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Cypripedium reginae, the Showy Lady's-Slipper orchid.
A very pale, almost 'alba', or 'albescent' form, with just a hint of blush on the pouch. On top of that, this one had double flowers!
I've never seen anything like this before!
These were hidden amoung the "regular" ones along the boardwalk at the Lady Slipper Scenic Byway Interpretive/Rest Area, near Pennington, Minnesota.
This was the 1st "orchid" stop on our drive from Edmonton, AB to Newfoundland, Canada.
Also the 1st set of photographs I've posted that were taken with my Canon 5D-IV. I'm still testing/learning the processing workflow with CaptureOne...
Lady Slipper Scenic Byway, Minnesota, USA.
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"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."
~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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So yesterday I had the incredible opportunity (legally) to venture to the roof of the highest building in Pittsburgh, the U.S. Steel Tower, or Steel Building as it is more commonly called. Let me tell you, it was amazing. The view was out of this world! I haven't been through all the shots yet, but this is one of downtown Pittsburgh and the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers to form the Ohio. Many more to come!
As always, you can read about the processing I've done on this shot and all my images on on my website.
New blog post today, Eye in the skye! Check it out if you have a chance!
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Enlarge HERE (the third detail is a small part of his nose)
Made with thousands of "@" symbols (the common "At sign" typographic character). It took me a few days of work. I applied each character one by one and used several references for the accuracy of the portrait. Each symbol is made of a single color and tone. (I left the portrait unfinished on purpose, I think it's better this way).
"@" like "@mbitious", "@ctivism" and "@ssange"... Julian is a courageous man fighting for Justice and Democracy despite many criticisms...
Julian Paul Assange is the founder, spokesperson and editor in chief of WikiLeaks (a whistleblower website and conduit for news leaks). He is also an Australian publisher, journalist, software developer and Internet activist.
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Saint Mary Lake at twilight, Glacier National Park, Montana
Just reprocessed this image from the summer of 2012; you may have seen it before. Man, the old one was bad. I'll have to go through about half my portfolio to get it all up to my current standards, using all the additional techniques I've developed in the last year or two.
If you like how my images look, you might be interested in knowing that I teach my processing workflow over Skype! Use the contact link on my website if you're interested in learning more about workshops, prints, or licensing: www.alexnoriegaphotography.com
New photoshop workflow based on some ideas from Vermeer's painting techniques.
Compare with www.flickr.com/photos/dougr/9511082879
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25 x 10m in Ha,
25 x 10m + 14 x 20m SII,
25 x 10m + 10 x 20m OIII
Total Exposure time: 20.5 hours
A completely different processing workflow to bring out more nebulosity and subdue the tones.
This full, free video tutorial is now available for you to download and watch! It shows how to create this image, from beginning to end, and it includes the raw files and my luminance mask action set!
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Workshop "workflow/Photoshop/Lightroom"
Vrijdag 21 september
10:00-13:00
50.00
Nog 2 plekken vrij voor deze zeer informatieve workshop aanstaande vrijdag.
Veel tips en technieken voor een snelle en professionele retouch workflow.
Werken met kleurkanalen, unieke tints zelf maken, foto's van zero naar hero brengen in Photoshop, werken met focus verloop, achtergronden smooth maken, huid en digitale make-up, kleur manipulatie, automatiseren van retouching processing binnen Photoshop, hyperverscherping, beste plugins en veel meer
Zie het gehele programma op www.fotografie-workshops.nl
Inschrijven via info at Frankdoorhof punt com
Copyright © Dave DiCello 2012 All Rights Reserved.
"There's something in every atheist, itching to believe, and something in every believer, itching to doubt."
~Mignon McLaughlin
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After looking at my photostream I thought that I needed to step away from the Pittsburgh cityscapes for just a second! This is a shot that I took last summer when Pete Talke and Mike Criswell were in town. We made our way to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church on Polish Hill in Pittsburgh to grab some shots, and although we had to wait for mass to get out, I'm glad that went!
As always, you can read about the processing I've done on this shot and all my images on on my website.
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Probably the question that I get asked more than any other is about my photography workflow. I actually feel like my photography workflow is pretty simple so I thought I'd write up a brief post documenting my process all the way from photo capture to photo publishing. Feel free to ask any questions if you need me to elaborate on things.
1. Step one, capture the image: I carry my Canon 5D and 5 lenses (24mm, 14mm, 50mm, 135mm, 100mm macro) with me in a backpack every where I go. I take advantage of the routine time wasted in a day to turn that time into photography. Walking to and from the BART train. Going out for lunch. Waiting in line somewhere. All kinds of everyday moments become photographic opportunities.
Of course I also go out on specific photowalks all the time. Sometimes these are weekend trips away from home, other times they are just evenings out shooting with friends or with my wife. I use 2 8GB SanDisk cards.
To learn more about what is in my camera bag you can read this post here.
2. Step two, transfer the image to the computer: Here I use a high speed USB card reader. All card readers are not created equal. Spend the extra few bucks and get a high speed reader. Every day or other day I use my card reader to offload images on my camera card to my computer. In my case when I plug in my card reader Canon's "Camera Window" software automatically loads. This software then pulls all of my images off of my CF card and puts them into folders on my computer titled by date taken. After my images are transferred to my MacBook Pro I then put the card back in the camera and delete the images off of it. If I'm on an all day shoot I'll take breaks during my day (coffee, lunnch, etc.) to take a moment and clear out my cards.
Bonus Link: 13 Tips for Using and Caring for Memory Cards.
3. Step three, sort photos: Here I open the folder that has all of the RAW files from a given day's images using Adobe's Bridge software. I create a subfolder in the dated folder called "maybe." I go through the day's photographs and I drag anything that I think might have potential into the "maybe" folder.
4. Step four, first pass processing using Adobe Camera RAW: My next step is to open all images in a day's maybe folder using Adobe Camera RAW (comes with both Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom). You simply select all of the images in your maybe folder, right click, and select "Open in Camera RAW." This is where 95% of my photo processing is done.
With camera RAW you can adjust the contrast of a photo, the exposure of a photo, the saturation of a photo. You can adjust the temperature of a photo (the reason why some white lights are sulfur yellow and other white lights are soft blue), you can adjust the vignette (black or white edges around a photo), fill lighting, etc. Adobe Camera RAW uses sliders to make these adjustments and it is easy as pie.
After I get an individual image to where I want it I will use the "Save" button in camera RAW to save that finished photo as a JPG in a new folder "Finished Images."
After I process my first pass imagery I move that date's archive folder off my Mac and onto my drobo to back it up and store it more safely. Note, none of my RAW files are ever saved as processed. I consider my RAW files my negatives and always want to be able to go back to them and process from scratch if need be.
5. Step five, 2nd pass processing: Once I've finished my first pass processing I will point Bridge to the "finished images" folder. Here I will look at each finished JPG image in as large a format as possible looking for photos that need additional work. Typically less than 10% of my photos need additional work beyond camera RAW.
The type of work here is all done in Photoshop. As I go through the images I look for a few things consistently. Images that need slight sharpening. Images that have dust spots on them that need to be fixed with the cloning tool in Photoshop. Images that could benefit from dodging or burning, etc. As I see an image in Bridge that needs additional fine tuning I will double click on the image in Photoshop, make my edits, save the file and close it.
6. Step six, keywording: My next step is to keyword all of my photos using Adobe Bridge. Adobe Bridge has pretty powerful keywording capabilities. I can batch and bulk keyword photos. I might start out, for instance, keywording every single photo I just processed as "Las Vegas" "DMU Las Vegas Meetup 2008" "Vegas". From there I then might go through sub batches and keyword them (say Caeser's or Wynn or Venetian). From there I might then bulk keyword certain frequently used attributes (neon, mannequin, graffiti, night, etc.). And then I go through each image individually adding any final keywords image by image.
Keywording is important because these keywords will be automatically read as tags by sites like Flickr and Zooomr. It also allows you better to search your finished imagery in the future on your computer. The Importance of Keywording Your Photos.
7. Step seven, geotagging: Here I use a free program called Geotagger. Geotagger works with Google Earth and allows you to pinpoint a spot on the planet using Google Earth and then drag and drop any images from that location onto the program and geotags them with that coordinate. Geotagger only works for the Mac but there are lots of other free geotagging programs like Geotagger out there that work with Windows. When you geotag your photos at the file level both Flickr and Zooomr automatically add them to the meta data on your photo and place them on their site maps.
8. Step eight, sort finished photos into A or B to be uploaded folders: My next step is to go through my imagery and basically sort 80/20. What I feel are my strongest 20% go into a folder "B." The rest go into a folder "C."
9. Step nine, publish: I publish twice a day usually but this is by no means a hard and fast rule. Once in the morning and once in the evening. I typically publish 10-15 photos at a time selected mostly at random from my growing pool of "to be uploadeds."
I make sure that when I upload these 10 or 15 shots in a batch that the "B" shots are uploaded last as Flickr and Zooomr only highlight the last 5 shots that you upload in an upload batch. I want these to be what I feel are my better images.
