Unique Photo Images
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
CDI - January
Gila Woodpecker
Seating Available
Frosted Red Leaves
Cathedral Rock
A very Happy Caterpiller
Morning on the Naiscoot
Sentinel Dome
Sunset Fisherman
Jacob's Ladder
Photographer's Paradise
The Blue Pump
Painted Rocks & Clouds
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Gila Woodpecker
Seating Available
Frosted Red Leaves
Cathedral Rock
A very Happy Caterpiller
Morning on the Naiscoot
Sentinel Dome
Sunset Fisherman
Jacob's Ladder
Photographer's Paradise
The Blue Pump
Painted Rocks & Clouds
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Winter Fog
This is not really a winter fog but after my edge treatment it looks like a winter for scene. This fog scene was really photographed on the Roaring Forks road in the Smokey Mountain Park in April 2008. I love the simplicity of fog scenes.
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This is not really a winter fog but after my edge treatment it looks like a winter for scene. This fog scene was really photographed on the Roaring Forks road in the Smokey Mountain Park in April 2008. I love the simplicity of fog scenes.
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Monday, December 29, 2008
More "Drive-By Shooting"
With Carol driving, I aimed the point and shoot camera out the car window and fired off about 60 images just driving around Des Plaines. When the car hits a bump, you see what happens. I had a very low ISO, high f-stop (small opening) and slow shutter speed. This was taken using Aperture preferred setting on the camera. (called by some as semi-automatic).
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With Carol driving, I aimed the point and shoot camera out the car window and fired off about 60 images just driving around Des Plaines. When the car hits a bump, you see what happens. I had a very low ISO, high f-stop (small opening) and slow shutter speed. This was taken using Aperture preferred setting on the camera. (called by some as semi-automatic).
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Another Rose
Sometimes reducing an image down to the basic lines and patterns is neat. This really looks like a line drawing. Amazing what software can do. This again was hand held with a point and shoot camera.
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Sometimes reducing an image down to the basic lines and patterns is neat. This really looks like a line drawing. Amazing what software can do. This again was hand held with a point and shoot camera.
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Fog and Rain
I love fog and it was fun to put on the hat and raincoat and shoot a fast fog scene.
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I love fog and it was fun to put on the hat and raincoat and shoot a fast fog scene.
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Friday, December 26, 2008
The wonders of Point & Shoot Cameras
This was hand held, ISO 200 and set the camera to Macro mode. Aperture priority.
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This was hand held, ISO 200 and set the camera to Macro mode. Aperture priority.
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
What does a Quilt Artist Do on her Birthday?
Of course make quilts. Here Carol is making a small quilt to be used as a hot pot placemat. She saves all kinds of material scraps and puts them to good uses.
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Of course make quilts. Here Carol is making a small quilt to be used as a hot pot placemat. She saves all kinds of material scraps and puts them to good uses.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Snow at Night and Grain
Here I am letting the grain texture of the B&W image of snow at night give the image a more artistic look vs. realistic.
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Here I am letting the grain texture of the B&W image of snow at night give the image a more artistic look vs. realistic.
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Our little Tree
After being confined to the house and not being able to lift more than ten pounds, I am walking around and testing my Canon G10 point and shoot camera. From the little tree showing the cold 5 degree temp. and show in the background to the glowing lights in the warmth of the evening. Both shot without flash to create the mood that I wanted.
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After being confined to the house and not being able to lift more than ten pounds, I am walking around and testing my Canon G10 point and shoot camera. From the little tree showing the cold 5 degree temp. and show in the background to the glowing lights in the warmth of the evening. Both shot without flash to create the mood that I wanted.
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Listening to Hadassah
I feel like Art Linkletter talking to Hadassah our youngest grand daughter. This was recorded on a point and shoot Canon G10 digital still camera on the video mode.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
What is it?
Before throwing away a piece of wrapping paper from a Birthday gift, I shot a few frames of the paper. I changed it from shinny silver to B&W and then played with the contrast. I probably really did not make it better, but I learned a lot from the process. John Sexton, photographer and former assistant to Ansel Adams has said "the difference between me and my students is that I have made more mistakes". We as photographers have got to get in there and photograph and make the mistakes, play around and then learn from our mistakes. Without doing something we will never have the chance to learn.
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Before throwing away a piece of wrapping paper from a Birthday gift, I shot a few frames of the paper. I changed it from shinny silver to B&W and then played with the contrast. I probably really did not make it better, but I learned a lot from the process. John Sexton, photographer and former assistant to Ansel Adams has said "the difference between me and my students is that I have made more mistakes". We as photographers have got to get in there and photograph and make the mistakes, play around and then learn from our mistakes. Without doing something we will never have the chance to learn.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
More Reflections
The reflections become almost the most important part of the image. Haystack Rock at Canon Beach, Oregon was the center of my photography for 4 days. I shot HDR sets of images with plans to do the best that I can with the wide range of exposures of sunsets and dark shadows. I like very much the fact that I can see details in the dark shadows of Haystack Rock without the sunset sky over powering with burned out highlights.
