A look at the remainder of the default filters in the Silver Efex Pro 2 filter from the Nik Plugin Collection. Original Image Fine Art High Key Framed Triste 1 Triste 2 Wet Rocks Full Contrast and Structure Silhouette Dark Sepia Soft Sepia Cool Tones 1 Cool Tones 2 Film… Read More »Silver Efex Pro 2 Volume 2
There was a tremendous reaction to FLOWER. Lots of participation! How exciting! The submissions for FLOWER: Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Carla Stensland 1 Carla Stensland 2 Carla Stensland 3 Carla Stensland 4 Carla Stensland 5 Shannon Bardole Kim Barker 1 Kim Barker 2 Mike Vest 1 Mike Vest… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 45 – FLOWER
Looks like all the photos from the folder 04-21-07 are from a trip to a park in north Ames. The next folder has lots of deer in it. Again.
I thought now would be a good time to take another look at a filter from the Nik Plugin Collection. This time, we will look at the default filters in the Silver Efex Pro 2 collection. There are 38 of them, so I’ll split this into 2 posts. The Silver… Read More »Silver Efex Pro 2 Volume 1
I had a few other SMOKE losers from the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE that I think are at least worth sharing. This wasn’t the best smelling theme. I’ll tell you what.
Yep. Another lily. I’ve got a ton of them! That just counts the lily pictures from my own yard. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm APERTURE: f/5.6 EXPOSURE: 1/160 DATE: 07/15/16 – 18:43 LATITUDE: 42.05527° LONGITUDE: -93.87072° PHOTO ASSISTANT: Naima EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “Highway 69” by UnHingd
Last weekend I took a trip up to Minnesota with Jesse and Nader to visit Bethany, Dae Hee, Nora, Sarah, and Shawn. Most of the pictures are on my phone, which I won’t publish, but they are on Instagram if you are interested. I did take a few pictures at… Read More »The Twins vs. The Indigenous Persons of Cleveland
I was worried that this wouldn’t be a very popular theme, but it actually has garnered quite the response. How exciting! Looks like this theme will make the cut for next year’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. If you want to have your voice heard about next year’s themes, I’d advise you… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 44 – SMOKE
Mostly deer in the folder 04-20-07. Next week’s folder looks to be goose heavy, but if you play your cards right, there might be some turtles!
I recently took a Saturday afternoon and rode the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad with Shorty. Here is one of the photos I took on this trip: This picture was made possible by having long arms and tremendous faith in my hands. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH:… Read More »Bass Creek Valley
You might not know this about me, but I enjoy spending time in ditches looking for something to photograph. I recently found this flower in a ditch. It is actually hard for me to drive in the country this time of year because the ditches are so beautiful with green… Read More »Ditches Please!
The remainder of my Mission Trip photos. Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of much of the remaining week. Jay painting the floor corner. Elizabeth and Megan painting the floor. On Tuesday, The Family House seemed to peter out of jobs for us to do. Late in the afternoon they brought… Read More »Milwaukee Mission Trip Vol. 2
I thought I was going to write a really long breakdown of my trip to Milwaukee with my church’s youth group for Mission Work. Instead, I think I’ll settle for a description with each photo. Maybe I’ll be more ambitious with Volume 2. Halfway between Madison and Milwaukee, we found… Read More »Milwaukee Mission Trip Vol. 1
Participation took a little bit of hit this week. I’m sure it probably had to do a bit with the fact that there are only 2 times a day somebody could take a picture for this theme. If they were taking the theme literally. Or maybe something else caused a… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 43 – SUNRISE/SUNSET
I hope many of you got out and celebrated Naima Day! It has now been almost 5 years since I drove home from a farm near Hubbard with America’s favorite dog. Here are a couple of pictures of her to help you celebrate! Mark your calendars! Only 365 days until… Read More »Happy Naima Day!
I’m not 100% sure where I took the photos in the folder 04-29-07, but my best guess is Ada Hayden. Next Saturday’s walk down Memory Lane will involve more deer!
Here are a few daisies from the Iowa Arboretum. I was surprised how spry their daisies still are considering that my daisies went the way of the dodo bird almost a month ago. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm APERTURE: f/5 EXPOSURE: 1/100 DATE: 07/03/2016 – 20:01… Read More »Daisylicious
A few weeks back, while I was waiting for some people get ready for a photo shoot, I took a couple pictures of my Grandma’s rose bush. This rose bush is one of my favorite plants. A top 5 plant I tell ya! PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL… Read More »Time Killer
Took this photo of Naima as we were cruising for one of our walks on the backside of McHose Park. I don’t recommend you attempt this photo, unless you are as skilled of a driver as I am. Just sayin’… Great hands also help. Big hands wouldn’t hurt either. PARTICULARS… Read More »Car Ride!
I used the late parts of my vacation to try to look at my hometown through the eyes of a tourist. Let’s face it, Boone actually has some really cool unique aspects to it that most people take for granted. One of those things that people take for granted is… Read More »Not from France
Considering that today is a holiday of some note, I’m pleased with the number of submissions. Since today is a holiday of some note, I’ll make this quick. Here are the submissions for TRANSPORTATION: Kim Barker 1 Kim Barker 2 Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Angie DeWaard 3 Stephanie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 42 – TRANSPORTATION