Dynamic Distortion

I found this image in the Computer Arts - February 2009 magazine at the library.  I thought this was a very interesting image that was distorted using Photoshop.  It displays velocity and meltdown to the subject by just using the application.  The background color just makes the subject pop out and you can clearly see the meltdown and distortion effect.  

Great Photoshop Ad

This advertisement was very interesting to me.  I like how you can crop images and blend them together with other images using layers, for example adding the stadium behind the buildings. Also, how you can add different type of effects to certain parts of your photos, text, and your artistic ideas, for example in the lighting fixtures they added some brightness to the light, as well as some shadow to the soccer players.  The sky was modified giving it the feel that a storm is on its way. Furthermore,  the way the images were presented in the ad really showed off what Photoshop can allow you to do.  It just pushes me to keep learning Adobe Photoshop and all the other programs that come with Adobe.