I'll be posting my recent images on this blog…
Garden Abstract Part 3 - D700, Lensbaby Composer
The last of the summer flowers are still holding on…shot this with my Lensbaby Composer through a piece of textured glass. Post processing in CS5 with Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 to bring up the color some more.
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Floating in Pink - D700, 70-200mm
We took a trip last week to visit my niece and see their new home. I always look forward to taking some photos of my great niece and nephew. While we were there we took a trip one afternoon to the local town beach. Hard to loose my great niece in the water with that pink float, guess what color her new room is…PINK is the word for everything. We had a great visit and got some good family shots. Here’s my great niece mugging for the camera…notice the pink polish on the nails.
Lilly Giggles - D700, 70-200
Pastel Garden, Gaura - D700, 85mm PC
Snapped a few shots in the garden this morning. The light wasn’t really all that great but I thought it might work for the effect I was going after. We put this plant, gaura, in last year and it has filled out a lot more this year. I really like the soft feel of the flowers and stems as it blows in the wind.
Shot this with my 85mm PC wide open with a bit of tilt with a Tony Sweet Soft-Ray filter to spread the highlights out even more. Processed in CS5 with the Pastel filter in Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0. Pretty much conveys the feeling I get when I look at this plant in the breeze…click on the image for a larger view.
1000 Cranes - D700, 24-70mm
We went to Virginia last week to help some friends with their daughter’s wedding. It was held at a private house and the bride folded 1000 oragami cranes. Now I’ve done a fair bit of oragami in my day but I don’t think I could make a 1000 cranes. Continue reading ‘1000 Cranes’
Flower and Texture - D700, 85mm PC
The sun was going down on the garden dabbing highlights here, there and everywhere. I was doing some experimenting with multiple exposures in camera. This is a two shot multiple, one in focus and one out. In CS5 I added some Nik Color Efex Pro, Color Contrast filter and also some texture using the Totally Rad, Dirty Pictures plug-in. The bright yellows in the background are a large bank of yellow day lilies backlit by the sun.
Garden Abstract 1 - D700, 24-70mm
Playing in the garden with camera movement and multiple exposures, all three images were done in camera…
Sidewalk Leaf - D700, 24-70mm
Sometimes the simple things all around you everyday can become more interesting after a rain…this is just a wet leaf on the sidewalk outside the back door. Processed in CS5 using mostly Topaz Detail…as usual click to view larger.
Azalea Buds - D700, 85mm PC
Some azalea buds that I shot earlier in the spring. Processed with Topaz Simplify and additional color work in CS5 using the Dan Margulis, “Man From Mars” move in the Lab Colorspace to get some additional color separation.
Leaning Tree, Children's Lake - D200, converted to IR, 18-35mm
Leaning Tree, Children's Lake 2 (re-edit) - D200, converted to IR, 18-35mm
This is one of my favorite trees in the area, one day it won’t be there, it seems to defy gravity every day. I am always looking for a different and better way to shoot this tree. Today I used the IR converted D200 and looked to optimize the diagonal framing from a different perspective. I actually had the camera on the ground and snapped a bunch of images panning up, down and side to side. This is a combination of two of those images. A fair amount of post production work was done in CS5 to get the final image.
After a wonderful critique of this image by Craig Tanner at The Mindful Eye site, somewhere you all should visit, I re-edited this image incorporating Craig’s suggestions. I must say I like this image a whole lot more now…thanks Craig for your excellent vision.
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Clematis Take 3, Texture - D700, 85mm PC
Some really nice light in the morning produced this image. I added some texture with the Totally Rad, Dirty Pictures plug-in using one of their included textures. Here’s a version without any texture added so you can see what it adds (or detracts, depending on your taste)… Continue reading ‘Clematis Take 3 – Texture’