Sacred Ruminations: WW#49 - PSE6 Filter Experiments ... yet again

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I appreciate all of you who visit, and I enjoy the comments many of you leave behind. I do my best to respond to any questions in a timely manner if your email is available. In addition, I do my best to visit your blogs and leave comments as time permits.

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Late in October of 2007, I started playfully exploring possibilities here and at Small Reflections. Initially I published daily on both sites, but in mid-January of 2008, I gave myself permission to rethink things.

Since committing to Blog 365 at Small Reflections, I've continued to publish daily there, but I'm considering alternating days and/or experimenting a bit with a variety of possibilities in an attempt to balance my online activities with my "real life" ... without giving "short shrift" to either blog. Therefore, it's all a work in progress, and I hope you'll bear with me.

Food for Thought

(or reminders for myself)

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
Barbara De Angelis

"Whatever can come to a woman can come to me
Whatever can happen to anyone can happen to me."
Muriel Rukeyser

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much."--Mother Teresa

"It is better to ask some questions than to know all the answers." James Thurber

"Forgive yourself for everything you did not know in the past but do now. Don't waste any of your precious energy beating yourself, or anyone else, up. Your power to change your life is in the present, regardless of your past."
Dr. Christiane Northrup

"Your purpose is to heal yourself first in mind and intent. Declare this principle to yourself -- I intend to walk the highest path to my awakening. I am fearless in the face of learning to discipline my mind and actions so they are attuned to my true divinity." Doreen Virtue

"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has a purpose." Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

More thoughts ...

"It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker." Henry David Thoreau

"It is no small task to change one's focus from what can go wrong to what can go right and to empower women to shift from destructive behaviors to those that are generally associated with health. I want to awaken that still, small wise, intuitive voice in all of us, that voice of our own body that we have been forced to ignore through our culture's illness, misinformation, and dysfunction. I want to give you the courage to listen to that voice and act on it." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place." Maya Angelou

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. Diane Ackerman

"No one needs to know that you've shut the world out and are meditating as you stroll down the street. Twenty minutes to a half-hour every day is a good amount of time to restore a sense of serenity." Sarah Ban Breathnach

"One of the marks of an intelligent person is to be able to distinguish what is worth doing and what isn't and to be able to set priorities." Anne Wilson Schaef

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." Sophocles

More thoughts ...

"Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength." Sigmund Freud

"I need to understand the dynamics of effort & success. I will spend my energy on things & and activities that bring me the most fulfillment. I will spend less energy on the "stuff" that ultimately has no meaning to me." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do if you do not act upon them?"
Buddha

"The greatest contribution that you can make is the aliveness that comes from simply being yourself, living your truth, and doing what you love. The passionate expression of who we are will heal the world." Shatki Gawain

"It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the result of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared." Henri H. Nouwen, theologian

"I am ready to supply the earth's needs with my riches. I seize upon my wealth within and give freely as I am replenished." Doreen Virtue

"... perception can be given a new purpose. ... Follow His Light, and see the world as He beholds it. Hear His Voice alone in all that speaks to you. And let him give you peace and certainty which you have thrown away, but Heaven has preserved for you in Him." A Course in Miracles

More thoughts

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." Rumi

"I believe I'm here to speak my truth and that's all I have to do. I don't have to make people understand it... I just have to speak the truth." ~Anne Wilson Schaef

"A woman is like a teabag-only in hot water do you realize how strong she is." Eleanor Roosevelt

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever."
Mahatma Ghandi

"...We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. ... And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." Nelson Mandela

“Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.” - Maya Angelou

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
Rumi

"A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place, but a seed to be planted and to bear more seeds toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea." ~ Henry David Thoreau

"I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things." Socrates

Welcome to Sacred Ruminations

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

WW#49 - PSE6 Filter Experiments ... yet again

Almost

Experimenting again with possibilities ... just because.
First is the 'original' photo (shared by our instructor) beautiful 'as is' ... but I'm trying to develop a 'sense' of what each kind of filter does. Then I share here 9 'labeled' variations and welcome whatever reactions & feedback visitors might care to share and/or information visitors (who know more than me about such things) might offer in hopes of learning more about such things.

