North Rim Weekend

John took a camping trip to the North Rim with his son Scott to do some photography and catch up.  The weather was cool at night with the first night getting down to 20 degrees!!  He reports that the fall colors were just starting to fade but that there were still lots of opportunities to see fall color on the canyon walls as well as the surrounding areas.  There were no clouds this time of year but good sunrise and sunset lighting on the canyon walls.  I noticed a full moon in a couple of his photographs!!

OK, John.  You have me stumped on this one.  Where did you see bison up there??

Thanks so much for sharing, John.  I know I speak for others, it is always nice to see your photographs.

Llangollen & Chester

We continue to travel with Len!  This time we are going to Llangollen, Wales and Chester, England. I always expect at least one bird photograph and Len did not disappoint.  But, surprise, surprise . . . sheep!!  Be still my knitter's heart!

Len must have been hungry.

I see sheep on a tin.  I notice how they inform the tourist with descriptions of 'traditional'.  A vegetarian selection . . . oh, la la! Now I am hungry.

Proper butcher's pork sausage.  Oh my!  Welsh lamb, even. 

Dessert!

So picturesque.

I don't know what kind of bird this represents but with talons like that it is a hunter!

It was good to spend the day with Len.  I imagined an arrival in Llangollen with lunch there (so many choices) and then walking through the gate into Chester.  Great fun.

Book Club Art

The three composite samples below are representative of the more than 50 that have been created of books read by Diane's book club.  Diane creates a composite for each book the club reads, prints them and then places each in a 16 by 20 inch frame.  The images are displayed in various local libraries 3 to 5 times each year, including the main branch of the Denver Public Library.  Following the samples below are two pages of instructions for creating such composites using Photoshop. Other software that supports layers could also be used.

A huge thank you, Diane!  I can see all sorts of uses for compositing and you have inspired me to give it a try. I'll bet it is not quite as easy as you explain it, but I think it will be fun.