Jason


 * Bonnie McNair**

The subject of my photo is Jason Fell, a teammate of my son, who died as a result of four wheeler accident prior to the start of the 2005 football season. This photo was originally taken after the previous year's championship game which we lost after 6 overtimes. I did not publish any of my photos taken during the game on the website as the season was over. The head coach pictured holding the runner-up trophy contacted me as the funeral home wanted photos for a display. It was then I noticed the late fall sun shining on Jason at the conclusion of his last game. Jason's Mom loved the photo and so I thought I would see what sort of effects I could find using GIMP.

Jason #55 - Original Photo - scaled down to 72 dpi from 96 dpi

Using the Posterize effect under Tools in GIMP.

Using the Canvas effect found under Artistic Tools

This is the top of the trophy, cropped and the background lightened even further with a black border added. I will let you draw your own conclusions about the player appearing to be running in midair.

GIMP is good for being a free download thought I kept forgetting the Undo edit option which was frustrating for me.