April Showers Are For The Birds [Monthly Theme]
Uploaded: April 15, 2007 04:07:07
For the Photogroup 101 "Now that's funny" theme.
My wife was given this bird covered umbrella and I couldn't resist taking it to the extreme. Composite of four photos: male and female cardinals, the umbrella, and my driveway in the rain. Rain added in PSP XI, though it is raining now and we expect torrential downpours all day. No birds around so far today ... apparently they are smart enough to get in out of the rain ;)
Carolyn M. Fletcher
April 15, 2007
Marcie A. Fowler April 15, 2007
Oh Wally this is so clever, ingenious, creative and funny. Very well done. Guess you'll win the theme AGAIN (LOL)!! this also works for BP's monthly theme. What a wonderfully delightful concept and very well put together. #4168315
Laurie Daily
April 15, 2007
Lynne Morris April 15, 2007
Wow from me too Wally, this is superb, love it! #4168342Colleen Braun April 15, 2007
LOL, love it, you are so clever... #4168400Joy Rector April 15, 2007
I love it, so clever #4168444
Bonnie C. Lackey
April 15, 2007
Shirley Sicurello
April 15, 2007
Tammy Scott April 15, 2007
Oh now this is one FUNNY image!!! #4168529
Mike D. Perez
April 15, 2007
William C. Raco
April 15, 2007
Bill #4168713
Juergen Roth
April 15, 2007
Linda D. Lester
April 15, 2007
Sherry L. Davis April 15, 2007
Awesome work!! I love it! #4169010
Bob Cournoyer
April 15, 2007
Bob #4169095
Susan Fox April 15, 2007
LOL! Love it Wally! Where do you come up with these fantastic ideas??? Well composed and great photoshop work. #4169366
Claudia Kuhn
April 15, 2007
Susie Peek-Swint April 15, 2007
Very funny and creative Wally ~ great ps work putting this together with the reflections ~ brilliant work as always! #4169446Kenton L. Elliott April 15, 2007
Superb in all respects! Creativity, exectuion and presentation! Excellent job, Wally... Love it! #4169497
Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas
April 15, 2007
Murry Grigsby April 15, 2007
This is really for the birds Wally! :0) You need some serious mental health help!!Cute idea and a very FUNNY image. Nice job!! #4169674
Arlene Krassner April 15, 2007
Wally this must be the winner! Very clever and great Photoshop work. #4170017
Mitch Spence
April 15, 2007
Marsha S. Smith April 15, 2007
Well . . . . . I have a NEW favorite. This had me rolling. Masterful PS work, by the way! #4170301
Agnes Fegan
April 15, 2007
Ivan Chacon April 15, 2007
Just gorgeous! :) #4170685Remi Trepanier April 15, 2007
Awesome idea Wally! Great PS works:) #4170802
Janine Russell
April 15, 2007
Rosemary Buffoni April 15, 2007
This is wonderful! Funny, yes, but so well executed and creative. The colors are so rich too. This has got to be a winner.Darren K. Fisher April 15, 2007
Wally my man this is so creative and brilliantly done. I have to agree with Rosemary a winner for sure. Congrats on this very well done image. #4171001Datha Y. Thompson April 15, 2007
Excellent Wally!!! LOVE IT!!! :0) #4171365
Dominick M. Dimacale
April 15, 2007
Patrick Rouzes
April 15, 2007
Kate Jackson April 15, 2007
Now that IS funny and you scooped two themes in one! Beat this? I don't think so!! Brilliant Wally! #4171750Anne Arthur April 16, 2007
This is adorable Wally! #4172841Marie Fields April 16, 2007
Fantastic, Wally! Your creativity never ceases to amaze me! :) #4173771Kimi A. Phillips April 16, 2007
SUPER!!!! Love it! #4173857Erin Appelbaum April 16, 2007
I have to join the chorus. Simply awesome. Peter #4174045John Caruso April 16, 2007
Wally, you have a never ending supply of creativity! So nicely done, and funny to boot! #4174055Carla Metzler April 16, 2007
I hope we see this again, Wally! Great job! #4174063Wally Orlowsky April 16, 2007
WOW! Thank you all so much for this support. Is there any way you guys could vote?#4174833
Carol A. Roux April 17, 2007
I saw this photo went to click on it and lost it. I have looked and looked, now I found it. and I had wanted to see how you made it. It is a very nice job. I am just learning PScs2 and am interested in how to layer and make montages. You put in losts of hard work and I agree with the others that it should win. Good luck.Colleen Farrell April 18, 2007
Absolutely deserves to get a BIG gold! You could win in several categories, too! I saw this in Editor's First Picks and I'm amazed by your talent, creativity and skill! You could make a lot of money with this photo if you sold it to a greeting card company or some such ... OK, enough gushing except to say I LOVE it!! :D #4182435Connie J. Bagot April 18, 2007
