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Tuesday 15 November 2011

Atmosphere of a Leaf ?

I can't help but feel different reactions to the same exact picture but merging it into a different "atmosphere" playing with affects in one of my photo management programs .. Picasa has a filter that I haven't seen used by other garden bloggers .. called "warm fly" if you have , let me know what you think of it ?
I find it exactly that .. "warm".. compared to Sepia .. and yes I know the purpose of Sepia is to give a picture the vintage or aged appearance.
So .. the picture above is in its natural state ...
This is" black & white" ... kind of a cold atmosphere right ?
This is "warm fly" .. it leaves some natural colour in the make up of the picture .. but it seems to me that it truly does "warm" the subject up .. giving the photograph a warm atmosphere .
This last one was purely for fun .. "warm fly" in a gradient filter .. I think because I am trying hard to hold on to Autumn these colours make me feel warm and fuzzy .. OK .. I am fuzzy most of the time but this is a different kind of fuzzy .. as in fuzzy red flannelet  pajamas with penguins skiing .. hum?
OK .. too much information right ? wink wink

20 comments:

Gatsbys Gardens said...

Don't you just love all those features that can be used to make photos more realistic or unrealistic?

Eileen

Rose said...

Very artistic photos, Joy! I'll have to do some playing around with these effects one of these days. I wonder, though, how they came up with the name warm "fly"?? Lovely photos, but the only image in my head right now is of penguins on skis:)

Karen said...

Some pretty neat effects Joy! I like the warm fly the best. I don't post process much, I might have to give it a try!

Lola said...

I like the "warm fly". To me it gives it more character, more natural. I do love to look at leaves.
Your "fuzzy", I'm loopy. lol

Carolyn ♥ said...

Has anyone ever told you... You are a Joy? Well you are. I always find a smile when I visit here.

Anonymous said...

What a nifty thing you've done here. Thanks for sharing your process and the results.

Anonymous said...

I do like it. You know that I am always messing around with filters. You never know when you are going to produce something really nice.

rebecca said...

your leaves are beautiful.

i have followed your comment over from round circle.
i am a friend of spadoman. he needs our help. i have posted a communal prayer post for him. please follow my link over and sign a comment for joe. if you would like to create a post for him, a kind of virtual card that would be wonderful and i am collecting links there too.
he is in the hospital and i think we can help him rally.
thanks friend.

RURAL said...

Joy, I was giggling so hard that I had to try twice to go and check Picassa.

Were you trying to go all buggy on us?

It's warmify....LOL. [seriously, but I am teasing you about the typo]

I love that filter, and I will use it many times... but I had to think, what is warm fly?

I use color temperature under Tuning a lot also. The levels can be adjusted easier....

Got to go and get the fly swatter out right now.

Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams

Jennifer said...

Jennifer@threedogsinagarden
Hi Joy, You have used light very nicely in your leaf shot. It is great fun to play with images isn't it? It turns a plain image into art. I use Photoshop to create textural effects. It is not as hard as you might think and is purely addictive!

Northern Beauty Seeker said...

Woooo...I like that, Joy! I've never seen that filter. It is quite nice. (Your original photo was very lovely too, though!! - great light!) :)

Marguerite said...

Although I have Picasa on my computer I really haven't played with it much, only use it for the collages. Had no idea it had these functions. I'm working on a new post and realized, you didn't see my sky post! come on over before it rolls on down the page, the sunset from last week is the last picture of the set.

RURAL said...

Oh Joy!!!

I am about to use the the Fly teh he....

Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams

CanadianGardenJoy said...

Eileen girl I so DO ! and I know it will occupy me all winter when I go cabin crazy ? LOL

Thank you Rose girl : )
You are stuck in penguin mode now ?LOL .. I made you THINK penguins!
Jen actually called my attention to the fact that I have not looked carefully enough at the name of the photo filter WARMIFY not Warm Fly .. hahahaha .. good grief !!
Red faced here !!

