I saw this cherub figurine in a gift shop window and snapped a shot. I only took the one shot and didn’t think much of it when I did. The straight shot was decent enough but I thought I would throw a little processing fun in the works for a change. In Photoshop, I Did a Topaz Adjust layer and…
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365-87 Classic still life
Thought I would do a fake painting shot for today. Really fake – even the fruit is plastic! My Rembrandt lighting consists of window light from almost straight on. I was just doing a lens test when I shot the fruit and afterwards I thought it would make a good textured shot. The original picture didn’t turn out too bad…
365-82 No traveling today
After a long day yesterday, I just stayed around the house today because I need to catch up with my guitar playing :-). This is a ground cover plant near my fence. I still don’t know what it is. It gets little white flowers in late spring/early summer. I punched the colors up a bit using Topaz Adjust. Shot with my…
365-67 Made in the USA
I don’t often shoot the US flag specifically, but I was at an outlet center and saw this large flag they have on site backlit by the sun. It was one of those huge flags you often see at such places. I thought I would try a couple shots of it. I had my ISO set at 400 because I wanted…
365-59 Bokeh, Topaz and Orton
Back to normal today, no more fun abstracts. My 365 shot is of some kind of pod on a tree next to my porch. There’s a busy street in the background so I used my Super-Takumar 50mm wide open at f/1.4 for limited depth. Due to the relatively boring subject, I decided to punch the color up a bit with Topaz…
365-47 Let it flow
I visited a different park today for a change of scenery. But considering the time of year and the mild temperatures, everything is a little drab and colorless. I decided to focus on smaller subjects, such as this small waterfall over a rock. I know the standard thing to do for such a shot is a long exposure to blur…
365-40 Cold facts
So you’re probably thinking, “David, ice AGAIN?” It has been a prominent subject of mine this winter but it’s the one thing I see when I look around. I wonder if people who live near the beach in a warm climate get tired of palm trees, sand, and surf pictures. I somehow doubt it. I actually wanted to try some processing options…
365-39 Kinetic star
A little sun for the day, in the form of a mobile hanging from my neighbor’s porch. It was snowing again today. Soon winter will be a distant memory and the sun in my pictures will be the real one. Processed with a touch of Topaz Adjust to punch up the color a bit. Pentax K20D, DA55-300 Going Mobile
365-38 British Steel
When I was younger I was a big fan of small European cars. I owned a Triumph and a Fiat at one time. Big American cars and trucks were the norm where I lived. I certainly liked American cars, especially muscle cars, but I loved driving the Euros. There is a “foreign” car parts dealer in an alley off of the main road in…
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I figured I would be watching a lot of football today (Go Steelers!) and wouldn’t have time to go out and shoot. So I shot around the house using my favorite “around the house” lens – my Super-Takumar 50mm. This was shot at F2 and processed in ACR to PSE6 with Topaz Adjust. Pentax K20D Stemware
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