Picture 354

So……I didn't have a picture until Tuesday…
Like last week, I procrastinated.
At least I wasn't up all night.

I had to edit the picture and the videos and get this typed up all in one day!
And right now I'm not even home!
I'm on the way to pretty state park to look at the Fall colors!
It with my grandparents this time, not my Aunt.
I could have brought my computer and edited so things during the long drive.
We have been driving for an hour and a half.
But I didn't pack my computer because it adds extra pounds in the backpack.
And walking around for hours is hard with a heavy backpack!
(An hour later)
We didn't walk around that much.
The trees weren't that pretty!
I was sad.
So, we stopped by an observation station and observed some Sandhill Cranes.
And that's all we did.
I got some interesting pictures.
To kill more time, they drove around their old neighborhood.
They showed me all their friends’ houses.
Told me stories.
Then we went by my grandmother’s old home where she grew up.
And then we went by her grandmother’s home!
Really old houses!
She told me more stories.
Then we stopped by the cemetery and looked at their friends and family.
I basically saw the life of everyone down there.
It was fun.
I didn't get a lot of pictures, but I'm ok with that.
Anyways! It's Fall time!
I haven't gotten out to make some Fall pictures.
That was my chance and it didn't work.
I guess I could use the ones we took for the parks.
The ones with me in it aren't really going in the contest.
At least….I think they aren't.
The pictures that one didn't have people in them.
And if they did, it was a kid or a baby.
Not….me.
I guess I'm not photo friendly.
Whatever.
Yesterday, we were having fun outside.
Playing with leaves and all that.
So, that's where this picture came from!
I made a bunch of silly random pictures during this time.
You can see them in the BTS video.
They weren't really good.
Even though…I do like silly sometimes.
I did find two good ones.
That will give me an extra week to work on the video.
Anyways, the whole thing was simple.
Pose in front of a tree and make sure to get the pretty colors.
It kind of worked.
I'll have to actually go out and make proper pictures this week.
For the coloring part of this week's picture…it was easy!
I didn't go to extreme.
I used everything at 50%.
My typical contrast, clarity, and saturation.
But saturation was bumped up to 200%!
I super saturated everything!
Except orange.
I had to bring orange down because all the saturation made me….orange.
And that was it!
Really easy this week!
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!!
Just what I wanted!
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

Ok!
That's it.
I'll upload the BTS video next week with the next picture.
I actually got the video done in two hours!
And I made it short too!
I didn't have any extra random videos!
It was an hour uncut!
I got it down to 16 minutes.
Then I added in the editing of the picture.
So I think it came out to 20…something.
However, next week will also have an extra video.
Every month I upload a Monthly Update.
It's a video that goes over how the months was any future plans I might have.
I didn't do anything exciting time month.
So, the video was boring.
To spice it up, I added random videos!
When I clean off my SD cards, some videos get lost in the shuffle.
Or I make video that I just never use.
They didn't have a home or they didn't go with a BTS video at the time.
I decide to give them a home.
They are wasting space on my hard drive.
So, I went through al, the folders and found the good random videos.
I got up to 500 separate picture and video clips!
I don't know how long the video is because I haven't started it.
And the videos aren't from this month.
They are just random points in time.
It's just a random update!
So, look for that next week!
And the BTS video for this picture.
COME BACK NEXT WEEK!!!
HAPPY BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY!!