27 Feb 2008

Sunrise on Mars

What does this photo look like to you? Actually this is two photos merged into one. I took a photo of the sunset and combined it with a photo of clouds I had taken when on a plane headed to vacation. I opened both photos in Photoshop and put one on top [...]

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26 Feb 2008

Viewing Pleasure

Spring is just around the corner or is that wishful thinking on my part? When taking this picture, I used the wooden chair as my rule of thirds. As you can see, there are different depths starting with the bush & flag on the left, chair on the right, dogwood tree on the right [...]

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26 Feb 2008

The Convento

The question I ask myself when looking at a scene like this: do I stand back and take a broader look at the landscape or move in close for a shot showing more detail of the architecture. The tower in the left fits into the rule of thirds balancing the remaining building on [...]

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26 Feb 2008

Stairs to Sunlight

It was such a bright warm and sunny day, I had to step inside for a moment to get away from the sun. This old stone staircase has very unique look to it.

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26 Feb 2008

Wishing Well

“Penny for your thoughts. “Didn’t you like to take your pennies and drop them into a wishing well as you made that special wish?” This photo was taken in San Antonio, Texas during our vacation to the Missions. I did make a few changes to this photo in Photoshop. Because it was [...]

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25 Feb 2008

Lumber Shack

I was driving by this little shack which I believe is abandon. It sits back off a main road with other buildings in front of it. I took this picture into Photoshop and played around with the different filters until I found just the right one even though I wasn’t sure exactly [...]

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25 Feb 2008

Trees in the Fishbowl

Interesting effect, huh? Using my fisheye lense, the trees on the left and right that normally stand straight have a slight bend to them making it look like parenthesis. If you take a close look, you’ll see that the inside trees in the photo are straight. The fisheye lense only effects the [...]

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25 Feb 2008

White Magnolia

This beautiful flower blooms right outside in my backyard. As you can see from the photo, the leaves look almost plastic. I didn’t need to do much to this photo but a bit of cropping on the left side. I had an f-stop of 8 and focal length of 38. I [...]

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12 Feb 2008

Paradise

Isn’t this paradise??? This photo was taken in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. I love the way the waves are rolling in and the palm trees are blowing in the background. As you can see from the photo, the sand is a very dark tan. Its not what I’m used [...]

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11 Feb 2008

Cardinal Queen

As they say……behind every good man …….is a great woman!

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