New play thing!

I got a new laptop a couple of months back - I've switched to a Mac.  I also got CS5 including of course Photoshop.  I do not find Photoshop to be intuitive at all.  Usually I can figure out most photo programs just playing around but this one frustrated me so last week I signed up for an online course.  I haven't quite finished the course and I've already learned quite a bit - and this is just a basic beginners course.  Very exciting.  I've been having fun playing with some photos this weekend and thought I'd share some of my new skills on my blog.  Still a work in progress obviously but having fun along the way!

The before and after of two of the pics I've played with...