Photoshop practice

This is a pretty random post...these pictures are from over a year ago, but I have been looking through some old pictures trying to find a few to get enlarged to hang around the house. While doing this I have been playing around with Photoshop trying to get better at converting pictures to black and white and also working on actions, multiple layers using masking etc...so here are a few that I did last night. The first two are from a trip Karin and I took to Saranac Lake in 2006:

This one is from my trip to Africa when I was in Zanzibar:

The Honeymoon

Karin and I went to Mexico for our honeymoon. We started out in Playa del Carmen, then went to Chichen Itza and finished up in Cozumel. We stayed at the Las Palapas Hotel in Playa, right on the beach (http://www.hotellaspalapas.com/) in our own little hut:

This is what we saw every morning when we opened our door:

Relaxing on the beach before the sun went down with a Dos Equis:

We were close enough to the main street of Playa to be able to walk to the restaurants (which there are plenty of) for lunch and dinner. Here is a shot of a church at night that is right on the main street:

Karin enjoying a book on the front patio of our hut:

After that we headed to Chichen Itza for two nights to explore the Mayan ruins. The bus ride took 4 hours but it was worth it:

We stayed at the Mayaland Hotel, one of only 3 hotels within walking distance to the ruins. We could actually see some of the sites from the hotel lobby. One of the nights they put on a light show at the main site, it was kind of goofy, but after it was done everything went dark and you could see the temple in the bright moonlight, it was amazing:

After two full days of Chichen Itza we were ready to get back to the beach, so after another 4 hour bus trip, we raced to the ferry and headed to Cozumel. It was the perfect place to end the trip...all inclusive Wyndham. We went snorkeling, swam with the dolphins and relaxed.

Here is the view from our room...there was a pool right outside with a swim up bar and slides:

Karin enjoying a pre-dinner drink:

This is a shot of Playa from the ferry on our way back from Cozumel...we will definitely go back: