Hi
This coming week brings us the first days of Spring in the northern hemisphere. So, I thought we should have a suitable spring-time image to start off the weekend. This is Thorp Perrow, near Bedale in North Yorkshire, England.
What will you with it do to mark the beginning of spring?
Anything goes as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright etc.
Anyone and everyone is welcome to have a go - whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert.
There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go!
When posting back your edited images please use jpeg and downsize to 1200px on the long side. This is to stop the thread slowing down when lots of images are added.
To download the image below in jpeg format with ICC color profile (sRGB) and without the forum scaling artefacts , right click and then use Save Image As /Save Target As (or similar depending on your browser).
Have fun
Dave
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Inspired by my very favorite shoes!
Introducing the SFTW Spring collection Flip Flops.
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Hi
A very uplifting weekend to see all those nice spring images.
Rista - that's a lovely butterfly, did you do it in Illustrator or Photoshop? I had one of those springs when I was, much, younger. We called them Slinkys
Trevor - clever idea ! As for the video , can we unsee it 
Ponytail - Another happy dog (or a worn out one). I also like the other image but she appears to have pinched the flowers
Graham - who is he? Have we been photo-bombed ?
KPhotopage - Those made me laugh and are sure to put a spring in your step!
Joan - That's a large family outing !
Thanks all so far - Ged mustn't be back or we would have at least one giraffe!
Dave
What were those books called that were popular 30 years ago? Something like third eye, maybe? You would just stare at the composite image until the hidden image appears.
~Barb
davescm wrote
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Rista - that's a lovely butterfly, did you do it in Illustrator or Photoshop? I had one of those springs when I was, much, younger. We called them Slinkys
Dave
Thank you, Dave.
I made the butterfly in Photoshop, starting with a schematic drawing by Hemera and adding Strokes, Styles, color fills and color changes, as I remember. Made it a while ago though for a birthday card. All my friends and cousins expect one-of-a-kind cards, keeps me quite busy
I don't think Slinkies existed when I was of an age to play with them, only discovered them recently.
Rista
Well color me obvious. But with St. Patty's day only a few hours away, I couldn't resist.
Lesley, I love the lady in the bath. It is great to have original artwork in these threads.
A reminder for Dave, Ged, and Terri (wherever she has got to).
BTW I am having to sign back in to the forum every time I come back to it recently. I have it set to remember me of course. The timing correlates with when I reinstalled Windows 10, so if someone can confirm it is just me, I'll keep looking into what I have stuffed up.
BTW 2 We are talking about leaving our clocks permanently on Daylight Savin, which would suit me just fine.
https://forums.adobe.com/people/Dean+Utian wrote
Trevor.Dennis wrote
BTW I am having to sign back in to the forum every time I come back to it recently. I have it set to remember me of course.
I've been experiencing the same thing. Also on Windows 10. Not sure if here was an update recently. I am using a temporary work one as had problems with my main one.
Dean, thanks for the heads up. I'll go see if there is anything about it in the Backroom forum.
Jacob, I was trying to work out why your flames had little black windows, and it was not until I zoomed in that was about to see that they are flame coloured ghosts. Is that right? You have definitely taken the bizarre image mantle from Ged. I at least understand where is coming from with his images, but half the time I can't work yours out. 
You tend to post small pixel sizes as well.
Trevor,
It seems that I am far behind today, maybe all the rifts in the space time continuum are crowding round me.
The thread Dave started begins with Forums fall over.
they are flame coloured ghosts. Is that right?
More than flame coloured. I have never upoladed images, always posted links, so they are stuck within the limits (no clicking option to enlarge), and I have chosen to keep them at 800 (or less to fit a halving or similar) to avoid the need for scrolling, then post a closeup if needed, as here.
It seems that actual monitor size matters; a few years ago, when smoke rose and I had to (after a long time without closing down or even use sleep mode to avoid the lightning and heavy hissing at startup/awakening, and being able to (literally) stick a piece of A4 paper or two up), I switched from the most burglar proof Sony to EIZO, still the good old big 1920 x 1200 size (the GDM-FW900 could go to 2304 x 1440, but I never used that).
half the time I can't work yours out.
Maybe my surprise ought to worry me.
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