tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26214460605052146432024-03-13T08:13:11.724+08:00A Photo A DayA daily(almost) sharing of photos with insights/musings and some photo tips.BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-72856293986597210202013-04-29T14:26:00.001+08:002013-04-30T09:10:06.114+08:00Photos, Quotes, InspirationHi Everyone,<br />
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I have created a new blog which houses all my "photoquotes".<br />
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As you probably know, I love collecting quotes and taking photos of course. Now I have combined these two loves into what I call as "photoquotes".<br />
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If you need a daily dose of inspiration, then this is just the site for you. Please check it out and follow me over there too. Here is the link: <a href="http://getinspired-photoquotes.blogspot.com/">http://getinspired-photoquotes.blogspot.com/ </a><br />
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And here is an example of what you will find there:<br />
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See you there!BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-7819163293030190722013-04-03T11:18:00.002+08:002013-04-03T11:19:30.392+08:00Aliwan FestivalIt's almost that time of the year again! I mean fiesta or festival time!<br />
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I'm sharing here a photo taken during the Aliwan Festival 2 years ago. This is the mother of all festivals as it includes the contingent from other regions of the Philippines. This year, it's going to be held on April 11 - 13, 2013.<br />
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I have written about this festival in my HubPages. Here is the link: <a href="http://jill-of-alltrades.hubpages.com/hub/I-Recommend-the-Aliwan-Festival-in-the-Philippines">http://jill-of-alltrades.hubpages.com/hub/I-Recommend-the-Aliwan-Festival-in-the-Philippines</a><br />
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<br />BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-17242907151456293212013-03-15T11:09:00.000+08:002013-03-15T11:09:06.095+08:00The Heart Relic of Saint CamillusI just experienced one of the most spiritually uplifting days in my life!<br />
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I was part of the Documentation Committee during the visit of the heart relic of Saint Cammillus to the church of the Camillian Sisters in our subdivision. I wrote about this visit in my hub here: <br />
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Here is a photo of this heart relic.<br />
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<br />BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-3529942899843995382012-10-22T22:13:00.002+08:002012-10-22T22:13:46.738+08:00Flowers Smile When They See MeJust sharing my first ever photo book from Blurb.<br />
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It's title is: "Flowers Smile When They See Me"<br />
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As you know, flowers are one of my favorite subjects for my photography. I've placed some of my favorite flower photos in this book. Hope you enjoy them. <br />
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<a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3573623?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget" style="margin: 12px 3px;" target="_blank">Flowers Smile<br />When They See Me by Salvacion Placer Angtuaco</a> | <a href="http://www.blurb.com/landing_pages/bookshow?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget" style="margin: 12px 3px;" target="_blank">Make Your Own Book</a></div>
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BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-12264340803672108832012-09-10T13:13:00.000+08:002012-09-10T13:32:45.461+08:00A Year at RedBubble<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a little over a year now since I joined RedBubble - an art community.<br />
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I am enjoying my membership there and have gained some close friends as well as several acquaintances. Many of the photos that I have posted here (like the photo above) are also found in my RedBubble site. However, they are available as hires photos because you can sell art works in the site.<br />
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I also enjoy joining the many challenges in RB because I am challenged to go out of my comfort zone in terms of my photography.<br />
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I am happy to say that I have won some of the challenges but of course I also lost some. However, I can say that everything is fun! fun! fun!<br />
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Not only that, I have also sold some works (cards) in RedBubble. I am just happy that somebody appreciated my work well enough to part with his/her money and buy some of my cards. Right now, my most popular work is this:<br />
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It's a photo of some grasses which I coupled with a quote from Mother Teresa. Somebody loved it so much and bought 40 copies of this. Imagine that! I danced with joy when I learned about it. I don't even know who the buyer is so I thanked him/her publicly in RedBubble.<br />
