A month or so ago I wrote about a free Photoshop Plugin from Google called the Nik Plugin Collection. Today I’m going to share some of their default filters. This post is going to concentrate on the the HDR EFEX PRO 2 tool, which creates HDR (High Dynamic Range) images.… Read More »HDR EFEX PRO 2 ALPHA
I had a recent trip to Marshalltown to try some pizza with some friends, co-workers, and co-working friends. On the way back Joe begged me to stop at the State Center Rose Garden. I obliged him. It is one of my favorite places to visit every year and I can… Read More »It is the Time Wasted
Here lieth a few PERSPECTIVE attempts that weren’t quite up to snuff. Such a sad and pathetic bunch. THE CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT TRIVIA QUIZ QUESTION 14 This year I will be going on my 5th Mission Trip with my church’s Youth Group. Name the 4 places I have already gone:… Read More »Don’t Believe Everything that You Breathe
Another automobile I found fascinating in the car graveyard that is Strong City, Kansas. I have maybe a couple more pictures left to share from beautiful (cough, cough) to me Strong City, Kansas. Added a new category in PARTICULARS since I love minutia. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL… Read More »Rust Bucket – Strong City Kansas
“You look like you could be from Kansas.” After seeing the remains of this truck and its license plate, I legitimately think that might be a legit pickup line. Now that I’m through the party, I’ll try to get caught back up with my postings. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO:… Read More »Hey Baby…
I would explain to you what is going on in this series of pictures from the folder 03-11-07, but you wouldn’t believe me. I’ll probably combine a bunch of folders for next Saturday’s walk down memory lane, but I bet there will be a picture of a Gra Lab timer… Read More »03-11-07
I might have processed this image to within an inch of its life. However, it turned out pretty much exactly as I wanted it so. Everybody wins! It feels like I should show you what the original image looked like. But I’m not going to. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO:… Read More »Feeling Kansas
A couple weekends back I went up to Minnesota with Nate and Laura to visit Bethany, Dae Hee, Nora, and Colleen. Here are a couple photos from that weekend. I’m sure you’ll get exposed to many more Nora pictures. You lucky dogs!
On Nate and I’s jaunt from Wichita back to Manhattan we made a stop in Strong City so I could photograph a surprisingly photogenic town. Here is a photo of some rusty goodness: You can take it to the bank, there is more Strong City coming your way! PARTICULARS CAMERA:… Read More »Strong City Elevator
This last weekend I made a trip up with Nate and Laura to visit Bethany, Dae Hee, Nora, and Colleen. On Saturday night we made our way to Long Lake to eat at Primo. Dae Hee and I left early so we could swing by Paisley Park to see the… Read More »Paisley Park
There is an old timey hamburger joint in Manhattan (Kansas) that I want to photograph at night at some point. On my recent trip to visit Nate, I was never in Manhattan at night. So it didn’t happen. However, I did scout the area out and took a few test… Read More »Pre-Work
These are the SHAPES pictures that didn’t make the cut. All eerily similar to the one that did make the cut. Almost like they were all taken in the same place. Interesting Richard. Yes provocative. When I stopped to photograph all of these magnificent SHAPES, I got quite the history… Read More »Baby’s in Reno with the Vitamin D
I felt before I went into the HDR Nik Plugin, I should cover the HDR Toning features that are built into Photoshop. So here is a quick look at the High Dynamic Range toning options in Photoshop. Original Image Color Correction and the Chain has been Removed Flat City Twilight… Read More »High Ding Dong Range Toning
Recently my WB Joe stumbled across an article that Google had made their Nik Plugins free. I rushed to the website and downloaded this collection of 7 plugins to play with immediately. I thought I would give you a quick overview of some of the settings of these plugins, starting… Read More »Analog Efex Pro
On my recent trip to Kansas I stopped and took a few photos here and there. Kansans were burning their prairie, which made for interesting views. I missed a golden opportunity to get a pretty sweet fire picture. So I did stop to get a picture of the aftermath of… Read More »Desolation View
This is the last photo from my trip to Minnehaha Falls from February. Because of recent events, I’ll probably be visiting Minneapolis again in the near future. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 18mm APERTURE: f/20 EXPOSURE: 8 seconds DATE: 02/26/2016 – 18:14 LATITUDE: 44.91549° LONGITUDE: -93.21059° PHOTO… Read More »Minnehaha Fallen
These images are still from January 2007. The come from a folder called SCULPTURE GARDEN. They appear to be from a trip to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden with Bethany. Next week’s folder is called SNOW.
I believe I only have one more Minnehaha Falls picture to share after this, so for those of you that hate Minnesota. Or waterfalls. Or life. You will only have to endure one more. Which is good, because we are coming up on flower season. I can think of at… Read More »Minnehahaed Out?
This collection images comes from a folder called “Minnesota”. It is also from January 2006. These were taken on the Mississippi River in Saint Paul. Next Saturday’s folder is entitled “Sculpture Garden”.
When I stay with Bethany and Dae Hee, the guest bedroom is across from this crazy long and crazy thin hallway. It is something out of a nightmare. A took a quick snap of it last time I was up there. Well, last time I was at there place. They… Read More »Words of Widsom, Lloyd My Man
Here is a picture of the mist from Minnehaha Falls from my trip there with Bethany. Or more precisely it is a picture of Minnehaha Falls where its mist has covered my camera. You may be getting an idea of how incredibly slick and dangerous this little photo excursion ended… Read More »Corporate Handouts and Building Bombs