muscle | Nurture Self 365

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” Christopher Reeve

Yeah, well – so I’ve been back to working out lately after about an eight month hiatus. How impressive is this!!! I know, pretty crazy. What’s a 60 year old Grandma to do??

OK, truth is . . . Photoshop is amazing!

It all started with one of the guys in the 365 taking his picture with the Rocky statue in front of the Museum of Art in Philadelphia. The next day, he posted a shot of himself standing in the imprint of Sylvester Stallone’s shoes in the sidewalk. Soon, there appeared a photo of another one of the 365 guys (our resident Photoshop Guru) with super pumped up triceps. Not long after that photo was posted, one of my fellow female 365’ers posted a shot of HER super uber pumped triceps. So I just had to get in on the action. The other’s weren’t wielding a weight so I grabbed a 15lb’er, set up my tri-pod, set aperture, focus and timer and captured this shot.

Well, maybe not exactly this shot.

I processed it using Nik Software Silver Efex Pro in LR4. I then exported it to Photoshop CS6 where I used the Liquify Filter to “enhance” my triceps, and added a photo mask by Liv.eDesigns.

Not much . . . just a bit . . . I mean . . . a girl can dream right??