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So this is how far I have gone in my photography now.<br />
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You can see a running slide show of my works in RedBubble in the links section at the right side of this blog.<br />
<br />BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-76037637192595155092012-07-13T11:33:00.000+08:002012-07-13T11:39:05.320+08:00Playing with Gradients AgainI am not yet through playing with gradients and blending. I came up with this happy result while doing so.<br />
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This is really so much fun and the results sometimes surprise me. What do you think?<br />
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By the way, there is a bigger version of this photo in my RedBubble site. Please click on the following link<br />
if interested. <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/lensbaby/works/9069261-the-partys-over">http://www.redbubble.com/people/lensbaby/works/9069261-the-partys-over</a><br />
<br />BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-28475319032507880142012-04-05T19:08:00.001+08:002012-04-05T19:08:33.610+08:00Happy Easter Using Gradient ToolI just recently discovered the beauty of using the "gradient tool" in Photoshop and I had fun playing with some of my photos and creating fun cards.<br />
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Here is an example:<br />
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I love the softness created by the gradient. I actually created several layers here and then used the gradient tool for the final blending of the layers.<br />
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Have a Happy Easter!!!BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-59192925443924307762012-02-27T19:35:00.000+08:002012-02-27T19:35:19.666+08:00Using Textures, Layers and Blend ModesI have never tried using textures in my photos. I just learned how to use them lately and have been doing some experiments. I am enjoying this new found way to create a new look of my photos. I did not realize it's just easy. Either you use some already existing textures or you can even make your own textures.<br />
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I discovered that the technique is just easy. You just have to use the blend modes in the photo editing software, like Photoshop.<br />
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I have written a step by step article on using layers and blends in my hub in HubPages. The link is here if you are interested. <a href="http://jill-of-alltrades.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Change-the-Mood-of-Your-Photos-Use-Layers-and-Blending-Options">How-to-Change-the-Mood-of-Your-Photos-Use-Layers-and-Blending-Options</a><br />
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I am just sharing a photo that I created by using this technique. Try it and have fun!<br />
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<br />BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-28573457299652282642012-01-01T01:37:00.000+08:002012-01-01T01:37:02.652+08:00A Wonderful New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A wonderful New Year to all of you!<br />
May the New Year bring you the best of everything! <br />
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<br />BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-66601075199424486912011-12-21T14:29:00.001+08:002011-12-21T14:29:49.516+08:00A blessed Christmas to you!<br />
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All the best for the New Year!<br />
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<br />BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-32236855572056706712011-07-19T14:34:00.000+08:002011-07-19T14:34:49.076+08:00Sunflower in my mind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ow4Oh1BLrq8/TiUlNzMDogI/AAAAAAAAB8c/3KcLphE9aFo/s1600/lensbaby-sunflower+in+my+mind-1abc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ow4Oh1BLrq8/TiUlNzMDogI/AAAAAAAAB8c/3KcLphE9aFo/s320/lensbaby-sunflower+in+my+mind-1abc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I'm learning to love collages. I think they can express in one photo what may take several photos to show. This is just a simple collage created in Picasa. <br />
Sunflowers are such bright and happy flowers so I thought I would share these flowers with you today. The flowers were given to me by my daughter during my birthday. She knows that my favorite color is yellow gold.BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-11782831962566132242011-06-17T21:49:00.001+08:002011-06-18T17:35:50.329+08:00Moon Before and During the Lunar EclipseI took photos of the moon midnight of June 15, before the lunar eclipse started. Then I set my alarm to 3 am of June 16 and took more photos during the actual lunar eclipse.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bFdQ6TUBj1Q/Tfta8dB-w-I/AAAAAAAAB7A/0jK0lC23gvs/s1600/lensbaby-moon+during+lunar+eclipse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bFdQ6TUBj1Q/Tfta8dB-w-I/AAAAAAAAB7A/0jK0lC23gvs/s320/lensbaby-moon+during+lunar+eclipse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So here are sample photos of this event. Hope you enjoy them!BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-87384217592939893632011-05-31T15:35:00.000+08:002011-05-31T15:35:06.878+08:00OMG! I'm the featured Photographer of the Week in Manila Bulletin!OMG! I'm the featured Photographer of the week for Manila Bulletin's Picture Perfect section, today, May 31, 2011.<br />
