Editing Fun

The more I play around with my camera and photos, the more I love it.  I've had some fun lately, playing with Picnik and its free editing software.  The upgrade to "pro" is pretty inexpensive and I'm thinking of making the investment to hold me over until I can understand Photoshop Elements.  The mission I've been on is to find photos to use as art for our house by turning them into canvas (thanks to a Groupon and Living Social deal).  Here's what I came up with.  Since I'm still new at this, I'm not sure what settings I used - I just tweaked until I loved.

This picture is called "Pelican in St. Croix".  I took this photo after a fun day of off roading in a rented Jeep, followed by shopping at the local market, beer in hand.  Typical vacation adventure.

  

This is the view from the Rialto Bridge in Venice.  That day was one of my favorite parts of Europe.  Nick and I spent the day in a gondola, wandering the streets and eating gelato.