PicMonkey Theme Contest entries ..

- using PicMonkey editing features, make a photo of yours look old - for #4 Competition - hand hammered brass plate © All Rights Reserved

.. a photo of something that you did not expect ! .. certainly didn't think this might be at the lake .. waterbirds / Apple snail shells /Black Racer snake .. Moorhen nests with little ones .. but not this ..looked at from another view of this cap put in the Cypress tree - the logo is: goarmy.com ARCHIVES 2013 ARCHIVE AIRINGS AA292 - WHAT ? [ SOMETHING NOT EXPECTED ] © All Rights Reserved

- for PM competition .. ' Spring' - framed collage of Seminole Pink Hibiscus, White Pinwheel Jasmine, Red Amaryllis and Blue Plumbago www.picmonkey.com © All rights reserved

- after it rains here, we get beautiful pink flowers - 'rain lilies' - an abstract feeling - of these delicate blooms - from another 'place' - perhaps another 'time' - one can wonder - so, a collage of formerly - pale pink lilies - framed - tweaked a lot - used curves - changed the intensity of colors - rounded the edges of photos - overlay texture of rain - run through 'custom' curves - for PM competition .. ' Spring' www.picmonkey.com © All rights reserved

Fast Facts - [ National Geographic site ] Type: Bird Diet: Carnivore .. 99% fish Average life span in the wild: 30 years Size: Body, 21 to 23 in (54 to 58 cm); Wingspan, 5 to 6 ft (1.5 to 1.8 m) Weight: 3.1 to 4.4 lbs (1.4 to 2 kg) The Osprey is one of the most widespread birds of prey and can be found on every continent except Antarctica. They lay eggs (typically three), which both parents help to incubate. Osprey eggs don't hatch all at once, but are staggered . This is one family [ photos taken in a parking lot; the nest is on top of a light pole ] .. Found another family with an even younger chick. Photos to come ... edited in: www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved

www.flickr.com/groups/picmonkey/discuss/72157633345583015/ .. new PicMonkey competition .. make one of your own photos look like a painting .. oil, watercolor .. .. this is my 'watercolor' of one of The Twins .. seen in backyard .. just before she decided .. 'to get out of this place' ! edited using: www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved

.. Great Blue Heron in flight .. photo for new challenge in PicMonkey group for PicMonkey Contest - made photo Sepia - used Light trails texture - then used Daguerreotype/Shiro - framed/signed - www.picmonkey.com added another texture New Theme Contest: "In Lights" .. www.picmonkey.com © All rights reserved

- when one edits a red flower - cluster of red Jatropha blooms - vibrant leaves of green - cropped - used Curves - faded out the flowers - saved - then, brought back the flowers - intensity changed - layered the same, yet different photos - of Jatropha flowers over each other - frame - watermark - now ! - a totally different concept - from where I began www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved try viewing fullscreen on black