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Yonkers Fire Department, Station 3, 96 Vark Street, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. This station was built in 1972 and houses Engine 303 and the Battalion 1 Chief's Unit. Yonkers fire service began in 1852 and became a paid department in 1896
Warren, Connecticut.
We were out very early this morning cutting up some large red oak logs from trees that were taken down last spring (my large saw with 20" bar had to make two passes). Fantastic wood and once split and dried it's going to heat our houses well three years from now (we work three years out).
It started raining while we were working and I noticed some water droplets collecting on a hosta plant nearby. Took a few images in the rain and this is what I got. Not quite as sharp as I'd like but still some interesting patterns and textures.
At Express Clydesdales, near Oklahoma City. This one was way overexposed so I decided to try an experiment. How well does this image work?
A chair was removed from the left side of the image and the lines of light were duplicated to create three lines instead of just the original one that was at the bottom of the frame by her thigh.
The images on the left have too much contrast.
The images on the right have been adjusted to reduce contrast slightly so that they have a greater detail in the shadows and highlights.
Post Production Tutorial:
Using Curves to adjust contrast: adobe.ly/X9WrSP
Descanso Gardens, Flintridge, California.
Note: The California poppy image is heavily cropped.
There's something about this garden that's very nice: lots in bloom, well maintained but not too formal, and plenty of trees to keep it cool and shaded which makes for better photography.
I took pictures with the Fuji X100S and the Ricoh GR and this first set is high contrast JPEGs from the GR. I'm slowly getting used to the X100S but at this point the GR is like an extension of my brain as I've used it more and its simpler ergonomically.