About the Image(s)

We've had a great variety of weather around here this year. One of the most striking contrasts began in April when the rain came down (and came down . . .) resulting in flooding and some spectacular river scenes. This was followed by a shortage of precipitation through May and June leading to near-drought conditions and abnormally low river flows. These photos are taken of the same falls (allowing for differences in time of day and exact position). A more normal view is shown in the thumbnail from our local newspaper (Credit: Gary C. Klein/USA TODAY NETWORK).

The photos were taken with the iPhone and were taken into Photoshop where I tried to balance the lighting and positioning of the subject for comparison. After cropping and adjusting lighting, I re-learned a lot of PS technique: masking, adding text, and creating the "collage" of the two photos. I finally saved the whole as a jpeg and added the divider.