This is SO good---cute, funny, perfectly executed. Wowee. #4183076Candy Avera April 30, 2007
This is great Wally. My girls were crazy about it. Congrats on your POTD @ photoshowdown #4230030Jenny D May 23, 2007
Oh W*O*W!! Awesome work, congratulations!!! #4318105
Linda D. Lester
May 23, 2007
Su Sana E. P
May 23, 2007
Marcie A. Fowler May 23, 2007
So glad to see this wonderfully creative image here Wally!! Congrats. #4319002
Claudia Kuhn
May 23, 2007
Sharon King May 23, 2007
I'm impressed! Congratulations Wally! #4320252Carla Metzler May 24, 2007
I LOVE this!!! Congratulation, Wally!! :D #4324185
Lindley Johnson
May 24, 2007
Su Sana E. P
May 24, 2007
Colette M. Metcalf May 24, 2007
SO happy for you, Wally!! Congratulations on your Grand Prize Win!!! #4326641Datha Y. Thompson May 24, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS Wally on your Grand Prize Win!!!! WOW WTG :0) #4326694
Ken Smith
May 24, 2007
Evy Johansen
May 24, 2007
Nikki McDonald
May 24, 2007
Sylvia Rossler May 24, 2007
WTG Wally !!!!! Big Big congrats on your grand prize win :O) #4326854Susan Fox May 24, 2007
Woo hoo Wally!!!! A huge congratulations on your fantastic Grand Prize win!!!!!!!!!! #4326868Cesar J. La Rosa May 24, 2007
WOW!!! It's great to see this photo as the Grand Prize Winner, Wally!!! Huge congratulations on this very well-deserved recognition!!!Barbara Waldoch May 24, 2007
Congratulations on your win, Wally, cool work! #4326993Darryl Wilkinson May 24, 2007
VERY clever idea, Wally! Congratulations on your BIG WIN!! #4326998
Laurence Saliba
May 24, 2007
Susana Ms Heide May 24, 2007
I've always considered you a master in the digital darkroom and am so happy to see this image here!!! Your work (in and out of the camera) is exceptional!!! CONGRATULATIONS Wally!! WOOOHOOOOOO!!!! #4327039Lynne Morris May 24, 2007
WTG Wally, huge congratulations on your Grand PRize winner, loved this first time round, a well deserved winner. #4327061Pat Gamwell May 24, 2007
WooooHooo! WTG, Wally! Spectacular winner! #4327073Martin J. Preslar May 24, 2007
WTG Wally!!!! Congrats on this fantastic creation! Bravo!!!!!!!! :) #4327159Dan Holm May 25, 2007
Alright, Wally!! CONGRATULATIONS on this Grand Prize masterpiece!! #4327212
Dominick M. Dimacale
May 25, 2007
Susan Jane Allen
May 25, 2007
Les Rhoades
May 25, 2007
Susie Peek-Swint May 25, 2007
Wow ~ many congrats on your fantastic win Wally ~ well-deserved and great to know it originated from a 101 theme ~ WTG!!Kay Beausoleil May 25, 2007
So glad to see this as a Grand Prize winner -- congratulations, Wally! #4327391Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 25, 2007
Congratulations on your big win, very creative work! #4327579
Claudia Kuhn
May 25, 2007
Bridgette B May 25, 2007
Congrats on this awesome winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #4327697Milan Banik May 25, 2007
outstanding winner.congratulations #4328083Autum Rhoades May 25, 2007
Congratulations, Wally, on this fantastic GRAND PRIZE photo - this is awesome! I can't believe I missed it before. AWESOME work!!!! #4328090RC Fritz May 25, 2007
Awesome winner. Very creative. CONGRATULATIONS!!! #4328155
Linda D. Lester
May 25, 2007
Sherry L. Davis May 25, 2007
Congratulations for your Grand Prize photo, Wally! Awesome work you did on this, excellent! #4328273Michelle R. Kovach May 25, 2007
And you thought you wasted an entry with this one for the theme! LOLMajor Congratulations Wally! #4328327
Chris Budny
May 25, 2007
Marie Fields May 25, 2007
WOW! Congratulations on GRAND PRIZE, Wally!!! WTG!!! :) #4328441
Dr Silly
May 25, 2007
Murry Grigsby May 25, 2007
Well I was only a couple years off on picking your Grand Prize winner Wally :0) A big congratulations on this well deserved win! I am very happy for you and wish you continued success!! #4328452
Bob Cournoyer
May 25, 2007
Bob #4328454
Donna W. Neal May 25, 2007
Look at you go to town! WOW a huge congratulations Wally. This is just excellence beyond excellence! #4328503
Kay E. Mahoney
May 25, 2007
Deborah Lewinson
May 25, 2007
Sharon Day May 25, 2007
Impressive photo and a very impressive GRAND PRIZE WIN, Wally!!! Awesome! Big congratulations!!! #4328594Wally Orlowsky May 25, 2007
THANK YOU, to all my BP friends and supporters. I am overwhelmed. #4328841Christina C. Moore May 25, 2007
This is soooooooo wonderful. It makes me happy just to look at it. Good job and congratulations. #4329016Dawn Leslie May 25, 2007
Yahoo Wally congrats on this awesome winner! #4329132Blake T. Lipthratt May 25, 2007
