Archive for June, 2010
Marigold Garden
{click image to view large} One from the archives, photographed in 2008 when I first purchased the 50mm f1.8. I need to get back to more explorations with that delightful lens! I held onto this image, undecided how to finish until now. Colors are straight out of the camera, with just a little contrast adjustment. [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: bokeh, flower, marigold
Greeting the Sun
{click image to view large} This image was challenging to process. Though shot with multiple exposures in anticipation of HDR treatment, there was some wind and the intricate subject difficult to isolate for masking. In the end, I combined a “pseudo-HDR” image created by Photomatix (foreground) with the original RAW file (background sky), and let [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: backlight, flare, grass, sunstar
“…as sunlight drinketh dew.”—Tennyson
{click image to view large} The other morning, while out looking for sidelight to fulfill an assignment for The Mindful Eye, I came across this beautiful backlight instead. After several days of heavy rain, humidity was high but skies were mostly clear and there was no wind. Everything sparkled with dew. Red-violet R:119 G:102 B:106 [...]