Not the best day for this guy.

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It is better in full view

"Tarzan said he'd swing by an hour ago."

I have used Corel Photopaint 11 and Adobe Photoshop 7 to modify this image. Both the background and the water in the front are from pictures I took myself. The boy was found on Google, and I made him sit close to the woman (you can see the woman's book has moved a little bit, since the boy is touching it).

I have removed one bench and I had to recreate the trees behind it. I paid careful attention to the shadows that had to be removed or added. Transparency was added to the water, so it wouldn't look too deep. I tried to cut the top of the trees as smoothly and realisticaly as possible.

This is my very first entry. I hope it turns out to be fairly acceptable :)

Sitting in the shade reading with a 'friend'.

reading really does open up whole new worlds.