Feb. 10

I have been working with some photoshop lessons, trying to pick up some things to do with images to make them artistic, since I have about as much artistic talent as a rock. I have found a couple that are fun to do, and if you have the right image they are pretty good. I will post a couple to show you what I have been able to do with really very little skill, which is right up my alley.

Here are an example of what I was able to find.

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I finished with this image.

Feb. 1

Today it was almost 60 degrees after being snowy and cold all week, so I took off to take some pictures with my son. Well, it was really hard to shoot, the sun and everything seemed to be against taking a good image. But, we went anyway. Did find some new areas to shoot, when the time is better.

Jan. 31

Decided to take off and go shoot a few snow pictures in a place I love, just one problem, no snow. I could not believe that 20 miles from my house, which had lots of snow, as I go up toward the mountains the snow just vanished. So, I stopped about half way to my destination and shot a few pictures of my favorite waterfalls that had sun on them for the first time I have been by in months. These were shot with a 4X ND filter and a circular polarizer.

Jan. 30, 2009

Had a little surprise snow this morning, about 4" and the birds were at the feeder with a big hunger and allowed me to take some pictures while I was out with the grandkids playing in the snow.
Most of these are common birds for the area, House Finch, Goldfinch, Pine Siskins, and Cardinal, but at least I got to fire off a few shots and kill some time.
Shots were made at ISO 400 with 100-400 Canon lens.

Jan. 25, 2009

Had a little time and a friend and I made a run to see what was happening at one of our favorite places. After dodging a couple of landslides, ice covered roads, and cold weather, boy are photographers and golfers dumb, we got several nice shots.
These were shot in the late afternoon and the sun was gone or in cloud cover so sometimes I used a flash to fill in. Shot most of the images at small aperatures and medium exposers of 1/15 or less. Shot ISO of 100 using Canon 24-105 IS f/4 lens with my Canon 5D

Jan. 19, 2009

We had a little snow last night, so the birds and squirrel were visiting the feeder again today, so I was able to get some shots to stop being bored.
Grandkids and I love to watch the activity.

Jan. 18, 2009

While waiting around for lunch to heat in the microwave, I saw these birds at the feeder on the deck. Just common birds, Cardinal and Housefinch, but still nice to have something to shoot.