Top 10 Beaches in USA

Top 10 the best beaches in America, which was compiled by an expert Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman. “Dr. Beach” as it is called Stephen, is the head of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at the National University of Florida.

Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Florida

Beach Siesta, Sarasota County, Florida, famous for fine white sand and warm water, often ranks last in the annual ranking of the best beaches in America, in the same year it was the first time tops the list.

Coronado Beach in San Diego, California

Located about a mile from San Diego lies one of its best treasures. Coronado Beach is a great destination for the whole family. Your little ones can look for shells while the older kids will love body boarding in the gentle waves.

Kahanamoku Beach, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii

Almost everyone has heard of Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, which is surely one of the world's most beaches, with a location just steps from Honolulu's busy streets. Waikiki is actually a two-mile stretch with nine individually named beaches. Kahanamoku Beach is at the north end, near the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort.

Main Beach, East Hampton, NY

Main Beach has white sand, dunes, surf, lifeguards during summer, and spectacular fireworks on Labor Day weekend.

Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Surfer love this beach on the coast of North Carolina.

National Park on the island of St. George, FL

In summer air temperature is 50-60 'Fahrenheit, it is cool enough to swim and sunbathe. Attracts fans for secluded relaxation. This place is also called "Forgotten Coast", because the majority of tourists still prefer the warmer coast and sent on vacation to the southern beaches of Florida.

Beachwalker Park, South Carolina

Located on Kiawah Island, Beachwalker Park offers 11 miles of unspoiled beach on one of the country's most beautiful barrier islands. Located between the Bohicket River and the ocean, the park features a wide boardwalk that weaves through live oaks, pines, palmettos, and yucca plants.

Coast Guard Beach, Massachusetts

The beach stretches for miles, has cliffs, dunes, good swimming in summer, body-surfing and boogie-boarding.

Gulf of Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii

Long white beach of the Gulf Waimanalo on displaying the Oahu, Hawaii, attracts thousands of tourists.

National Park on the Gulf of Florida

This beach will satisfy the demands of even the most demanding traveler: clean and clear water, gentle surf and white, fine sand.

What To Consider When You Buy An iPod Online

 By Mark Etinger

Photo: ipod32gb.tk

When you choose to buy an iPod online, you are doing yourself a big favor by skipping lines and being able to take your time and really buy the model you want. But you also need to be sure of what you want. There's a lot to choose from nowadays with iPods, so before you buy an iPod online, consider which will work best for you.

The smallest iPod is the Shuffle. It's changed a lot over the years and now is just a tiny, colorful square that you can clip anywhere. There is no screen, just the wheel to make your selection. Obviously since you lack a screen you may wonder what song just came on your iPod since you can't look at it. There's actually a cool option call VoiceOver in which the iPod tells you what the name of the song and artist are. It comes only in a 2GB size so it'll hold just a couple hundred songs. This is for the person who just wants an easy way to bring some music on the go but doesn't need their whole library. You'll want to use quality headphones in earbud style for the Shuffle to make it as sleek and comfortable as possible.

After the Shuffle comes the Nano. Think of it as the opposite of a Shuffle. It's just a a mini touch screen, no wheel. It comes in a variety of colors, from basic silver to bright pink or orange. There are two choices of size here, an 8GB or 16GB. Of course, size changes price. Both are still relatively small sizes but can carry a couple thousand songs so you can take a big chunk of your library with you.

The iPod Classic is the mother of all iPods. When you buy an iPod online and you know you want something to hold every album you've ever come across in your entire life, the classic is the way to go. With 160GB you can hold 40,000 songs, so you'll never be without a single mp3 including all the obscure ones you listen to once every 3 months.

The iPod Touch is for the technology hound. Not only can it store anywhere from 8, 32, or 64GB of music but you can take pictures and video, enjoy gaming and use FaceTime to talk to others. You've also got the internet and apps at your fingertips. It's practically an iPhone without the phone. If you gotta have it all, this is the model to go with if you buy an iPod online.

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Image as a Layer Mask

You must certainly know about a Layer Mask. This is a tutorial on using an image as a Layer Mask. It does just what a Layer Mask does. 

These are two free stock images. I will be using the lower image to mask the top one.

The images after Masking

The tutorial is here

Other photoshop tutorials are here

Hilarious Currency Manipulations by James Charles

From Star Wars to Jimi Hendrix via politicians or pop icons, James Charles did them all! Currently exhibiting at Shooting Gallery in San Fransisco, they are still couple of them for sell, averaging around $700, very worth it for those beautiful pieces of modern art.















Press Release:

“As of last year, artist James Charles has been engrossed in an interesting new project; small in scale…but large in depth. He began drawing on dollar bills, for the sake of his own amusement; crudely altering the presidents’ faces to become monsters, celebrities, etc. After accidentally spending a few of his early pieces, James decided to stop carrying them in his wallet, and started putting them inside of a magazine for safe-keeping. The magazine folder eventually became a large scrapbook, showcasing bills of all denominations. He found ink and materials to match perfectly what the U.S. Mint uses on the bank notes, and began to experiment with ways to alter the font and script along the bottom of the bills. It became the perfect way for James to inject an additional layer of wit.

“Altering currency in this way also poses questions regarding the true value of paper bills, something made with seemingly insignificant materials – that somehow fuels our country’s evershifting economy, and ultimately impacts living conditions around the globe. James has put a wrench in the recirculation process by claiming his role as an artist, and declaring these specific bills are not currency, but art objects.”

Bennigans: Stump Hands™

Suddenly I'm not that hungry anymore.

Thanks Mavroprova The original was found within a newsletter from Bennigan's. If you can't see the PSD, you can check out our red circled image.

Reader Captions:

Art Director: I want a bar maid holding a beer and a plate of food.
Graphic Designer: No problem, there is plenty of them on Dreamstime stock images...
Art Director: Oh yeah and she needs to hold a Bennigans Beer, Some Pub Bites and be a Red head!
Graphic Designer: Ahh ok... Boss I can do all of that but I can't find the red head....
Art Director: I do not care! Just do it!
Graphic Designer: Yes sir! Anything for you sir! Two bags full sir!  By Leif

Tax Return Sculptures

Artist Nava Lubelski, puts your old tax receipts and tax returns to good use, creating shredded paper sculptures from the rolled-up and cut-up paper. With amazing detail and a three dimensional landscape, it is a great upcycling idea for all the waste paper that is collecting dust in your office space and cupboards.

Split toning with Gradient Map

Split toning can also be done with the Gradient Map. It is quite simple to do in photoshop.

This is a free stock image.

The same image with the Split Toning.

The tutorial is here

Other tutorials are here

Half-Restored 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado by Precision Restorations

Missouri-based Precision Restorations have given another meaning to what a partial restoration job means. In an attempt to find the best possible way to promote themselves, the team has decided to build a marketing car that best illustrates their skills and professionalism.

In a move that we could dare to call ingenious, Precision Restorations have taken a 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado screaming for a makeover, and have given an out-of-the-box look to exactly half of it, both inside and outside. Lift up the hood and you’ll find the same approach.