The White Tree

One of our apple trees out front is really quite white with blossoms at the moment. I thought this would look good in black and white, and it turned out well, so here it is.















Edited with Picasa.

first (somewhat) successful HDR

So it looks a little... unnatural, but I wanted to get a shot with a higher dynamic range because part of the photo was washed out from the sun. I took two shots, hand held, and then ran them through Qtpfsgui.

May 6 2009

Cool light that day. And those (top) trees - I've noticed them for a while, but this is probably my best capture of what they look like to me.
First two edited with the GIMP: sharpness, contrast, brightness, I believe.

tools on... a wall

This is from 2007 -- it's the side of a building that is part of our town antique shop (open only in summer).







































Note: 1600x1200 was the original size of the photo, so of course I didn't resize it, because, well, it was already there. So, enjoy with knowledge. And be sure to point out any problems.

a fading birthday bouquet

Dad bought these for Mom on her birthday (the ninth). They're still alive, it seems. These are from yesterday afternoon; I noticed the late afternoon light on them. Color balance, brightness, and contrast tweaked with the GIMP.

March Fourth Mushrooms

Happened to spot these on the neighbor's side of this tree.

posting again

I have been rather discouraged to post here for two reasons: (1) I haven't been all that happy about my photography, and (2) I like to upload full size to my blog so people can use them, but the upload speed of a dial-up internet connection is painfully slow.

However, I decided I'm not going to let that get in my way so much. I'm going to start uploading photos resized to 1600x1200 pixels (or widescreen variants). This will let me get it out more easily and often, so you can critique it. Yay! I'm going to put these photos under the tag 1600x1200 for reference.

And, if you so please, you may keep up through my blog feed, or email and the like.