Photography, Fiction, Travel, and Opinions.
Some readers (one) made mention of traveling back in time and reading my prior Halloween offerings. "Good luck with that!" I thought, "Time travel is kind of messy." It turns out they meant revisiting my prior Halloween posts. Well, ever the show-off, I figured I'd lend a helping hand. This blog was born in March... Continue Reading →
Another Halloween . . . not that we celebrate, but I used to write Halloween short stories. Not always, but I at least offered up a graphic or photo. The last few years, I used the free PanosFx Spooky Halloween Photoshop Action to create the graphics. You can find some of the posts (and read... Continue Reading →
My previous post has photos I thought might do well with different post-processing. For instance, this . . . . . . might turn into this . . . By the way, no SmugMug gallery for these but you can click on them for a larger version. I used a combination of programs for these... Continue Reading →
Nine days do go, and it now looks like I'll have a tough time hitting my ten stories goal for the month. It's my fault, really; I can't blame life or even other people. Take this evening, for instance. I happened upon this photo . . . . . . and rather than continue writing... Continue Reading →
As I mentioned in the original post (HERE) I would be happy to make the short list, and I did. My Sky Claw photo made it to the final ten. I waited until the voting was closed and the winner announced before making the announcement. Now that it's all done and said, here's the photo... Continue Reading →
So, the Digital Lightroom has another competition running, and the deadline for submitting is the end of this month. The theme is "Blowing in the wind". I'm ambivalent about the mechanics of this contest. One, I like the challenge, but two, I don't like that the final judging might end up as nothing more than a... Continue Reading →
If you have an appointment, or have kids or pets that need attention, you might want to read the part where this qualifies as a WordPress Longform post . . . in spades. I'm going for a record here, which means maybe one or two people will get through it all. This post documents a... Continue Reading →
People have been posting frosty and snowy-looking stuff all over the place . . . I feel left behind (as I hope to be). I mean, it's not like we have not had the weather. It's time, you see . . . that's what is playing hide-and-no-gots with me. But, after seeing yet more offerings... Continue Reading →
As usual, these will look a lot better in SmugMug, and you can see them in the original size. Thanks for looking at my stuff. <><><><><><><><><><o><><><><><><><><><o><><><><><><><><><> About awards: Blogger Awards About “likes”: Of “Likes”, Subscriptions, and Stuff Note: to those who may click on “like”, or rate the post; if you do not personally hear... Continue Reading →
I had a hankering to try out a bit more macro photography, and also play around with Photoshop and Lightroom. Specifically, I wanted to do more with Blended Layers, and to play with the High Pass Filter method of sharpening photos. I have used Blended Layers before. Most notably, I was very pleased with the... Continue Reading →
Note: many of the links I included are not highlighted (thank you, WordPress). Also, many of the links are to sites that no longer exist. Sorry about that, but I have no control over stuff that's not mine. Some years ago my mother gave me one of her father's binoculars. They look old, beat up,... Continue Reading →
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