Orange Sky

Sunset on an overcast day through the tamarack trees.  Adjusted levels and added a little extra orange gradient in Photoshop Elements 6.  Thought I would stick with something simple. Camera settings: Canon T1i, F/8, 1/200 sec., ISO 100, focal length 100 mm.  No flash.

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Sunset At Home

Saw this as we came home from Fresno this evening.  I ran in the house and out to the backyard to catch a few photos of the last of the sunset.  A recent storm (somewhat unusual for this time of year) had left some amazing clouds and colors in the evening sky.  This was processed [...]

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Island Lake, Minnesota

I have been gone on a week long trip to Minnesota.  What a beautiful state!!  I’ll share some photos that I took with my daughter’s point and shoot Olympus camera.  This one is of a dock on Island Lake.  The property belongs to some good friends!  We took a ride on the lake in a [...]

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Mini Assignment #4 – Silhouette 2

Took this at the same time I took the eucalyptus silhouette.  This is our maple tree in partial silhouette.  I used my little Fujifilm camera and it was a little harder to fool it into getting the shot.  One of the great articles on silhouettes that were posted on the 2010 Virtual Photowalk home page [...]

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Mini assignment #4 – Silhouette

Eucalyptus limbs at dusk at our house.  Sharpened and burned. Camera settings: F/6.8, 1/500 sec., ISO 64, focal length 63.3 mm.  No flash.

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Morro Bay Panorama

Similar to a photo I posted last week, this photo is a composite panorama of Morro Bay in the evening. I adjusted levels and hand stitched the two photos together in Photoshop Elements (PE) and smoothed over any joining marks.  I added about 3 layers of pink and peach colored gradient to the clouds.  I [...]

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