Photography, Fiction, Travel, and Opinions.
Some of my readers might know the user oneowner. He has two blogs that I follow: lightscatter and 2clicksaway. If you like photography, you would do well to visit his blogs and maybe subscribe. While the second link has many photos of classic cars, the first has interesting images with interesting treatments. He is more... Continue Reading →
Note: this post is about post-processing photos. Most of these images have already appeared on this blog, and the discussion about PureRAW might not be for everyone. Still, I picked what I thought are interesting images, so if you're not interested in the process, you might still enjoy scrolling through the images. I like all... Continue Reading →
During an August visit to Rend Lake, I saw several rocks with interesting textures, so I snapped a few photos. I should mention I processed these photos to accentuate the rocks' colors and features. The original RAW files are pretty bland (how I like my RAW files). For instance, here's one of the original files... Continue Reading →
In the write-up for THIS post<<link, I commented that the photos in question — like the one above — were shot with the D100. Well, guess what? They weren't. The photos in that gallery were shot with the D200. And I didn't stop there. In the comments, I went on to say that particular look... Continue Reading →
Toward the end of October, while Melisa was doing something else, I took a drive around Rend Lake for the expressed purpose of snapping a few images of Fall Colors. Then, while processing the photos, I took the opportunity to try some of Lightroom's presets. Oh, also, since I took a number of exposure-bracketed photos,... Continue Reading →
~ 1 ~ I went to get the mail, and this was on the sidewalk. Normally, I dislike our Magnolia tree because it is messy . . . but here, I saw an opportunity to play with the image I shot with my phone. ~ 2 ~ I learned from oneowner that some subjects are... Continue Reading →
A comment from oneowner had me detouring from wasting time with one thing to wasting time with another. Specifically — as the title of the post implies — processing a few old photos using current tools. In this case, photos of a train trestle originally snapped in 2012 and featured in this week's SmugMug Appreciation... Continue Reading →
Crop of Nikon D200 NEF (RAW) file - as shot I planned to write a lengthy email giving Topaz Labs some feedback on their Topaz Photo AI app, but then I figured it would be too difficult to cover everything in an email. So, here we are. Fair Warning: this post might only interest Topaz... Continue Reading →
The above is the photo as it came out of the camera on a cloudy late November 2022 day. I then used a number of software packages to get a few different 'looks' of the branches. Here's the slideshow of the above images: Slideshow of the Denuded Tree Branches Gallery — 14 images And, yes,... Continue Reading →
So, I'm temporarily restoring the "Like" button for the posts . . . until after New Year's Day. "Tell us, Disperser, why you would do that?" Well, it's the holiday season, and people are busy. "So?" OK, so I've always told readers they don't have to a) read every post, and b) comment on every... Continue Reading →
Terraced Dreams The voting for Round 6 of the Title Writing Prompt Challenge closes at Noon, Tuesday, September 6th. If you are interested in reading the stories and voting, or if you've read the stories and have yet to vote, there's no time like the present. You can find the poll and stories links in... Continue Reading →
Endless Snake The stories for Round 6 went live late on Sunday evening. That means that by the next morning — when people woke up and frantically grabbed their phones to make sure they didn't miss anything unimportant — the links to the story posts were likely buried among tons of other links. Meaning, some... Continue Reading →
Endless Snake As a reminder, the voting for Round 5 of the Title Writing Prompt challenge closes at Noon, Tuesday, August 16th. That's in 5 days. If you are interested in reading the stories and voting, or if you've read the stories and have yet to vote, there's no time like the present. You can... Continue Reading →
Open Crossroads As a reminder, the voting for Round 5 of the Title Writing Prompt challenge closes at Noon, Tuesday, August 16th. That's in 10 days. If you are interested in reading the stories and voting, or if you've read the stories and have yet to vote, there's no time like the present. You can... Continue Reading →
Warning: this is all about photo processing; if not interested, just look at the photos or watch this slideshow: Slideshow of Photo Processing Tools (40 photos) Readers occasionally comment favorably on my photos . . . and I typically downplay any thoughts that my skills as a photographer are of any note. This is especially... Continue Reading →
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