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One of my frogs my froggie collection with a bit of sparkle thanks to Glitterboo.
Hope you all had a great weekend!
For Our Daily Challenge.
Today's challenge - Alone
Hey! It's Veterans Day. You know what that means...
Yep, we all get to sleep in!
Seriously though, go thank a veteran, or go play that rice game on freerice.com
Both will make the world a better place ;D
In other news, I was accepted to hdrspotting.com, not sure how special I should feel about that though. Maybe you have to really suck at processing to get rejected, I have no idea. Thought that I would celebrate by posting a photo that just screams HDR!!! I couldn't help myself with all those neat little photomatix sliders just waiting to be slid.
This was the last stop on my recent trip to Thomaston. By the time I made it here, I was soaked in sweat and worn out, so I didn't get that many shots, and the ones I did get weren't that great. This is one of the better ones. I'm still experimenting with HDR settings, and trying to be careful not to overprocess. As for Hannahs Mill, it probably doesn't have much longer. The structure is beginning to lean so much so that the owners will no longer allow anyone inside the building. It is one of the few remaining mills that is not driven by a waterwheel. I'm so grateful to the owners that they allowed me to document this place.
Press L
For a history of Hannahs Mill and other photos:
Still practising sunsets, quite happy with how these came out. Pity there wasnt more colour in the sky (there was with my eyes, just not through the lens!). Dont want to overprocess too much but do wonder if the "incredible" colours in some photos are through photoshop
Simply me... way over processed that is! I was going for a natural smiley portrait of me since I'm usually straight faced. Sooo ugh, I'm gonna have a moan quickly. Okay, well first off, this is so incredibly noisy unfortunately... was taken in my mum's room where that lovely natural light is, which usually helps with my focus and clarity (um, apparently not today)... was going to do something with the background, but the idea didn't work out, so I just cropped it which has left me with a busy background...um.. what else...my boobs look saggy bc of the way I'm sitting...was trying to shoot with my 17-85 instead of the 50, which didn't turn out very good...I spent too long editing this and starting over several times...ugh... K, I'll stop... le sigh. moan moan moan bah bah bah.
the end.
I get my huurrr did tomoz. Woot, hopefully will get some better in focus shots then.
Day .127.
A little series of Dogwood blooms. The flowers are the yellowy greeny bits in the centre. The white "petals" are actually bracts. I love dogwood. Our Darling Daughter "saved " them for us so we could see them on our recent trip to visit her. The Redbuds were still pretty too but too high up for me to photograph easily! These are perhaps a BIT overprocessed but I was doing them so I could try to paint some and wanted to really see details. Anyway, enjoy a touch of the southland! We had a BALL with our babes but a WRETCHED drive home in a blizzard ALL the way home- 1280 km - one way! We were on the road 18 hours yesterday. Today...!!!!!
SLIDER SATURDAY 16/52
There are times that I find extensive post processing evokes a very different feel or mood from an image and sometimes I like the result.
Being more of a purist with photography, I seldom post these overprocessed images but I decided for 2012, I would post those images on what I have termed "Slider Saturday". These will be images that I have extensively moved the sliders in post processing.
I am extremely grateful that I can reinvent myself. Through art mostly, but also through whatever else I wish to explore.
I control my life. Every second of it, & if something isn't going the way I would have hoped, I can change my way of thinking, if I work my ass off at it. ;-) It's not always easy, but I push through, HARD, because I'm stubborn & I'm okay with that. :)
So here is a majorly over processed photo (b/c we all know how much I hate those. LOL) because it was fun to make. And why make art if it isn't fun?
Another reworked shot after I decided to review some of my early experimentation with HDR.
It just too easy to over process the shots and I have slowly learned less is more, particularly with post processing.
This can be seen with these two different processed shots.
Nondescript building and blue overprocessed sky.
Processed with Photomatix, Dfine 2, Color Efex Pro 4, and CS6.
OK...just installed LR5. Yes, I'm dipping my toes in the turbulent & murky waters of the post-production dark side. Another learning curve which I hope will not dominate but complement and enhance my photography.
Whenever I look at someone's pictures and the first thing I see is PS or similar, I've lost interest straight away. I prefer content to wrapping.
So if I err I hope it's on the conservative side. I'd hate to kill a photo with overprocessing, as I saw in a book of old rural buildings here in Oz. Horrendous Diabolical Result.
Here's hoping my vessel is strong enough to survive the mountainous seas of the digital darkside (sorry...darkroom) ;-)
No...... the OTHER kind of cougar love.
First four out of what may be a TON of shots from the Toronto Zoo. See the rest here Toronto Zoo Set
Not a great shot as it was shot through a cage and they were out of the light, so it is overprocessed as anything. But, the sweetest shot of the day I think...... yes, they were just keeping warm in the back of their den, but it's the thought that counts!
I tried a few in-camera HDRs as the dynamic range of the scene was so great. They're not perfect, but can be a life saver in situations where otherwise the sky would blow out and still leave a silhouetted skyline. I only use this technique to return the scene to what I saw, it must be said. Too many HDR images are too overprocessed (even here, I'd prefer it if it didn't leave haloes around high contrast areas).
In-camera 3-shot HDR (handheld).
Canon EOS 5D mark III, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.
50mm, f/10, 1/4000-1/500-1/60, ISO 800.
Shot in a rundown warehouse in Tyler, Tx.
Sisses Stacy and Christie peerin' through 'like a pack of babes.
Not only they are tiny but extremely fast as well + the wind was horrible on that day. I am done with these guys! This is my closest shot of barn swallows and it is slightly cropped. The photo might seem overprocessed, it is not!
Barn Swallow, Bolsa Chica(CA)
Settings: 1/1000 --- ƒ/7.1 ---- ISO 400 @ 400mm
Unfortunate mistake. Farmers' Market Ogden Utah Aug 27, 2022. I shot thison a great day - Kodacolor 400 from 1983. I shot it at EI 200 and then, mistakenly, thought I should adjust again in development and added 20 seconds ... ? The roll was extremely overdeveloped which was extremely disappointing because of the great shots. The negatives were impenetrable. Since I did bleach bypass I went back and washed the film, bleached with potassium ferricyanide for 8 minutes and then fixed again for 8 minutes. The negative came out much clearer, but as you can see with MUCH loss of detail and extremely flat. If my life was at stake, I guess we could say it worked, but most of the interesting stuff is gone.
However after seeing these results and some others, both mine and other folks' I think I'm arriving at with expired color film - adjust the light and compensate for age, etc. And then develop normally. We'll see what I do next.
I was lucky enough to find this on my way to work a couple of days ago. A few minutes later, one of the managers walked by and saw me lying on the ground, S700 in tow. She probably thought I was crazy, wounded, or a combination of both, until I showed her my viewfinder.
It's somewhat overprocessed, but I really like the richness of the green.
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
Gautama Buddha
Today's song, by Lata Mangeshkar, is,
P.S. Saaya in Hindi means shadow.
This was just a little experiment with the long exposure night mode in my camera using light from a 10W incandescent bulb while trying to sleep last night.
Photo Preservation Society - April - Water
Shot in Blengdale Forest in the Lake District. Beautiful flowing water caught in the evening sunlight.
Overprocessed? Would be interested in your thoughts. Thanks. Steve
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC OS
Processing: Adobe Lightroom 4
Explore Stats: Highest #413
P.S. Not sure how or why this one got Explored - wasn't even highly viewed, but nice all the same :)
Our Daily Challenge - "Postcard Perfect":
Slider's Sunday: HSS everyone...you know this has been slid!
What a wild day I had with two separate work crews in the house AND two precious granddaughters. It was chaotic and cloudy and I never even thought about pulling out my camera..that is, until Abigail discovered the low window ledge in our new kitchen. To her it was gold...and the light on her face was gold to me...so of course, I ran for my camera. lol. It's not exactly what I would consider a postcard pic, but perhaps with processing it can pass for the challenge? I don't even remember when I last had time to play with textures!
We are gradually getting settled. Every box is unpacked (yay us!) but we are still tying up loose ends...including those ovens which STILL don't work. The manufacturer finally agreed to send us a replacement unit next week...so hallelujah! In the meantime, we're just enjoying being HOME and hoping to return to normal soon.
BTW, don't ask which textures I used in this. I just kept trying things and don't even remember. :/
Better on black!
Nikon D5000, 50mm
254/365
Letdown is defined as a slackening of effort, or A decrease, decline, or relaxation, as of effort or energy. It happens often in sports when the underdog defeats a better team, or you win a rivalry game, there tends to be a slackening of effort in the next game. When I look back on my project I have seen this as well, Often when I have what I consider a great image, one that is important to me personally or is a moving tribute, it is followed by a not so good image. I feel like that about this one, My last 2 self portrait have made at least one person cry, how do I follow up images that are that meaningful? I had no idea what I wanted to do today and very little time. When I got this image home I found myself unhappy with it and began processing, more processing, overprocessing, then processing some more. To give you an idea I converted the raw file in photomatix, I then enhanced it with the topaz plugin in photoshop, still not happy with it I applied an aged newspaper filter, then cross processed it and added a vignette. After all that I still have no idea what this picture represents or why it looks like i am about to jump off the bridge into the water
SLIDER SATURDAY 18/52
There are times that I find extensive post processing evokes a very different feel or mood from an image and sometimes I like the result.