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The reflections become almost the most important part of the image. Haystack Rock at Canon Beach, Oregon was the center of my photography for 4 days. I shot HDR sets of images with plans to do the best that I can with the wide range of exposures of sunsets and dark shadows. I like very much the fact that I can see details in the dark shadows of Haystack Rock without the sunset sky over powering with burned out highlights.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
My first home movie
As a still photographer, I just had to try the movie button on my Canon G-10. As you will see, I hardly know what I am doing.
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Another Sunset
Sunset and Reflections on Water all excite me when looking through the view finer of the camera. This is another one of my Cannon Beach shots in HDR.
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Sunset and Reflections on Water all excite me when looking through the view finer of the camera. This is another one of my Cannon Beach shots in HDR.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Upgrade of an image
I liked the image shown earlier this week, but it still did not have the emphasis that I wanted. here is my latest and the version that I really like.
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I liked the image shown earlier this week, but it still did not have the emphasis that I wanted. here is my latest and the version that I really like.
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Marsh Marigolds - new version
I applied the the filter (add on to CS4 or Elements) called Topaz. This filter is fast, easy to use and a great filter to bring out details to single images.
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I applied the the filter (add on to CS4 or Elements) called Topaz. This filter is fast, easy to use and a great filter to bring out details to single images.
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Surviving in the Weak Economy
This 100 year plus old Farm Cellar stores food for the winter. Old fashioned methods still work.
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This 100 year plus old Farm Cellar stores food for the winter. Old fashioned methods still work.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Texture, Form and all the elements of art in Nature
From (ice) outside on the gutter to (dew) on a spider's web, Nature has all the elements of art.
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From (ice) outside on the gutter to (dew) on a spider's web, Nature has all the elements of art.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Puddles & Refelections
Puddles and Reflections at Cannon Beach, Oregon. This HDR-Infrared helps to bring out the beauty of the scene.
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Puddles and Reflections at Cannon Beach, Oregon. This HDR-Infrared helps to bring out the beauty of the scene.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Night time in Portland, OR
Night photography is both a challenge and fun. This long time exposure makes the water of river smooth and picks up all of the reflections of the light on the Draw Bridge.
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Night photography is both a challenge and fun. This long time exposure makes the water of river smooth and picks up all of the reflections of the light on the Draw Bridge.
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Monday, December 08, 2008
An Old Steam Engine
It is hard to pass up and old train sitting on the tracks. I think of the hands and men who made the locomotive and those who ran the engine over many miles.
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It is hard to pass up and old train sitting on the tracks. I think of the hands and men who made the locomotive and those who ran the engine over many miles.
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Sunday, December 07, 2008
Sharp - Unlimited Depth of Field on the flower
Last Summer I photographed this roadside lily that had been transplanted into a neighbors yard. There were 11 photographs made of the flower. Each shot was focused on a different segment of the flower. In Photoshop CS4 I first used the Auto Align Layers and then ran the Auto Blend Layers. A mask was made for each photograph (each image was placed on a separate layer) and this image was the final result. When doing the photography used an f-stop the gave me the best quality of focus for the lens even though the lens was not stopped down for a greater depth of field. I had a controlled condition with no movement of the flower as I re-focused for each shot.
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Last Summer I photographed this roadside lily that had been transplanted into a neighbors yard. There were 11 photographs made of the flower. Each shot was focused on a different segment of the flower. In Photoshop CS4 I first used the Auto Align Layers and then ran the Auto Blend Layers. A mask was made for each photograph (each image was placed on a separate layer) and this image was the final result. When doing the photography used an f-stop the gave me the best quality of focus for the lens even though the lens was not stopped down for a greater depth of field. I had a controlled condition with no movement of the flower as I re-focused for each shot.
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Saturday, December 06, 2008
Between the Waves
I am a newcomer to Photo Journalism, but I sure had fun trying to capture the excitement that this surfer must have had riding "Between the Waves". Ecola State Park, Oregon. ISO 1600
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I am a newcomer to Photo Journalism, but I sure had fun trying to capture the excitement that this surfer must have had riding "Between the Waves". Ecola State Park, Oregon. ISO 1600
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
Old photo -re cropped, re worked and new edges
I do not know if I like it or not. Just trying some new things and will look at the image for a period of time.
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I do not know if I like it or not. Just trying some new things and will look at the image for a period of time.
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Sunrise on the Oregon Coast
With the sun coming from the East behind the mountains, the beach of Ecola State Park warms up.
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With the sun coming from the East behind the mountains, the beach of Ecola State Park warms up.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Where we have been
Traveling through Normal, IL, we saw the first house that we owned. It is now a Frat. House and looked like out of the movie Animal House. Time does change things.
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Traveling through Normal, IL, we saw the first house that we owned. It is now a Frat. House and looked like out of the movie Animal House. Time does change things.
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Monday, December 01, 2008
The First Snow -December 1, 2008
The first white, clean, fresh snow is always beautiful. Especially when someone else cleaned the sidewalk off. It was still dark outside, but the Infrared brought out interesting highlights and shadows.
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The first white, clean, fresh snow is always beautiful. Especially when someone else cleaned the sidewalk off. It was still dark outside, but the Infrared brought out interesting highlights and shadows.
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