Monday Collage

The Swan Goose Collage

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Happy Monday. Today is collage day for me so I hope you enjoy.  I give you the original with some vignetting, bottom left is with the heat map application, and bottom right is the pencil sketch with some vignetting.  I actually like the bottom two better than the original.

I did some research on the swans that I found hanging out at Page's Mill Pond in Lake View. South Carolina.  As it happens, these are migratory Swan Geese found in East Asia, mostly in China.  They sure traveled a long way from Asia to South Carolina!  According to http://www.konicaminolta.com/kids/endangered_animals/library/sky/swan-goose.html, these lovely birds have been poached for so long that they are near extinction, so I'm lucky to have stumbled upon them.  I decided to make a collage and "decorate" them because I felt they were prettier than my original picture showed.

They are lovely creatures and I hope that, no matter where they reside, they are able to thrive.  If you are lucky enough to encounter a Swan Goose, enjoy them and do them no harm please.  We need all the creatures on this planet.

I hope you had a marvelous Monday.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Tuesday's Row

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Happy Tuesday.  I hope you had all your ducks, er... geese, in a row today.  I tried to get all mine in a row, but, as you can see, some of them are a little off the row and a couple just want to hang together.  But that's life, isn't it?  Sometimes you're in a nice row with others, sometimes you're a little off to the side (maybe you're dizzy), or sometimes you just want to be with only one other instead of lumped into the crowd.  You can follow the crowd if you want, or you can see what they're doing first and decide if you want to join or go your own way.  However, if you want to fly, you have to team up and work together if you want to go far.   They usually fly in a "V" formation.  I've read that this "V" formation is for conserving energy as it's easier for everyone except for the one in the front.  When that one gets tired, he falls back and someone steps up to the lead for a while.  It's also easier for each one to keep an eye on each other and communicate when needed.  It seems to be such a logical team approach that fighter pilots have adopted this "V" formation.  I hope whatever team you're on helps your fly higher and farther.

I hope you had a wonderful Tuesday.  Thanks for looking.  I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.