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This is a very often photographed landmark in Columbia. I wanted to do something a little different. I kinda like how it came out but I wish I had scooted over to the left and got more buildings in the frame. Maybe next time.
Finlay Park is named after Kirkman Finlay, former mayor of Columbia, and is the city's most visited park. The 14-acre park opened in 1991 and features a scenic waterfall that streams into the park lake.
This was a window with mini-blinds looking through the corner of building to the other window which also had blinds. I dinked around with it exaggerating the "smile" that I saw, and then adding 2 little "eyes" for practice and fun. ArcSoft2 program and hand held Sony Mavica FD-75
This is an older building in Monroe, Oregon.
Three year average (mean).
Three years ago now I made a little Processing script to average sets of photos, and a few weeks before that I started a photo-a-day project, where I was careful to get as close to the same angle as possible.
This image is the result of finding the mean (sum of all values / number of items) of the whole three years of photos.
For a little more about this: www.alexjacque.com/project/average
When the wind blows, you hear me,
When the hair behind your neck stands, you feel me,
When your nostrils are filled with a sweet scent, you know I'm there ...
I'm always around ...
My Mom's 'Love In A Mist' , this time with a light blue petal-tip.
I wanted to have another crack at those soft diaphanous petals, and got the 'nest' of soft spikes underneath in stark shapes against the fading daylight.
See this previous post:
Daily picture for 26 November 2011 using Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 prime lens.
Image editing in PhotoPlus X5.
Yet another balletic pose for the usually ungainly Great Blue Heron.
The colors were intensified, using Adobe Photoshop CS2, in keeping with the dramatic light that happens under overcast late afternoon Spring skies, pregnant with rain.
Tweaked for Adele_ps in the Weekly Photoshop Competition here:
www.flickr.com/groups/pscomp/discuss/72157594352426570/
Bits from SNIPS
Since the theme of the week is “worry”, I wanted to show off a series of direct mail pieces that I concepted and illustrated. The illustrations were created using Illustrator and Photoshop as a photomontage. However, my favorite part is the powerful copywriting that engages the senses. I included an excerpt.
Adrift in the South Pacific night. Awash in a leaky raft. And you’ve got company.
Unenviable circumstances. Raw. Exposed. Unseen visitors cut a course through your ebbing confidence. Circling. The bumps and brushes are purposeful. Sensing your vulnerability. Tread water and fall prey. Embark upon a panicked swim to safety only to find that the nearest solid ground is two miles straight down. Rather than becoming someone’s entree, take a stand before calamity befalls you. Proactively face the unforeseen by preparing a sustainable plan for survival.
So... here's the final picture (right) compared to my original picture (left):
Most obviously I added some more interesting sky from a stock photo.
I played around with Photoshop's shadows/highlights function (which is actually not intended for the use with plain normal JPEGs, but sometimes works), selective color adjustment (especially the cyans), brightness, contrast, saturation and lightness. A veeeery slight vignette effect from the distort→lens correction filter. That's it.
I was there 20 years ago
Now i saw this beatiful image from
dey www.flickr.com/photos/dey/1209511028/
so i could not resist to edit it a bit to fit with my memory of the place and of its feeling
I notice the halo on the top of the temple, on the right but i like it so i didn't remove it
i wish be back there
thank To Dey if you like India don't miss her stream
Tecnical details
Edit with Gimp mainly with unsharp mask2 and greycstoration plugin (That should be used to denoise but i use always for special FX)