Unique Photo Images
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Garfield Park - first visit - more photos
Two views of the same area at the Garfield Park Conservatory.
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Two views of the same area at the Garfield Park Conservatory.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Garfield Park - first visit
Garfield Park Conservatory is the largest public owned in the world and was designed by the late Jens Jensen and has celebrated 100 years of public service. I was overwhelmed at the first visit. I will go back. Flowers, Ferns, Waterfalls and quiet walkways between living plants in a natural setting. This unusual plant caught my attention.
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Garfield Park Conservatory is the largest public owned in the world and was designed by the late Jens Jensen and has celebrated 100 years of public service. I was overwhelmed at the first visit. I will go back. Flowers, Ferns, Waterfalls and quiet walkways between living plants in a natural setting. This unusual plant caught my attention.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The Bean "CloudGate"
Those of you not familiar with the Chicago "Bean" sculpture, I thought I had better enclose a photo of the stainless steel polished structure. Two men are standing at the right side of the photo so you can get a size relationship. This was an infrared HDR shot yesterday before I did the photo under the Bean with all of the reflections. Jerry
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Those of you not familiar with the Chicago "Bean" sculpture, I thought I had better enclose a photo of the stainless steel polished structure. Two men are standing at the right side of the photo so you can get a size relationship. This was an infrared HDR shot yesterday before I did the photo under the Bean with all of the reflections. Jerry
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Under the Bean - "Cloudgate"
No one was around except me and the Security person. I set up my tripod and fired three shots on the little Canon G10. -4, -2 and 0. This is the result of the HDR and then touched up in CS4.
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No one was around except me and the Security person. I set up my tripod and fired three shots on the little Canon G10. -4, -2 and 0. This is the result of the HDR and then touched up in CS4.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Chicago Botanical Gardens in Wintertime
26 degrees and a wind off of Lake Michigan made for a cold Sunday for photography. These were Infrared/HDR photos using 3 shots for each image.
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26 degrees and a wind off of Lake Michigan made for a cold Sunday for photography. These were Infrared/HDR photos using 3 shots for each image.
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Chicken on the Roof
This "Wild" hen flies to tree branches and roof tops to avoid his owner penning her up. The chicken does not like snow on the roof but that was a better option than the 10 year old chasing after her.
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This "Wild" hen flies to tree branches and roof tops to avoid his owner penning her up. The chicken does not like snow on the roof but that was a better option than the 10 year old chasing after her.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
In Camera Tricks - Depth of Field with many pix
Another beautiful flower with a small hand held camera. This image used the multi focus built into the camera. 5 shots went off and then they were combined in Photoshop CS4 for better depth of field.
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Another beautiful flower with a small hand held camera. This image used the multi focus built into the camera. 5 shots went off and then they were combined in Photoshop CS4 for better depth of field.
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Finding a Reflection
Finding a reflection is easy, making this image into an artistic rendering takes a little more time. This scene was altered using BUZ effect from Topaz Simplify Photoshop Plug-In.
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Finding a reflection is easy, making this image into an artistic rendering takes a little more time. This scene was altered using BUZ effect from Topaz Simplify Photoshop Plug-In.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Irish Coast - Honor of Ansel Adams Birthday
I had to display one of my favorite B&W images today. This was originally shot in Velvia on a 6X7 Mamiya 7 camera. The positive film was scanned on a Imacon scanner and then converted into B&W in Photoshop. This was a cloudy day on the Southwest coast of Ireland.
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I had to display one of my favorite B&W images today. This was originally shot in Velvia on a 6X7 Mamiya 7 camera. The positive film was scanned on a Imacon scanner and then converted into B&W in Photoshop. This was a cloudy day on the Southwest coast of Ireland.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Do not hire this architect
Taking pix in our beautiful public library, I had to have a little fun with the main staircase.
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Taking pix in our beautiful public library, I had to have a little fun with the main staircase.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Amaryllis
I grabbed my little pocket digital camera and hand held shooting of an Amaryllis flower at Prairie Lakes Community Center. The second image is an attempt of turning the photograph into a more painterly look.
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I grabbed my little pocket digital camera and hand held shooting of an Amaryllis flower at Prairie Lakes Community Center. The second image is an attempt of turning the photograph into a more painterly look.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Reflections & Distortions
Sometimes we have reflections and do not even notice the visual scene like my reflection in the handle of the car interior. The distortion comes from the designed shape of the door release.
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Sometimes we have reflections and do not even notice the visual scene like my reflection in the handle of the car interior. The distortion comes from the designed shape of the door release.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Mini-Mountains
Sometimes when out walking you see these snow berms. When you get right down to the ground they are like mini-mountains. The give-a-way is the few dried weeks protruding out of the snow. I found these mini-mountains while being guided through the forest by one of my nature loving grand sons. After a week of colds and recovery, I am back blogging.
Sometimes when out walking you see these snow berms. When you get right down to the ground they are like mini-mountains. The give-a-way is the few dried weeks protruding out of the snow. I found these mini-mountains while being guided through the forest by one of my nature loving grand sons. After a week of colds and recovery, I am back blogging. Someone asked me the question: What is the percentage of time behind the computer vs. time behind the lens. Lately I think it is 95% computer and possibly 5% behind the lens. This I need to change.
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Sunday, February 08, 2009
Matt's Pet Chicken
Back from the farm. Our grandson has this beautiful chicken. He calls it a "Wild Hen". It flies and sleeps in trees. It will be interesting when he goes to collect the eggs.
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Back from the farm. Our grandson has this beautiful chicken. He calls it a "Wild Hen". It flies and sleeps in trees. It will be interesting when he goes to collect the eggs.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
The perfect tone?
I am always experimenting with toning for the ideal brown tone or sepia tone effect. This yellow rose was converted to B&W and then toned in Lightroom with one of Jack Davis's free Lightroom presents. This is OK, but I am still looking.
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I am always experimenting with toning for the ideal brown tone or sepia tone effect. This yellow rose was converted to B&W and then toned in Lightroom with one of Jack Davis's free Lightroom presents. This is OK, but I am still looking.
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Monday, February 02, 2009
February 1 - Super Bowl Sunday
Looked outside, ran and got camera and tripod and shot out the front door. This was a photograph from a combined 7 burst of various exposures to make a HDR photograph. Processing was with Photomatix.
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Looked outside, ran and got camera and tripod and shot out the front door. This was a photograph from a combined 7 burst of various exposures to make a HDR photograph. Processing was with Photomatix.
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Sunday, February 01, 2009
"The Ridges" in Door County, Wisconsin
May 2008 I shot a series of exposures manually at -2, -1, 0, and +1 exposures. This was before I even thought about looking at my camera manual for AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) I placed the images into Photomatix Pro with the attempt of taking this wide range of light and creating a useable image. When I exposed for the sky and structure the trees were under exposed with no shadow detail. Then I exposed for the trees and the sky was blown out. See alsoone of the original images that was exposed as a single image with the best automatic matrix metering. HDR does work even with limited planning and foresight.
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May 2008 I shot a series of exposures manually at -2, -1, 0, and +1 exposures. This was before I even thought about looking at my camera manual for AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) I placed the images into Photomatix Pro with the attempt of taking this wide range of light and creating a useable image. When I exposed for the sky and structure the trees were under exposed with no shadow detail. Then I exposed for the trees and the sky was blown out. See alsoone of the original images that was exposed as a single image with the best automatic matrix metering. HDR does work even with limited planning and foresight.
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