Last weekend I spent a few days visiting Kristen at the Dai Bosatsu Zendo, (she spends a month up there every summer getting all Zen’d up). A beautiful and relaxing place. I had my small Canon SD700is camera with me and took some shots as we walked the grounds and monastery.
I have recently upgraded to Photoshop CS3 and am still learning the new “features”. I think I might have compressed these photos too much and lost some detail, but you can get the general idea.
Gorgeous photos. You, sir, are an ar-teest.
Cool photos. I’m still running PS 7.0. Is it worth an upgrade?
Thanks for the compliments guys. The only bad thing I’ve heard about those photos is that I should have stomped on the beetle as it’s probably a Japanese variety and therefore very destructive. I don’t think the Buddhists would have gone for that, though.
Matt, I think upgrading to CS2 is worth it if you can justify the price. Honestly if I hadn’t been able to get it at a STEEP student discount I don’t know if I would have. The interface has changed a bit again, but nothing drastic, and the layering tools seem to be much improved.
Great photos; especially love the flower close-ups! Keep clicking away. Maybe you’ve found a backup career path if Plan A doesn’t work out! :=)