Picture 326

So...............
This post is a little late.
I had some "technical issues".
Ok, I was killing zombies and just wanted to relax.
Thus, I skipped a day.
And then the next day I had to work and then stay late waiting for the family to get off.
I've been busy.
But, I'm happy.....
I got another new camera!!!

I needed one that had the power of my big camera, but in a small body.
So I can take it on trips and be portable.
...oh...and this....
CLICK HERE to see the video or watch it below. 

However, getting that was hard.

There's many things I like and hate.

The menus aren't so good.

Everything is digital through the touch screen.

It takes way longer to get things all set up nicely.

But first I have to find the settings in the menus.

But once you find everything, it's all good.

Also, the slo mo.

It can only go for three seconds.

I would like to go however long I want!!

I wanted to do fireworks and things.

I'd have to set up the camera, get it recording first, then set off the pyro.

I can't now.

There is an app that I can download to a smart device that'll let me control the camera.

Oh wait...I don't have a smart device.... :-\
Maybe I'll get an iPad.
Companies have companion apps for games.
It seems like they expect you to have a smart device.
I guess that's the new rule in life.
You must own a tablet or a smart phone.
I grew up with not a lot.
I know that sounds mean.
We did have things.
But nothing fancy.
We did have a computer...I think.
My parents told me, if you want it....buy it....cause we aren't!
HA! It's true.
I wanted an iPhone and all that.
But, I had to get one.
I couldn't.
So I went without.
I grew up that way and lived without one.
Now, I used to it.
So..I still don't have one.
I see four year olds in carts playing Angry Birds on an iPad.
Ten year olds with iPhones.
I just look at them and think....SPOILED!
However, my brother does have an iPad for his kids.
Their oldest one does ABC Mouse on there.
But that mostly it.
They don't actually PLAY on it alllll the time.
Here and there.
Well, by what I have seen.
I'm only there on Sundays.
Ok...I'm just rambling.
Now that I'm actually buying things, I'm thinking about what I need.
How spoiled am I?
No.
They only big things my parents got me where games for the PS3.
Now I get my own games...on my white PS3 that I bought....and my white PS4...that I bought....
I could be wrong.
They have given me a lot.
So it's hard to member EVERYTHING.
I'm glad that I learned that I have to EARN things.
OK!!!! ENOUGH!!
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, 315, 317, 318,319, 320, 321, and 322, 323, 324, and 325.
This one is actually the last one.
We haven't gone on any walks because of winter and things.
So, I ran out of pictures.
We will go again at some point.
But that means I need a NEW picture for next time....
I haven't made any news ones in a while.
I haven't even explored the new area we a living it.
Anyways, I wanted this one to be an EPIC finale.
BIG colors and what not.
I knew it was going to be mirrored.
That's why I shot it the way I did.
It was the plan from the beginning.
Oh...if you didn't know....
Mirroring is when I take a half of an image of and flip it, then line it back up with the other half.

That was a rough explanation....
You can see what I mean in the picture.

This time I did an extra step.

The first mirror is horizontal.

Then, I combine the two into a layer and mirror it again vertically.

But before that, I did the coloring.

Like I said, BIG COLORS!

Super-duper saturation, clarity, and contrast!

If you look at the before picture, you can tell that it needed allll that.

OH! Speaking of the before, LET'S COMPARE!

Hover your mouse (the computer one :-P) over the original picture to see the after editing one.
If you're on a touchscreen device, just tap on the picture. You may have to tap more than once.

AMAZING!!
I love it.
It came out just like I planned!!
And it looks nice!
I LOVE IT!
I almost forgot, let's try the Image Slider.
Here's how it works...
There's a blue bar in the middle of the picture.
That's the slider.
The slider will disappear when you move your mouse off of the image.
I did that so you can really see the split.
But, it'll come back when you hover over it again.
You can CLICK on it and DRAG it around to get our on split image.
Or, you can use these presets.
Before FULL, After FULL, 50/50, Before a QUARTER, or After a QUARTER.

Before

After

ON TO THIS VIDEO FOR THE LAST TIME!
The last BTS video in the series only had the walks from Day One and Two.
But on Day Three, I recorded a lot more than I should have. :-P
It was 68 minutes uncut.
I got that down to 27 minutes.
But then I wanted to add an update about the Photo Contest stuff at the end.
SO, I added that.
But that was recorded weeks ago.
So, I wanted another more recent update.
Overall the video time came out to 45 minutes.
You can CLICK HERE to see the video or watch it below.

OK! Now I'm done.
I need a new picture idea.... :-\
I'm going to continue playing with the new camera.
I just have to learn all the menus.
I also recorded our gas stove lighting up and things dropping into a bowl of water.
All at 1200FPS.
IT LOOKS AWESOME! COME BACK NEXT WEEK!!!