Being more of a purist with photography, I seldom post these overprocessed images but I decided for 2012, I would post those images on what I have termed "Slider Saturday". These will be images that I have extensively moved the sliders in post processing.
Fujifilm X100 / Nik Collection
Taken in Shinkuku, Tokyo. Just a very quick tryout of Nik Analog Efex Pro. As usual, the standard presets give a very overprocessed look; the real strength seems to be in the toolset which allows you to make individual adjustments. In addition to the usual control points, there seem to be effect areas (similar to Lightroom adjustments).
All in all a great update, for the stunning price of $0.00
新宿にて撮影。Nik Efexにアナログのプラグインが加わったので早速遊んでみた。
プリセットは相変わらず加工味が強いので微調整がおすすめかな…。プリセットよりも、ツールセットから使いたい効果を選び、慎重に加工しつつ、という流れがこのソフトの本当に力を引き出せるのではないかという気がします。
無料アップデートでこれだけ機能が増えるのは嬉しいですね。
Venetian masks in paper mache. Worked and decorated by hand according to centuries-old tradition of the Venetian carnival.
Masks have always been an important feature of the Venetian carnival.
Used a number of different Apps on this one.
Original can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/128924064@N08/33036250582/in/datepo...
For - Happy Slider Sunday - HSS!
An attempt at over-processing a picture - on purpose.
A late afternoon view of my favorite tree, over processed with Topaz Adjust and a sepia overlay technique.
Ode to 6x7. Just when I begin to appreaciate and hopefully understand photography, I also begin to find out what a sad fate film has had and I wish I could rewind the clock 10 years or so and buy enough new equipment to set myself up for this day. 2nd hand junk no one wants from ebay just doesn't cut it. This image has been overprocessed in Lightroom and Photoshop back and forth and is completely unsatisfying to me. This is I guess the sort of "look" I would like from a camera but with zero processsing and without all that horrible sharpening to an image from one of sharpest lenses of the canon lineup. Hopefully they will develop good sensors and lenses within 20 years so I can enjoy digital one day. The Nikon D750 looks promising but I'm heavily invested in Canon. In the meantime, thanks for reading and best wishes :).
To bring the story up to date. In 1953 a ballroom was added and the “Arcadia” (sometimes pronounced “Arcadja”) became one of the great venues for showbands. The advent of the “Troubles” and the disco resulted in its closure in the mid-70’s. It lay vacant for many years quickly becoming an eyesore. There were several schemes for the building including replacement by student accommodation but none materialised. The ballroom was demolished (as, I recall, a dangerous structure).
Its now a toilet.
I accept I have overprocessed here but it is an iconic white building that protrudes into the sea and quite visual??
This bird with an attitude was just begging to be over processed...
Hope everyone is having a great Sliders Sunday. :)
Unfortunate mistake. Farmers' Market Ogden Utah Aug 27, 2022. I shot thison a great day - Kodacolor 400 from 1983. I shot it at EI 200 and then, mistakenly, thought I should adjust again in development and added 20 seconds ... ? The roll was extremely overdeveloped which was extremely disappointing because of the great shots. The negatives were impenetrable. Since I did bleach bypass I went back and washed the film, bleached with potassium ferricyanide for 8 minutes and then fixed again for 8 minutes. The negative came out much clearer, but as you can see with MUCH loss of detail and extremely flat. If my life was at stake, I guess we could say it worked, but most of the interesting stuff is gone.
However after seeing these results and some others, both mine and other folks' I think I'm arriving at with expired color film - adjust the light and compensate for age, etc. And then develop normally. We'll see what I do next.
The Peony bush in our backyard is in full bloom. White flowers are typically hard to get many details but Luminar2018 allowed me to bring them all out without looking overprocessed.
Images 1-3 are varying exposures of the same scene, taken on a tripod.
HDR Image was prepared using the Photoshop CS2: automate -> merge to HDR. White point was set, then the conversion to HDR was done by the Exposure/Gamma method.
HDR image was then perspective corrected (to correct for wideangle lens distortion, especially evident on the closest vertical pillar) using the PTLens plugin and profile for the Olympus Zuiko 14-45 lens.
I'm sure this could still be much improved, but in comparison to all of the overprocessed, trendy, fake looking HDR I've seen lately I think I've used the process as it is intended.
The HDR image can be seen here LARGE.