Jackson Lake at Sunrise
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Glowing Edges - 31% opacity

Torn Edges - 29% opacity

Photocopy - 30% opacity

Bas Relief 34%

Pointillize - 35%

Crystalize

Smudge Stick

Film Grain

Neon Glow

Click for others participating in Wordless Wednesday today.

So ... what do you think?

Thought for Today
"Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye."
Grey Livingston

22 comments:

Karen said...: I'm really liking the smudge stick effect...; September 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Jeanna said...: The original is breathtaking. The effects are cool but I still like the original.; September 24, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Mojo said...: I'm with mommeee. THe effects are neat, but they take as much away form the original as they add. The unaltered version is spectacular.; September 24, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Hootin Anni said...: You're learning!!!
Isn't it fun?

I'm so glad my comment tweaking worked for you.

Have a great evening.; September 24, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Michelle said...: Such a beautiful picture. It's so peaceful. I love it! How neat that you can change the appearance on the computer. My little sis has been taking photography for a year now. I think she is learning some of the same techniques. Great work. Thanks for sharing.; September 24, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Anonymous said...: They are all pretty awesome, but I really like the bas relief one.; September 24, 2008 at 6:13 PM
SandyCarlson said...: Bas relief sure does bring a nice texture to this! Great stuff, Storyteller!; September 24, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Roan said...: The original is too beautiful for words. Love the study in special effects. BJ; September 24, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Unknown said...: 1st and 7th are my favs!; September 24, 2008 at 8:20 PM
isabella mori said...: nice to meet you here in WW-land! really liked these images, especially the bas relief. but, as you say, the original is beautiful enough.

you might like my WW post, too, here:

http://www.moritherapy.org/article/wine-on-a-wordless-wednesday/

i'm grateful that emmett, such a talented photographer, let me post the image.; September 24, 2008 at 9:16 PM
Joyce said...: I don't know why exactly, but I'm crazy about Bas Relief! I also enjoy Pointillize, Crystalize, Smudge Stick and Film Grain. :)
What fun you must be having with that class!; September 24, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Four-eyed-missy said...: Love the original photo - it's like a postcard. The effects are cool, just like you, I am learning how to use them.; September 25, 2008 at 1:10 AM
Emma Sanders said...: Those are very pretty pics. I hop to one day learn and take the time to learn these different photo effects.; September 25, 2008 at 7:47 AM
Kayce aka lucy said...: my eyes are too tired right now to make distinctions. i am reminded, however, of the birthday gift i received of photoshop elements and how much time i know it will consume when i allow myself to hop in and play!!!; September 25, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Anonymous said...: What an interesting progression, I've , never worked with one of these programs, looks like lots of fun to tweak. They are all appealing in their own way, hard not to be with the stunning original!; September 25, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Joyce's Journey said...: What fun! I need to try this. I love the original the best, but I think they are all awesome. Great job! I love to see the differences.; September 25, 2008 at 9:30 PM
tarek alghnam said...: Hai
Great blog
I'm happy I'm here
I hope Sweet Dreams
And I wish you success
I hope my visit
Mother of the World
http://alghnam2312.blogspot.com/
I hope to be friends
With greetings; September 26, 2008 at 5:11 AM
Mother of Invention said...: Love the crisp original. Makes me want to go there. Maybe Colorado would look similar? Was this on Photo Shop or something?; September 26, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Tina said...: uuww fasinating effects. the neon glow is my fave it looks really spooky!; September 26, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Sarge Charlie said...: Wow, that is very cool.; September 27, 2008 at 12:19 PM
me ann my camera said...: I think, BEAUTIFUL! There is so much beauty in the original I will choose that one.; September 28, 2008 at 3:21 PM
storyteller said...: Thanks to everyone for your comments! - It seems like the ‘original’ photo and ‘Bas Relief’ filter are the favorites overall … though the ‘spooky’ quality of ‘Neon Glow’ just might be appropriate for the Halloween season. I do appreciate all your support and encouragement of my experimentations. I believe I’ve visited most everyone already, but am hoping to visit anyone I’ve missed sometime today … after responding to comments here on my blog … just because. Hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend and are having a Marvelous Monday!
Hugs and blessings,; September 29, 2008 at 8:14 AM