. . . one giant ego boost for the writers asking you to vote for your favorite"D" story HERE. If you've yet to read them, links to the stories are included in that post. Some people have apologized for not having time to read them. I want to stress no one should feel pressured to... Continue Reading →
“D” stories be lonely . . .
. . . but you can help them by voting for your favorite"D" story HERE. If you've yet to read them, links to the stories are included in that post. Some people have apologized for not having time to read them. I want to stress no one should feel pressured to read these stories. If... Continue Reading →
Blackberries Moment
For them not interested in reading, you can go directly to the SmugMug Gallery HERE. For a SmugMug slideshow click HERE. When you click the link, it will open in a new window and you have two options: 1) Manually scroll through the photos by clicking the “<” and “>” symbols to the left or right of the photos.... Continue Reading →
Looking Back – October 2008 Color Tour
Note: while I won't show all of the images in the body of the post, all of the images are included in the gallery at the end. I don't know how fast galleries load, and I don't know how fast your internet is. However, if you just want to see the photos, they are all... Continue Reading →
More shooting the Moon
Too much going on for anything but a quick post. In this case, a quick treatment of the full Moon I shot on July 9th of this year. The P900 continues to surprise and frustrate me. I can and often do get great photos . . . and then the camera will screw a few... Continue Reading →
Post-Processing Tools – A Comparison
I've written before about my Workflow and general Post-Processing of my photographs. Just yesterday, I read a post by Leanne Cole about a hands-on trial of ACDSee Ultimate 10. I was severely tempted to buy it, but then I looked at the tools I already have: Lightroom/Photoshop ON1 Raw and ON1 Photo 10 DxO OpticsPro... Continue Reading →
Beach Globe and NNWM-2K15 Update
NNWM-2K15 Update: Another chapter of my NNWM-2K15. I’m now on chapter 35, so I figured I could release Chapter 30. The next post will contain Chapter 30 of the 2015 NaNoWriMo work-in-progress, and it will go up immediately after this post goes live. It’s password protected. Since it’s been a while, click HERE for the previous stuff. Please, don’t... Continue Reading →
The Bean, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Topaz Plugins
Say I take a photo. "I take a photo." No, I meant it as "what if", not as a command. Say I take a photo. For instance, this one of The Bean. By the way, all them people who are only interested in "real" photos, here's your chance to leave. I'll give you a few... Continue Reading →
Black Canyon of The Gunnison – Wildflowers
Last year, 2014 for them reading this in the distant future, we took a drive to Montrose. It was a scouting trip for a potential move there. That was a bust, but we did finally visit the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. You already saw the rocks and dead trees on my last post.... Continue Reading →
Black Canyon of The Gunnison – Rocks and Trees
Last year, 2014 for them reading this in the distant future, we took a drive to Montrose. It was a scouting trip for a potential move there. That was a bust, but we did finally visit the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. You already saw a few photos from the park in my... Continue Reading →
Samsung Note II – Photo Processing Comparison
The previous post drew a few compliments for the quality of the photos. Well, gosh . . . it's obviously my immense talent, vision, dedication, and overall niceness as a human being that gets them there results. Although . . . the equipment helps. Yup, I'm about to sing the praises of the Samsung Note... Continue Reading →