Karen girl .. Jen shook my brain up a bit to correct my mistake on the name of the filter .. "warmify" which makes a lot more sense than what my brain thought ? LOL

Hey Loopy Lola girl !! LOL
If you come back to read comments you will find out the program is called warmify not warm fly .. good grief I screwed that up well and proper ? hehehe

Carolyn you must have had a great giggle over my "oops" of warm fly for warmify .. I manage to turn words into alien nuances ? LOL
Love that you have a smile from my silliness ;-)

Patricia thank you ! .. now if you come back you will see my mistake on "warmify" which makes a lot more sense than warm fly ? LOL

sandy girl I am red faced about my mistake on the name of the filter .. it is warmify .. not warm fly .. Jen must have fallen on the floor laughing at that one .. I have to admit I thought the name was weird but didn't LOOK at it until Jen mentioned the OOPS ! to me .. go figure ? LOL

Rebecca .. Yes ! I have added my support comment to the virtual card .. I am so sorry that Joe is going through so much. My thoughts are with him and hoping for the best so he will fell much better and come home soon !

OMG Jen girl ! eeeekkkkkk !
No .. I was NOT drinking when I posted that !! hahahaha
I really never got up close and personal with that title of the filter YET I wondered why would they call it warm fly ??
OK .. warmify is SO MUCH better and logical .. thank god you cleared that up for me and I am going to send you an extra fly swatter with my name on it girl !!

Jennifer girl all of this from the photography to the programs to alter and enchance the pictures is purely ADDICTIVE !!
Did you catch my oops with warm fly to warmify ? hehehe
I have a program on the new computer that tweaks the pictures too .. it is all so addictive too true!!

Ms S thank you girl : ) and if you ever use Picasa 3 it is a ton of fun ! and .. warm fly is actually warmify .. Jen pointed that OOPS ! out to me .. she is still laughing!

Marguerite girl .. I have been so behind in blog visiting and I am so HAPPY you let me know about your post ! I went straight over and totally love them !! The beach and the sunset behind the building are stunning girl .. you are so lucky to live there !!
Amazing gorgeous pictures and thank you so much for mentioning me : )

Jen girl .. I am going to spank you with that fly swatter girl !!!!
LOLOLOLOLOL ... now pick yourself off the floor .. you have a lot of work to get to !!! hehehehe

Skeeter said...

Interesting how the same is so different. Your bunny visitor is sooooo darn cute! The Wags to Witches Fur Ball I attended in TN was themed "Hollywood Horror" The volunteers did a great job of remembering the old great classic Horror films.... I hope you did not miss my Post on that one....

Skeeter said...

I know how you enjoy Halloween and I thought that maybe you missed my post. Am glad I reminded you as your words brought a smile to my face. I hope you are feeling better soon :-)

Lola said...

ROFLOL. I love it. Warmify or Warm Fly either, it's marvelous. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Thanks. I think you're the cats meow. Love to read your blog.

CanadianGardenJoy said...

Skeeter girl
Every time I see you behind that gigantic leaf I think of Eve covering herself ? LOL
Thank you so much for the heads up on the "Wags to Witches" event : ) I loved seeing those pictures and the end event with you in that Black Widow costume !! Excellent!!
hey girl .. remember to come over here and poke me because my memory is totally (screwed up !!!) : )
Very glad to make you smile girl!

Lola you are to darn cute ... now STOP it !! LOL .. I can't believe how I can screw up words this badly .. I blame it on the NEED for stronger reading glasses .. now I am wondering "where" else in the cyber world I might have typed something embarrassing ?? EEEKK!

RURAL said...

I am calling it warm fly from now on, I love that name for it.

Beautiful shots Joy, you have the gift of the eye.

I used a little bit of warm fly in my latest post. In your honour.

Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams

CanadianGardenJoy said...

Jen girl thank you so much: ) and I guess it will be our "club" of two people that call it warm FLY !!!! LOL