Basket of Purple - Floral

A return to photo-
graphs taken at Colasanti's Market and green-house. Here I have cropped to a close view of another floral, purple flowers.

I opened the original photograph in Paint.NET and applied that painterly filter I like so much, lost a bit of detail but the results were satisfactory. I used Curves to add depth to the piece and upped the saturation by 10 to boost the colors.

Saving the large file I opened it in PhotoPaint where I added the watercolor frame from Filter Forge again. I adjusted the border to show more of the image. I resampled the image for web size here as well.

Saving that file I opened it in Painter 8 to Apply Surface Texture> Image Luminance> for added interest. Back in PhotoPaint I added the 10 pixel black border with the additional white border.

I found an assignment to write a song based on the worst Teacher you ever had. So I wrote a song titled, "Hey, Hey Mr. Geography," about the teacher who gave me my first "E" a failing grade for one Marking Period. Here are the Lyrics:

Hey, Hey Mr. Geography ©2010 Kirk Mathew Gatzka

He sat there sleeping at his desk
He'd given a lecture, thought he did his best
We were assigned to do class work
He slept right there, I thought he was a big jerk

Hey, Hey Mr. Geography
You are the reason
That I got my first "E"

Hey, Hey Mr. Geography
You are the reason
That I got my first "E"

He thought he was something else
Don't know what, I waited for the bell
He hardly had any hair
He had the gall to sleep right there

Hey, Hey Mr. Geography
You are the reason
That I got my first "E"

Hey, Hey Mr. Geography
You are the reason
That I got my first "E"

If he wasn't sleeping, he read magazines
He wasn't helping us with care or ideas
He left us all on our own
He's the laziest Teacher I'd ever known

Hey, Hey Mr. Geography
You are the reason
That I got my first "E"

Hey, Hey Mr. Geography
You are the reason
That I got my first "E"

If he would not work
Why should I try
I would emulate him
And let the work slide

My Parents were very angry at me
When they saw that I'd gotten an "E"
I told them the truth, it was not my fault
I did as the Teacher did by default

Hey, Hey Mr. Geography
Wake up and teach me
I'm used to "A's and B's"
You are the reason
I got my first "E"

Hey, Hey Mr. Geography
You are the reason
That I got my first "E"

Hey, Hey Mr. Geography
You are the reason
That I got my first "E"

It's a Rock song with a good vibe going. I had a lot of fun writing this one!

Listening --- Smile Again --- Kirk Mathew Gatzka