Photoshopped deer photo

Varmit (also spelled varmint) is an American (mostly rural) slang word for a nuisance animal or person. It’s probably a regional dialect version of vermin. For gardeners in the Pacific Northwest it certainly applies to deer. It’s a rare day when I don’t see several. They eat most flowers and the new growth off a lot of plants. They cost homeowners hundreds or thousands of dollars in fence construction expenses. Tourists stop traffic to shoot photographs of them. Most locals consider a different kind of shooting when we see them.

However, they are beautiful animals. When a friend asked for a lesson on using Photoshop to add a painterly quality to a photo, I used this as an example.