And that's it. I'm sure that there are more efficient ways that I could be processing my imagery but this has worked for me for a while now. Feel free to ask any questions as the above might sound a bit complicated to some.
Additional reading: Thomas Hawk's Principles and Guidelines for the Modern Photowalker . Brian Auer's Your Guide to Adobe Bridge: Useful Tips and Tricks.
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I’m often asked how I create my AI photography images—especially by those using the same tools but getting very different results. Here’s a brief tutorial outlining my process for crafting refined AI visuals:
1.Start with a Line Sketch
Create a clean line drawing of your subject. Scan it at a minimum of 300 dpi for optimal clarity—this resolution consistently yields the best results.
2.Recover with AI Photo Tool
Use an AI photo recovery tool to transform your sketch into a base image. I typically select the “Severe” setting to maximize structural fidelity.
3.Enhance with AI Image Tool
Apply an AI image enhancement tool to refine detail. I prefer Version 2 with a 6-pass setting and the “Photography” filter for depth and realism.
4.Retouch for Precision
Use a photography retouch tool to eliminate blemishes, wrinkles, extra fingers, or other AI-generated artifacts. Zoom in closely to catch subtle errors. The lasso tool offers excellent control once mastered.
5.Smooth with Light Enhancement
Apply a light-setting enhancement to correct any smearing from the retouch phase. This step improves lighting, restores clarity, and sharpens the final image.
6.Finalize with Branding
Add your watermark or company symbol to complete the piece and protect your creative identity.
I recently started contributing to an online HDR magazine called HDR one. The magazine covers a wide range of topics related to photography, and specifically to HDR. Last week I put together an article walking through my post processing workflow. I covered every step I took to get from the raw source files to the finished image posted here. You can find my write up here www.hdrone.com/2012/08/26/walking-through-my-hdr-workflow....
"Christmas is the day that holds all time together."
~Alexander Smith
More Christmas!! This is our living room, all decorated for Christmas. We've had the tree up, but finally got most of the presents wrapped (the ones we didn't are in front of the fireplace!) and under the tree, and got all the empty boxes put away. There's nothing like coming home to presents under the tree! Both pictures hanging are ones that I took, and you can find them in the comments!
I know I went a little strong on the processing wth this one, but sometimes you just have to spend a little extra time inthe HDR kitchen!
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This tiny crystal showcases some interesting physics, and the geometry with repeating patterns make it beautiful. Snowflakes are one of the few subjects that can be photographed at this scale that possess this much visual appeal, and I never get tired of them.
I’d call this snowflake a “sectored plate dendrite”, due to the way the large center formed and the tree-like branches it possesses. The large central area of this snowflake began as six broad branches; each of these branches grew to the edge of the adjacent branch, and eventually reformed into another hexagonal shape. This is where the “sector” descriptor comes in. Many snowflakes have this kind of structure, and it’s one that always catches my attention.
You’ll also notice that this snowflake is one of a pair, the other smaller plate also grew from a column-type crystal. In this example however, the smaller sibling is on the opposite side of the plate. We can see it through the ice, and we can also see an evaporation cavity where it sits. This is the circular ring you see in the ice, which is an indentation on the underside of the crystal. Just as snowflakes attract water molecules, the also shed them in a process known as sublimation (evaporation from a solid). The smaller crystal attracts most of the water vapour in this region, and in turn creates an area of low humidity that encourages water molecules to break away from the ice surface below it.
We’ve had a few storms that have created these kinds of crystals so far this winter, and that gets reflected in this series. Similar conditions within a weather system will produce a similar type of snowflake, even though each individual is a unique creation.
Want to know more snowflake science? The subject is a great introduction to basic physics and the beauty it can create. Check out Sky Crystals for more info: www.skycrystals.ca/ - and the book also has a comprehensive photographic workflow to study your own snowflakes and make images like this. :)
Here is a little behind-the-scenes of my creative process. With every one of my designs I try to flush things out early on with quick sketches and color studies before diving into generating the assets.
This is an example of my Signalera piece, where I started with a very quick sketch of composition, then a study in Illustrator, and the final piece.
You can see a larger version right here.
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Unglaublich wie schnell die Kreuzspinne ihr Netz baute, ich bin sehr froh das mir diese Aufnahme gelungen ist.
Unbelievable how quickly the cross spider built her net. I am very glad that this picture has succeeded me.
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Bittern Blast Part One: The past several weeks on the bayou, bitterns have been so abundant and active that they have created a backlog in my processing workflow. Not that I'm complaining. But with too many to dribble out one or two at a time, they are coming in batches, for awhile anyway. Least Bittern hunting bait fish in morning light on Horsepen Bayou.