Variations - Look what can be done with SPE

[One-more-try Profile]

Variations:

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[eadams Profile]

These are lovely! I used to spend a lot of time making different versions of photos with SPE just for the joy of it. I need to go back to doing that - it is very calming and satisfying!

[Richard Briggs Profile]

It's addictive! I had to force myself to limit my time on SPE some years back.

I remember feeling quite uneasy about applying a 'half extreme' effect to, for example, a nice holiday photo (I stress 'nice') because I was worried I was effectively deleting the original. When I look back at such a photo now, years later, it leaps out. It is truly a work of art and I find I have no regrets about getting rid of the 'nice' version.

I may have said earlier I have three large format, framed photos on our walls and all are there because SPE made them unforgettable (as visitors to the house tell me from time to time).

Richard

[One-more-try Profile]

Long time Richard since we communicated. SPE can be addictive, I've got to control myself because I am an experimenter by nature and there is so much that can be done on using this software. As you know I used to love creating effects (in my different guises) and still occasionally submit new effects. But now I just like playing around with existing effects and modifying them to suit my needs. I'll need to get back into using the composite feature which is very strong in terms of creativity. I find the whole process therapeutic, and calming just as Eve said following your comments. I should have replied much earlier, but better late than never, as they say!