Sorry, the online version is not yet in place, so I'm just sharing a link to a photo of the pages of the newspaper's Picture Perfect section.<br />
Here is the link to my Multiply site.<br />
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<a href="http://saanva.multiply.com/">http://saanva.multiply.com/</a>BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-7664582983087373152011-03-28T13:51:00.000+08:002011-03-28T13:51:06.564+08:00OMG! This photo was featured at the RedBubble Homepage today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2x0ZomFUfe0/TZAezpuL3SI/AAAAAAAAB64/4Eg5WhKQp9M/s1600/fern_MG_9168abc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2x0ZomFUfe0/TZAezpuL3SI/AAAAAAAAB64/4Eg5WhKQp9M/s320/fern_MG_9168abc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I was so pleasantly surprised when I got a message from the Homepage of RedBubble congratulating me for the feature in the homepage. Wow! That's really super!<br />
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I learned that less than 3 in a thousand get featured in the homepage. So I was practically ecstatic when I discovered this. Imagine that, I have only been with this site for about 2 weeks only and I already got featured! How lucky can I get?<br />
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Below is the link to the RedBubble homepage. It has a slideshow of the featured works. I just don't know how long our images will be in the homepage though. So please click on the link right away before the slideshow is changed. Thank you!<br />
<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/">http://www.redbubble.com/</a><br />
Anyway, below is also another link to the page where all the images of featured artist (for today) are found.<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1388879578">http://www.redbubble.com/people/home/art/6942093-1-backyard-macro-and-closeups-28-march-2011</a>BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-24987903384858810352011-03-23T08:23:00.000+08:002011-03-23T08:23:14.956+08:00Super moonI just learned how to take a moon photo last weekend.<br />
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I was with a group of photographers from our camera club and somebody taught me the correct settings to get a good picture of the moon. <br />
I am so happy I was able to catch a shot before the moon disappeared.<br />
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Here's the shot.<br />
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Hope you like it!BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-7869669959168008782011-03-15T11:43:00.000+08:002011-03-15T11:43:31.847+08:00Guess What 5?This is the last photo for this challenge. I hope you enjoyed guessing the last 4 photos.<br />
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I'm sure you have seen this before. Try guessing what it is. Enjoy!BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-75102744725671408372011-03-09T11:46:00.000+08:002011-03-09T11:46:16.249+08:00Guess What3?This is the third photo for this series. After two more images, I will start with some other topic.<br />
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So here is your 3rd "Guess What" photo.<br />
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Can you guess what this photo is? Please write your answer in the comments. Enjoy!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yRCGe09FcCw/TXWmebYXxTI/AAAAAAAAB58/o4xhk5-B5Yw/s1600/2-baby.p.angtuaco-abc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yRCGe09FcCw/TXWmebYXxTI/AAAAAAAAB58/o4xhk5-B5Yw/s320/2-baby.p.angtuaco-abc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-27971634236401979852011-03-07T11:30:00.001+08:002011-03-07T11:33:58.665+08:00Guess What?I like taking close-ups of common things in the house or around the house. For the next few days, I will be posting some of these photos and I hope you will join me and try to guess what these objects are.<br />
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Are you game? Here is the photo for today. Can you guess what this is? <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Please write you answer in the comments. Thank you!</div>BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-15718510828210388882011-02-08T12:37:00.000+08:002011-02-08T12:37:32.999+08:00Flowers for Valentine's DayIt's almost Valentine's Day, so I'm giving you flowers for Valentines.<br />
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I wrote a flower hub in my HubPages so please check it out there. I am giving you permission to download the photos. Just please acknowledge and link back to the source.<br />
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I hope you enjoy the flowers!<br />
