More Small World stuff. Working on blendingthe sky together. I might give you a little break from this, might not though. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 75mm APERTURE: f/8 EXPOSURE: 1/400 DATE: 09-18-2016 – 16:20 NO GPS COORDINATES RECORDED PHOTO ASSISTANT: A race against the clock. EDITING… Read More »Luther World is Round, Mr. Lynch
A collection of photos that didn’t make the cut for OLD for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: What a pathetic collection of losers!
Just a little bit more tinkering around with small world type stuff. This small world was found on the very edge of Ledges. But you could figure that out by the latitude and longitude. PARTICULARS CAMERA: Sony SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 30mm APERTURE: f/9 EXPOSURE: 1/640 DATE: 09-18-2016 –… Read More »Sign World
Tinkering with small world. I’ll probably tinker some more. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 110mm APERTURE: f/8 EXPOSURE: 1/250 DATE: 07/31/16 – 14:13 LATITUDE: 42.02276° LONGITUDE: -94.02198° PHOTO ASSISTANT: The Junck Family in a round about way. EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “Times Like These” (acoustic) by Foo Fighters
Here is the collection of losers that didn’t make the cut for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme WILD CARD: Thanks for joining me to mock this pathetic collection of losers!
Here are some general pictures from my recent trips to the Iowa State Fair with Baby Got Rack, Stephanie, Kelly, Yin, Jeff, and the Beavers! I was going to tell this story about the New Jersey woman I met that was just the worst. Like all people from New Jersey.… Read More »It’s Dollars to Doughnuts!
I was recently summoned to the Junck farm in Ogden to photography the Junk people and one of their old timey firetrucks. This particular firetruck was the first ever in Boone County. Here are some of my favorite images of the firetruck. If you’re a thinking, “Man that is one… Read More »First!
When I woke up and drove to work this morning, the winds and the sky were amazing. I had to stop the car and take a picture. Unfortunately, because the earliness of the morning and the darkness of the clouds and not having the right equipment, I instead cracked out… Read More »High Winds
Check out this pathetic collection of losers from the ARCHITECTURE theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Thanks for taking the time to help me mock these images.
I had a bunch of losers this week for ART and THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here they are: Thanks for joining me here to mock this collection of pathetic losers!
So, back to Photoshop School… The newest release of Photoshop has 2 new features. The one I will discuss today is the new LIQUIFY FACE feature. Under this new feature, you can adjust the following on a face: Eyes -Size -Height -Width -Tilt -Distance Nose -Height -Width Mouth -Smile -Upper… Read More »Bette Davis Eyes
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
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
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
In case you forgot, I’m in Milwaukee on a Mission Trip. Far from the yoke and chain of a computer. I will post the submissions for BLUE upon my return. Most likely Friday or Saturday. However, you can start on this week’s theme: HOMETOWN! The picture doesn’t necessarily have to… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 41 REVEAL
Today we take a look at the second half of the “made to order” HDR EFEX PRO 2 filters. As a refresher, here is the original image: Here is a look at the filters: Black & White Artistic Dramatic Sinister Pale & Structured Granny’s Attic End of the Road Indoor… Read More »HDR EFEX PRO 2 BETA
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 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
Here is a collection of pictures that didn’t make the cut for RUINS in the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. One of the reasons these photos ended up on the loser pile is because I had already used an abandoned train bridge (on the same abandoned right-of-way) in my WATER picture. While… Read More »Got a Couple of Couches, Sleep on the Love Seat
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