! Looks like you had fun. Enjoy!:)

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4. bhavani says:

   February 15, 2008 at 7:33 pm

   great post. interesting how instead of turning the monitor away, or doing something to keep out the sunshine, you thought to take pictures and then use filters…that’s what gives jugalbandi its life, i think. the unexpected twist to something quite commmonplace! :yes:

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5. cynic says:

   February 15, 2008 at 7:36 pm

   Hah! photoshop schmotoshop!

   When we were young, we did not have all this fancy stuff. We had to take our cameras, turn a small ring on the lens to see if the split screen on the viewfinder would converge, click, wait to repeat this 24 or 36 times. Then we had to manually undo the roll of film, taking care to not roll it completely into the spool.

   We then took it into a dark room, where we mixed the chemicals and ran the film through it and waited for it to turn into a picture. We then took the negatives and placed them on a screen and projected the image onto a sheet of photographic paper.

   Then we got to see that the picture we took really sucked.

   Kids these days are so spoilt :yak:

   
   and the tale had a happy ending. you went and bought a nikon dslr. - b

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6. cynic says:

   February 15, 2008 at 8:04 pm

   yes, of course.

   One cannot reminisce about the ‘bad old days’ and not appreciate this monty python classic

   love the yorkie accent, ‘rohbish tip’ and all. - b.

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7. Deepa says:

   February 15, 2008 at 10:09 pm

   :yes: wow!!excellent use of the photoshop …..hats off to you

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8. sra says:

   February 15, 2008 at 10:22 pm

   very nice.

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9. Happy Cook says:

   February 16, 2008 at 1:55 am

   Well it seems you were having a blast for 10 minutes.
   Have a nice weekend.
   We are going for a concert, actually hubby dear is performing.

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10. kalva says:

    February 16, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    wow… cool pics.. love them!

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11. Coffee says:

    February 17, 2008 at 12:03 am

    SIGH!! Don’t you tease me with that software! :devil:

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12. Anamika: The Sugarcrafter says:

    February 18, 2008 at 2:37 am

    Dear J&B
    Loved the picture and the editing. the effects have come out nicely.Also read your gobhi paratha recipe.Try to make raw papaya( grate it) paratha the same way..you will love it and its very healthy, too !
    Cheers for now.

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13. manju says:

    February 19, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    That is a very fun app. Thanks for sharing your musings and reminding me that Photoshop can be fun, too.

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