good job. #4329166Marcie A. Fowler May 25, 2007
WOOHOO Wally. I don't I've ever been happier to see an image make Grand Prize. A big CONGRATS to you on your creativity and excellent skills being rewarded. #4329211Megan p May 25, 2007
this is so cute and ingenious! It really brings a smile to my Face. Many Congratulations on your Grand Prize win! #4329212Cathy Barrows May 25, 2007
Congrats on your Grand Prize Win...i just love this one #4329231Ed Isaacs May 25, 2007
Congratulations on this great winner, Wally. #4329318Darren K. Fisher May 25, 2007
When I first seen this Wally I thought this has to be a BIG Winner. Congrats on it being just that. #4329346Jeana Clark May 25, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR VERY BIG WIN!! EXCELLNT IMAGE!~Jeana~ #4329566
Judy V. Kennamer
May 25, 2007
Ermanno Radice May 25, 2007
Many congratulations on this awesome winner, Wally!!!!!!!! #4329615Carla Metzler May 25, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS, Wally!! :D #4329672
Rakesh Syal
May 25, 2007
Eleanor M. Perrotta May 25, 2007
Wally, Congratulations on your Grand Prize win!! You certainly deserve it. Eleanor #4329903Patricia Ronan May 25, 2007
Congrats on your Grand Prize win :) #4329979
Laurie Daily
May 25, 2007
Lindley Johnson
May 25, 2007
Colleen Farrell May 25, 2007
So cool to see this win the Grand Prize--I think it's an outstanding achievement technically, creatively and artistically ... Congratulations! #4330378
William C. Raco
May 25, 2007
Bill #4330560
Michelle Lea Guinn May 25, 2007
Fantastic image!!! And Congratulations on getting the Grand prize!!! mlg~ #4330573
Janet McNeil
May 25, 2007
Cheryl E. Molennor May 25, 2007
This is so darn cute. Awesome work Wally Congratulations! #4330636Charlene Bayerle May 25, 2007
WOW!!! Congratulations Wally!!!! This is AWESOME!!!!!! #4330944
Cora Miller
May 25, 2007
Janine Russell
May 25, 2007
Renee Doyle May 25, 2007
Congratulations on your fantastic GRAND PRIZE WIN Wally!!!!!!Diane Dupuis May 26, 2007
WOOOHOOO WALLY!!!! Love your creativity, as usual! So glad to see your hard work recognized with a GP!!! Congrats!! #4331742Jane M May 26, 2007
Clever creativity Wally. This is a huge hit with my son! Congrats on the BIG winner! #4331797Susan M. Hembree May 26, 2007
Fantastic work, Wally! Big congratulations on a very well deserved Grand Prize! #4331934Karen Bacon May 26, 2007
A big congratulations on a very well deserved grand prize win!!! #4332535Marsha S. Smith May 26, 2007
I am sooooooooo happy to see a digital darkroom type shot win the big one and even more happy to see that it is one of yours. As I said before - this is a masterpiece. WOW! AND CONGRATULATIONS, Wally! #4333514Tamera S. Phillips May 26, 2007
Congratulations on this wonderful image Wally! Very much deserved of the Grand Prize. #4333645Sharon King May 26, 2007
I still can't get over this piece of art...I just love how you put this together...Congratulations on this well deserved win WallY!! #4334231Casey A. Hanson May 26, 2007
Many congrats on this wonderful, creative and fun Grand Prize winning image, Wally! Way to go! :0) #4334325Monika Sapek May 26, 2007
Big congratulations on your Grand Prize Win, Wally!
Theresa Marie Jones
May 27, 2007
Ariel Lepor May 27, 2007
Congratulations on this Grand Win on an amazing Photoshop job! Remove or flip reflections for more realism, but this is still an excellent shot!Ariel
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Terry L. Ellis
May 28, 2007
Keith L. Clayton May 29, 2007
Really well done!! Many congrats on your well deserved win. #4344325Sue L. Cullumber May 29, 2007
Wally - I knew this one was a winner! Fantastic - Big congrats! #4344756Ken Cole June 01, 2007
Wow! Congratulations, Wally. Nice work and well deserving... #4356234William88 June 01, 2007
Congratulations on your grand prize. #4356646Peggy J. Maguire June 02, 2007
Congrats Wally,outstanding work... #4358638Jill Flynn June 02, 2007
Fantastic job on this Wally! Way to go and a BIG CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRAND PRICE WINNER! #4359810Joaquin R. Felix June 03, 2007
whimsical!!! #4361001Vicki Hunt June 05, 2007
This is really great and I am so glad for you! congrats! #4368752Inge S. Lasmana June 24, 2007
Very creative work! congratulations on your grand price winner! you deserved it! #4432714JP July 03, 2007
I can't belive I missed this! So funny! #4470326Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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