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Alice Kech Park, Santa Barbara, California.
1. What inspired the photo?
The beauty of the flowers that came from their simplicity and complexity. Simple colors, but striking with the yellow against the white. Also, the natural lighting casted accentuating shadows.
2. What were you trying to achieve?
I wanted to highlight the detail and structure of the flowers while isolating the flower from the distracting background. The flower appears to be delicate (paper thin).
3. What decisions did you make using your camera?
Since there was a slight breeze, I needed a fast shutter speed. I wanted sufficient DOF to capture detail of the close pedals, but also wanted to blur the background. I selected a flower that was already isolated from adjacent flowers, did not have strong and highly visible objects in the background, and was lit to produce shadows.
4. What accessories?
None. Hand held, since I didn't have a tripod with me. Natural lighting.
5. Which adjustments were made and why?
I used Topaz Detail and Clarity to bring out the structure and detail of the flower. ON1 Photo 10.5.1 Layers and Effects (Brush Darken filter) were used to erase some background distractions and and to darken the background in order to isolate the flower from its surroundings.
6. What changes were you unable to make?
I am new at using Topaz Clarity and Detail, which meant a fair amount of experimentation to achieve my vision.
Santa Barbara, California.
Processed in Nik Color Efex Pro 4 (Pro Contrast and Detail Extractor filtes) and Perfect Photo Suite 9.5 (Vignette Filter).
Sexy Britney Spears in pajamas smoking outside her trailer during video shoot of Radar in Santa Barbara May 28, 2009 X17online.com EXCLUSIVE bit.ly/1aKPDYl
Britney Spears
July 22, 2022: Stibnite sample from Wuning Mine, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China. Rare Earth exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. This exhibit is a fun collection of photogenic minerals. Included are rarely-seen specimens from the Museum's Earth Science Collections, UC Santa Barbara's Woodhouse Collection, and the world-renowned Arkenstone Collection. The show ends on Sep. 5, 2022. 197/365
local group reliving the past at Santa Barbara marina; very enjoyable while waiting for my boat to the Channel Islands.
Mi imagen de Santa Barbara. Hermosa capa que fue donada por un amigo muy querido. Viva Santa Barbara Bendita
My statue of St. Barbara. Her cape was donated by a very special friend.
City Lot 2, located between W.Carrillo and W. Canon Perdido Streets and between State and Chapala Streets. Processed in Nik Color Efex Pro 4 (Dark Contrast and Vignette filters) and in ON1 Photo 10 Effects (Texturizer - Cracked Paint).
Blue Skies Trailer Park, Santa Barbara CA. According to mistergoleta, they have just repaired the neon, after years of it being non complete