This old birch tree lost its top a couple of years ago. Lately, every time I pass it, I’ve had a desire to paint it to look like a witch. I’d like to prop very long boards vertically against the bottom half of the trunk to resemble a pleated skirt.
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A Bad Guide 
Your photography has become so darn professional! This is gorgeous!
Any progress on the witch?
It’s only thanks to Photoshop. I made a layer with just the tree and I made it much lighter than the rest of the picture, so that there is more detail than there would be with just silhouettes.
Too cold to make the witch for hallowe’en. Next summer.
Ahh, photoshop layering. It’s a wonderful thing.
My future uncle works wonders with photoshop. Here’s one that we have hanging in our living room: http://krobbinsphoto.com/Portfolios/StillLife/source/night_pear.html
That photo Robin posted nicely illustrates why I don’t buy Photoshop. The measure of success in photoshopping a picture is the extent to which one cannot tell that it has been photoshopped, and whenever I try image manipultion the edges give me away every single time. I love looking at the work of experts and gifted dabblers, like your fantastic bitch tree Crown, but my blocky scratchy efforts never survive the delete button long.
Robin, you should have it on your list of wedding presents you want. To use it well you have to be either quite smart or really compulsive. Luckily I’m both — no but I am pretty compulsive, so I sort of enjoy getting rid of every little pixel I don’t want. My only problem with P’shop is the ridiculous price they want for it. They sell a special version for students that works just like the normal one. You would have to send evidence (id card) that you’re in school or university somewhere, and then they send you a special code so you can install it on about 3 machines. It’s a bit of a hassle, but you’d save 2/3 of the normal price.