Picture 405

So, today was an ok day for me!
I know I usually ask how your week was, but don’t care.

:-)
I’m kidding, I do care.
To an extent.
ANYWAYS!
I’ve still been having sleep issues.
My body clock is off.
But now that school has started again, that should fix the issue.
Getting up every day at 9 AM!
It’s already working.
I’m tired now and it’s only 9 PM!
That doesn’t mean I’ll fall asleep.
I’d be practically falling asleep in my chair, and when I get into bed… POOF!!
Not tired anymore.
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Life is hard.
My brain is having issues.
I couldn’t even make a picture for today.
This week’s picture is an old one.
I didn’t have a picture for today and I didn’t want to force myself to make one.
So, I looked through my extra pictures that I never used.
I found this cool stormy one.
This wasn’t the first time doing a picture like this.
The same storm was used in another picture.
Once I got the picture, I had to spruce it up.
I used a lot of clarity and shadow brightening.
I also used the new Dehaze tool.
I really like that tool.
It brings out the clouds!
Then some contrast and saturation to finish the job.
It was pretty simple.
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 own split image.
Or, you can use these presets.
Before FULL, After FULL, 50/50, Before a QUARTER, or After a QUARTER.

Before

After

You know what else is simple….
THE BTS VIDEO!!
I did get a little long because I talked about what’s to come for the next two months.
We are going to start the Park videos!
I have five videos ready to be edited.
Here’s the plan.
Next week will be a picture of me and last year’s winnings.
I’ll talk about how I feel about doing this all over again.
Then we’ll start the Park videos for five weeks.
That’ll end on the 18th of January.
Then, I’ll take a selfie with the pictures we are entering.
Along with that picture will be the contest preparation videos.
Ending with us submitting the pictures.
They are due by the 13th.
The awards are handed out the 21st.
So, a week after the 18th is the 25th.
That’s when I’ll do the reveal of if I won anything.
Ok?
I explain it better in the video!
You can CLICK HERE to see the video or watch it below.

Alright!
That’s it!
I’m glad we have a plan for the next two months.
Now I know what I doing!!
COME BACK NEXT WEEK!!!