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I have thank Leya for inspiration for today’s post.
these effects have always fascinated me.
Googled swirls and twirls and found
an ideal YouTube video
Grabbing the last photo that Photoshop had opened,
and with a few stops, to repeat instructions,
along the way, I turned my beach scene into
an abstract arty sort of image.
As with all videos the instructor was not
using my Elements 14 Photoshop
so I missed out on some blending.
However, it was pleased with final result.
Even it is only a simple twirl.
Another pastime, growing each year,
is my reading habit.
The above screen shot from my iPad
shows some of my most recent reads.
A year or so ago I notice an advertisement
for ‘Dawn Girl’ by Leslie Wolfe
whilst browsing Amazon.
Sixteen books later I think I have read
most of her offerings.
Jennifer Hillier, Tony J. Forder,
K. A.Tucker and John Grisham
are some of thee recent authors read.
If interested my Goodreads
Same photo as at top of post.
Just need to learn how to make images
more interesting now.
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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti: Pastimes
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WoollyMuses 
Thanks for the link, Woolly. I was wondering how you created those beautiful swirls of color. A great idea for an abstract. I haven’t read the author you mentioned, but obviously you highly recommend her!
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Patti I stumbled across this link and literally followed instructions as the video ran. I did paused the video while I found some of the tools mentioned. This blokke said it was swirls for beginners which suited me down to the ground.
This link for SWIRLS video tutorial.
Link for Gavin’s Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAyNQGxU_3OgFn2g48lArHg
Author…I presume you mean Leslie Wolfe mentioned first. I make this comment for clarification as Kathleen A. Tucker and Jennifer Hillier were also mentioned. I recommend Wolfe’s work if you like suspense in your reading. The Tess Winnett series is the best. Some of her earlier work is okay but Tess is an outspoken Detective who always gets her perpetrator.
Some of Wolfe’s earlier offerings are not up to the standard of the 6 book (includes two novellas) Tess Winnett series…but still worth a read in my opinion.
Jennifer Hillier has the only thriller (by definition) I have read…The Butcher. By far the best of the five Hillier books.
A fair bit of gore in moman of the above books. Also victims are often young females in the mid-teen to mid-twenty age range. Thought it only fair to warn you. 🙂
For some easy romance K. A. Turner’s, Burying Water (4 book) Series…best read in order. I very much like the way she has written these books. Each of books 2-4 focus on one of the main character from book one. Also her Wild Series (2 books)..Book #1..the pick of them.
Many of my reads are reviewed either on WoollyMuses or my Goodreads page.
Recent reads should be on both.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/51656898
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Oh, well done, Woolly! So glad to have inspired you! Wonderful colours in your swirls and twirls too. Is the last one from the same photo? Then you found the blending? And so many books you read! – I’m impressed. Have to watch your YouTube clip as well.
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Thank you. Yes the last image is also the beach scene. Have also just spent some time playing around with the hide/reveal features resulting in a reasonable first try. Probably won’t get much better…my right shakes like a whippet on a frosty morning these days, making holding a mouse steady rather difficult. Thank you for timely post.
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Love them, Woolly! What happened to your hand?
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Thank you, Leya. My hands have what was called a benign essential tremor…shaking hands inherited from my father and both boys have it also. Over the past twelve months my right arm has developed almost a permanent tremor…good job i now own a decent tripod. 🙂😄😀
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I know a couple of people with the same problem, but luckily a tripod will be very helpful!
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A tripod helps a lot.
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I saw her original post. I want to try it too. Yours came out awesome ! It’s a cool technique.
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Thank you 😊. It is fun to add some effects and make them half decent
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Good job on the twirls Woolly I’m going to try them out too, they’re very cool!
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Thank you Tina. They are fun to play with
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The swirls are great!
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Thank you. A bit disappointed that it has taken me so long to find out how to use some of the PShop filters.
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I have not even tried to do one….
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The link below is the video I stumbled upon. I smiled broadly when he said it was swirls for beginners….just what i wanted. The only problem I had was when he did some blending. I couldn’t find a blend tool, quickly, on Elements 14.
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Thanks
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These swirls are fabulous! I love how the colors turn into something totally different. Nice work.
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Thank you 🙂 I’m a fan of Leya’s SWIRLS this week. tough
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Wow… incredible! Well done!
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Thank you, Amy
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