Picture 317

SO! First off, sorry for having REALLY short and incomplete posts lately.
Life doesn't halt for me to do things.
I have had pneumonia for a week.

And the flu the week before that.
I got didn't have time to do things.
But, now that I'm better, it's all good!
I'm almost better.
I'm still coughing up the rest of the stuff in my lungs.
But, I'm not feeling tired and having a super headache.
I can get up and move.
That's what was preventing me from working.
I couldn't do anything because I was so sick.
But that's all in the past now.
I got back to work Thursday, the First of the Year.
Wow.....the first of the year.
That's tomorrow.....
...actually.....
TONIGHT!
Wow.
This year was so slow until the middle.
When we moved.
A new house, new computer, new license, new camera, new job, new new new...
So many good, new things happened after July.
And things are going to get better!
Anyways, today is my last day off on my mini-vacation full of pain.
I'm almost out of meds.....
I just hope I can do my job as good as before.
I'm afraid I'll just get pneumonia again.
I'll just have to go in and do it and see what happens!
ON TO THE PICTURE!
This was during our walks that my Aunt and I did through some pretty nature trails.
The series also contains Pictures 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, and 315.
There's still a lot more to come of that as well.
I liked this picture when we shot it.
It looked good on the camera.
But when I got to it last night....I just stared at it.
It didn't look as good as I though. :-\
I didn't know what to do!
It was after the fall colors so everything is...dull.
So, I messed around and got the colors to look right.
But I wanted more!!!
MORE!!!
So, I mirrored it.
Just for fun.
OH! LET'S COMPARE!

Hover your mouse (the computer one :-P) over the original picture to see the after editing one.
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AMAZING!!
I liked it before the mirroring.
But, I just wanted that extra POW!
Now, on to the video.
There's two...actually.
The first one is the typical Making of video that I've been adding for a while now.
It's 18 minutes, 30 seconds long of my Aunt and me just walking around...
You can CLICK HERE to see the video or watch it below. 

The next video is my Christmas video!!!
This was a big year.
My family hosted to the get together.
We had it here! At the house!
OUR HOUSE!!!!
There's a few extra things in the video as well.
Remember....I had pneumonia the whole time.
So...I'm just coughing up a storm!
You can CLICK HERE to see the video or watch it below. 

Now, this picture has a secret story.
For some reason, I started questioning myself.
I've been in this weird mind set lately.
"What would people think of it?"
"Would someone else like it?"
The reason I've been like this is because of a contest.
You can see a little bit about at the end of both the videos.
Now, when I look at my pictures...I think that way.
And I shouldn't.
It's causing me to lose focus and not be me.
This picture was hard to do because that mindset.
I don't know why.
It's just a simple add saturation and contrast and try to make it look pretty.
I always do that.
But I wanted to be me.
So, I mirrored it.
But I fell like my mind was holding me back.
I just don't know.
I'm just rambling now.
Ok, that's all!
Now that I'm better, I should be able to do more.
This weather has me copped up all time.
I need to go out and make pictures!!!
COME BACK NEXT YEAR!!!! ;-)