San Diego's Halloween Celebration Goes Far Beyond Haunted Houses

Hi Lynda, It is especially useful to do these fast little tricks for special occasions. It would take me a month of Sundays to do this with Photoshop, :-)

Hi Kathy,

Thanks for dropping by. I am quite sure this will be one of the better  events for the holiday. Though Old Town San Diego and the haunted Whaley House will be running a close second.

Hi Mona, LMAO, It did sound better than the engine room, LOL.

Hi Kristin, 

The history is amazing and thank you for your great comment and enhnacing the post.

Hi Endre, These old ships have quite a history and certainly this one is believed haunted but  those that have experienced it suggested that there are several spirits that hang around there. The lantern tours may actually cause them to appear, :-)

Hi Miachael, I could only wish I could things like this with Photoshop. I know it is doable, just never learned that part, :-)

Good Morning Debra, Yes. In the Feature Section for Halloween. Pretty cool, some of the effects that can be done with such an easy editing program. 

Hi Cindy,The lantern tours after dark are very cool. Being on the water and the sounds and creaks  already there and then being dark to boot, makes this one of the best efforts ever for a haunted experience.

In regards to the photo, I have been messing with Picnik for a few years now and each year it actually gets a bit better and expanded to do more things. While I use Aperture and Photoshop for more detailed work, Picnik is still a great little program. And it provides affects like this that would take hours in Photoshop and not possible at all in Aperture. As you know , the coolest part is that is takes seconds for the adjustments to create these effects.

Hi Jeanean,

WOW, Thank you so much ! It sounds like you may have liked this, LOL. Seriously is was very easy and I didn't do much but add on a couple of fun effects available through Picnik.

Just so you have a reference, here is the original photo.

Notice the Halloween ( Ghosts) Design on the torn Sail. It looks like I added it but I didn't, it is there in original photo taken in daylight, :-)

Hi John, Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed this.