Playing around with PicMonkey

I don't use Picaso for enhancing my photos and honestly, I don't do much besides cropping them, at least for now.  I have never used Photoshop and wouldn't even know how to begin.  I occasionally do use PicMonkey and I do use it for cropping my photos (if I have time).  However, until I retire, I have about 30 minutes every morning or sometimes in the evening to post on this blog.

Yesterday I spent nearly the entire morning (up until 11:30 a.m.) grading papers and inputting those grades into my online gradebook.  I had to get this done before I retire.

Anyway, I did take a break and try a few enhancements with PicMonkey below. I've labeled each effect so you can see it.

 This was the original photo.  Yes, it was high noon.

 Okay...I cropped it.

Here I added a feature called "Orton".

 This was my original photo.

 I cropped it.

 I sharpened it.

This is some effect called "soften".