Monthly Archive for January, 2010

I won! (And can’t believe it! :)

Published on January 12, 2010 in Photoshoppin'. 1 Comment

Here’s the link, and Here’s how I found out:

A Finalist!

Published on January 8, 2010 in Dundee Traffic and Photoshoppin'. 5 Comments

So I made it to the Top Three in the Oregonian’s Photoshop contest! I am posting this larger one here so you can see more detail if you want to.

I did add a couple more “voodoos” to this version (in the two cars in front of the last motorhome), so that there are an even two dozen! (The 24 includes the M&M doughnut on the side of the truck.)

(Click to enlarge)

It’s kind of a fun way to call attention to the traffic problems in this area! A couple of years ago I explained the problem this way.

Here is my original photo. While the backup is caused by the bottleneck in Dundee, these cars were actually in Newberg (2 miles away), and not moving.

Here are my other two contest entries:


Monster Doughnuts

Published on January 1, 2010 in Photoshoppin'. 2 Comments

The Oregonian’s web site OregonLive has a Photoshop contest on right now. Having a free evening, and recovering from the Ducks loss in the Rose Bowl today, I decided to enter it! (The prize is a dozen donuts every month for a year!)

The elements:

It had to include at least one of the images provided by VooDoo Doughnuts in Portland. I chose these two:

I then picked a photo from my iPhoto collection. This is one I took at the Yamhill County Fair’s Monster Truck Show that we went to in the summer of ‘08.

The result:

Here is the picture that I submitted. I entitled it, “Cutting Monster Doughnuts”

Caption: Voodoo knows how to cut donuts!

Here is the link to the actual image.