Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring!
By Rachel Vellanikaran
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Combo Photo
Personally, I am sick and tired of these cold, wet winter days. I need the Atlanta sunshine and warm weather. My absolute favorite time of year is that gradual transition from winter to spring — flowers beginning to blossom, birds perpetually chirping and chattering, and the bare, lifeless trees returning to their lush, vibrant green. So I chose to represent this transition period in my combophoto by creating a split image of a leafless, frosted tree of the winter and a beautiful cherry blossom tree typical of the spring.
It was initially challenging figuring out which images to combine, but once I got the idea, I had my image in mind. Unfortunately, it was difficult to seamlessly combine these two pictures on PicMonkey– which I certainly did not succeed at doing. But I believe the idea, itself is pretty apparent in the image, which is all that really matters…
Credits: https://www.picmonkey.com/home/editor/CiQzOWNkODRmMS1iNjBjLTRjMGMtODQ2Ny1jYjkxNWZmZjJjOTE
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