La Brea Tar Pits

new digital watercolors

RJTT TOKYO HANEDA

Red-tail? hawk on the hunt. A little tweak for effect (lens isn't long enough to capture the feathers). My Flickr friends can correct me on the species. This one shot in the Central Colorado Rockies. Zoomed, cropped, and some blur applied.

postprocessing: Finetuning and retouche

Took this shot of Sugar Bush Road on the way into the cabin.

5 exposures merged to HDR using Photomatix 3.0

got this mobile phone this afternoon after i decided to retire my battered motorola clamshell. played around with several shots before i realized that i'm not any good at photography. and that was the time i became aware of the real purpose of adobe photoshop...

In Nikon Capture 4.4:

Adjusted curves for luminosity, and each colour channel: red, green, blue

Sharpened

Just trying my hand at curving each of the available channels.

Nikon D70

Focal Length: 105mm

Optimize Image: Direct print

Color Mode: Mode Ia (sRGB)

Long Exposure NR: Off

2006/08/06 13:54:04.7

Exposure Mode: Manual

White Balance: Direct sunlight -3

Tone Comp.: Auto

Compressed RAW (12-bit)

Metering Mode: Center-Weighted

AF Mode: Manual

Hue Adjustment: 0°

Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)

1/1250 sec - F/2.5

Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached

Saturation: Normal

Exposure Comp.: 0 EV

Sharpening: Medium high

Lens: Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 Ai-S

Sensitivity: ISO 800

postprocessed RAW in PS

for strobist: one 430 ex flash at my right, and window light from my left

Hey all -- as I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm not a big post-processor. But I decided to experiment -- honest opinions here, how did I do? Left is after and right is before.

and you get a peace sign

Not the best due to unlit however the boggies are just a sight to see in person...along with the noise as the giant lumbers off the departure turn!

Hyatt Hotel ruins, Baguio City

fake infrared

Post processed shots from the Vancouver Strobist photoshoot of the Sweet Soul Burlesque troupe at the Dollhouse Studios.

Postprocessed as suggested by a dpreview forum member.

Postprocessed using PictureShow for iPhone.

Postprocessing: Curves, Vibrance, Saturation, Blacks

Multishot, Photoshop composition + edit

Caterpillar staring at me.

Sunday 23rd August 2009

Thank you to pareeerica for her beautiful texture

RJTT TOKYO HANEDA

I frequently stop off at this vintage junked cars yard and take photos through the chain link and over the razor wire defenses. The old paint and rust do well with HDR techniques.

best viewed on black

'Em stairs are all manaul! There were so many places people took shelter from the heat, all the while enjoying the show.

It was a strange bird song that drew us outside after the ball game, and we were surprised to find a male Cardinal doing the singing. I used HDR processing to bring out the color(s) and the texture.

Postprocessed with Aperture and Topaz Adjust.

Original shot taken with a Nikon Coolpix 7600. Postprocessed in iPhone 3G with Instagram app.

corrective edits only

Lincoln City, OR

I did not used to like to do post processing, but now I suddenly got "all into it" - and having fun. A creation out of a creation.