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sooo...since I am taking a swing at this whole taking really nice pictures thing...and since I got an account at Picnik.  I also took a stab at editing. 



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then...I actually edited with Picasa this time...not Picnik.

how did I do?  I changed the fill light to 50% and then increased the highlights by like 25%....Picnik doesn't have fill light and I don't know how to get the same effect with that program.   I'm still working on it. : )

look what I got

So I have been trying to find ways to better understand how to use my camera and I got some books!

I've started reading the second one and it is really helping!  I have also taken my camera off of auto completely and am shooting everything in manual.  I still don't think I have a very creative eye yet and its hard for me to find things to shoot to test out different apertures and shutter speeds, but I'm getting there.

I also signed up with picnik, which is a great free photo editing sight.  I really wanted to get Adobe Photoshop CS5, but its really expensive and I am just starting out after all.  If I move more seriously into photography, then I might shell out the cash, but for now, picnik is juuust fine. : )