This isn’t my image but I thought it was a good subject for Photoshop’s polar coordinates filter
mentioned in yesterday’s post. The photo is from a trip to the top of Mt Rainier that Chris (on left)
and three business associates did.
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Lost my Marbles
If you lose your marbles, just create your own in Photoshop 🙂
A group I belong to has been having fun with an old tutorial for creating planets, glass balls, orbs;
whatever you want to call them. Depending on the subject matter, they can turn out really interesting.
You can’t predict what the edge color will be except if you have predominance of one color.
The most fun can be had with a skyline of buildings against blue skies or a night sky.
In that case, the buildings can have the apperance of projecting from the sphere. It’s very cool.
Whatever you come up with, the process is just plain fun! Here’s a link to the original tutorial: http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/create-your-own-panorama-planets/
Senita and Vines in HDR
After my class at the DBG yesterday, I took some time to photograph with HDR in mind.
In the photo above of a Senita cactus, the HDR process intensified the red and orange
coloration which happens when cactus are stressed. We’ve had cold weather and they
don’t like it. (Canon S5)
Below is another HDR image showing vine orbs that were created by a vine sculptor on-sight
at the DBG. He made several out of local material. I’ve photographed it before but have never
been happy with the outcome. With the HDR process, I could stand inside one, photography
out and still have everything show up. As you may have noticed in both images, I like pushing
the process to give more of an artsy look. I’m having lots of fun with HDR at the risk of boring
everyone else 🙂 (Canon S5)
Brittlebush
Brittlebush is the common name for Encilia farinosa. It’s blooming right now so I decided to
get a shot with my Lensbaby G3. The plan was to have the frame filled with flower heads.
It might have worked except for the wind!
IR HDR
High Dynamic Range photography is so much fun and when I get a result like this,
I’m ready to try more and more! The original scene had nearly four stops difference
in light so it was impossible to capture normally but it was perfect for HDR.
Arabian Library
This new library doesn’t have a straight line anywhere. I was hoping to shoot inside the
courtyard area but it was closed yesterday. The image is shot in infrared and manipulated
in photoshop to make it look more like an illustration.
Sale Shoes
Fifteen years old and never been worn. Even back when I first saw them on the sale rack,
I had no idea when I’d wear them or what outfit they’d go with but they were so pretty and
such a bargain! So they sit in a clear plastic shoe box and I see them each time I walk into
my closet and they make me smile. That’s probably why I bought them 🙂
(shot in total darkness using a flashlight)
Leash
With the wildlife around here, this is the only way Cleo and Cloe can go out.
This photo is an indication that I waited until the last minute to come up with
a photo for today! I just got a Lensbaby G3 so I’m trying to get used to it.
Have you seen the G3? It’s a photo op in itself. Maybe tomorrow 🙂
Once a Day
Freebies from the dentist turn out to be perfect subjects for a lensbaby.
Pruning class
I have a desert landscaping class every wednesday and some weeks we
are assigned to do actual landscape work at the DBG. Yesterday we tackled
the pruning of shrubs in the parking lot.