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<a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Flowers-Up-Close-for-Valentines-Day-and-Other-Days">Flowers-Up-Close-for-Valentines-Day-and-Other-Days </a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bvkCb5e2Kv0/TVDHw1QYYNI/AAAAAAAAB5g/uTMfMwdymU8/s1600/b.p.angtuaco.sunny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bvkCb5e2Kv0/TVDHw1QYYNI/AAAAAAAAB5g/uTMfMwdymU8/s320/b.p.angtuaco.sunny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-85213846411648865992011-01-02T18:17:00.000+08:002011-01-02T18:17:06.932+08:00An Out of Bound Froggie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bvkCb5e2Kv0/TSBOv3gSVYI/AAAAAAAAB2g/f5JOw06fQEY/s1600/IMG_1948+copyabc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bvkCb5e2Kv0/TSBOv3gSVYI/AAAAAAAAB2g/f5JOw06fQEY/s320/IMG_1948+copyabc.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am starting my New Year with something new (for me anyway). I just learned how to make an out of bound photo effect. The process is rather long and a little bit complicated. However, once you get the hang of it, it becomes easy. I just searched in the web for the easiest tutorial to do this effect and I found it in this site: </div><a href="http://best-photoshop-tutorials.blogspot.com/2008/09/3d-photo-effect.html">http://best-photoshop-tutorials.blogspot.com/2008/09/3d-photo-effect.html</a><br />
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How do you like my out of bound froggie? <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div>BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-30464093462406572042010-12-01T09:09:00.003+08:002011-11-22T15:50:40.492+08:00Small World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bvkCb5e2Kv0/TPWeFwg01HI/AAAAAAAAB1g/VE4D_1p-sd8/s1600/IMG_1105-1abc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bvkCb5e2Kv0/TPWeFwg01HI/AAAAAAAAB1g/VE4D_1p-sd8/s320/IMG_1105-1abc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I learned how to make this "small world" effect lately. I did not realize it is just easy.<br />
You only need to follow a few steps:<br />
<ul><li>open a photo in Photoshop</li>
<li> crop the photo so that the width is about 1/3 longer than the height</li>
<li>resize the photo to a square (remove constraints and copy the width numbers to the space for the length)</li>
<li>rotate the photo 180 degrees</li>
<li>click on filter >distort>polar coordinates and viola! you have your small world!</li>
<li>clean up the seams by using healing brush </li>
<li>you can now display your small world photo!</li>
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Yes, it's just easy!<br />
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There is a more detailed description of the process in my <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Create-a-Small-World-A-Photoshop-Tutorial">HubPages article. </a><br />
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A blogger, Robin, just finished doing this "small world" based on the tutorial I shared in my HubPages article. She posted her work in her blog here: <br />
<a href="http://cherrylime2011.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-293-robin.html#comment-form">http://cherrylime2011.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-293-robin.html</a><br />
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Thanks very much Robin! I'm so happy for you!BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-76954533795264644412010-11-24T09:09:00.000+08:002010-11-24T09:09:00.491+08:00Precious Moment Christmas Decor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bvkCb5e2Kv0/TOxkNm_3XmI/AAAAAAAAB1c/O446aWKEdMU/s1600/IMG_1253abc1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bvkCb5e2Kv0/TOxkNm_3XmI/AAAAAAAAB1c/O446aWKEdMU/s320/IMG_1253abc1.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Even if the predominant colors of Christmas are red, green and gold, it's still nice to come up with other colors especially on the Christmas tree.<br />
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I just love this little blue doll on a tree. This doll is made by Precious Moment which has a Christmas house here in our country. I just love visiting their Christmas house.<br />
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By the way, if you would like to know how the red,green and gold Christmas colors originated, please check out my article over at HubPages. <br />
<a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Colors-of-Christmas-Red-Green-and-Gold">http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Colors-of-Christmas-Red-Green-and-Gold</a>BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621446060505214643.post-22705564259763685372010-10-29T10:16:00.000+08:002010-10-29T10:16:51.317+08:00Another Rainy Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bvkCb5e2Kv0/TMor8xyT1DI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/lBNMwNCzAUU/s1600/_MG_9913-1abc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bvkCb5e2Kv0/TMor8xyT1DI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/lBNMwNCzAUU/s320/_MG_9913-1abc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It's another rainy day today. So what else can I think of but rain. Here's a raindrops photo for you.<br />
As I mentioned before, raindrops and flowers are my favorite subjects for my photography.<br />
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Do check out my hub about raindrops: <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/RaindropsA-Few-of-my-Favorite-Things">http://hubpages.com/hub/RaindropsA-Few-of-my-Favorite-Things</a>BabyPAngtuacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12486458170527365145noreply@blogger.com2