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[swift]

These will be my last 2 pictures for a month.

I hope we will see lots of pictures when you return. Have a great trip!!

 

[dmharris]

My handsome boy, Joshua, in the snow looking in the house yesterday.

Taken through a window, thus the hazy look plus snow falling.

He came in from the cold moments later.
Have a good trip Geo, take lots of photos!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Seven Pools on the Road Beyond Hana

This is among my earliest digital photos.

A couple of hours after this picture was taken, a flash flood came through the canyon and a young boy was swept into the ocean. The boy's father jumped in to the water to try to save him, and drowned. Some bystanders, though, were able to rescue the boy.

The family was staying at the Embassy Ka'anapali - the same resort we were staying at.

 

[swift]

Seven Pools on the Road Beyond Hana

This is among my earliest digital photos.

A couple of hours after this picture was taken, a flash flood came through the canyon and a young boy was swept into the ocean. The boy's father jumped in to the water to try to save him, and drowned. Some bystanders, though, were able to rescue the boy.

The family was staying at the Embassy Ka'anapali - the same resort we were staying at.

Wow!! How sad. That poor family. I am glad your still with us.

 

[swift]

DH and daughter having lunch and a meaningful conversation together. Picture taken in Fort Lauderdale.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Wow!! How sad. That poor family. I am glad your still with us.

We did the tour with my wife's cousin and her husband. They were living in Maui at the time.

The words of advice they gave was to "listen for the bongo drums". If you are near a stream and you hear noise that sounds like distant bongo drumming, then you need to head to high ground right away.

 

[dmharris]

Theresa, I LOVE your daughter's body language! LOL! Ah, teenagers!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Winona Road - Alexandria, Minnesota

Winter on the northern prairies is often stark and subtle.

click here for some added notes on this photo.

 

[dmharris]

Rainbow in Wailua Falls

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Waterfall and Bamboo - Akaka Falls State Park

Another one of my early digital photos. I was feeling pretty discouraged after the preceding 30 or 40 shots were duds, but this one encouraged me to keep working on it.

 

[dmharris]

Tea Cups by Day

My 18 year old, college Freshman daughter did some intersting views of Disneyland; here's one for today and I'll post more for a few days. I think she's got a good eye for "the photo" for an 18 year old. Her camera doesn't have as many pixels as mine, so I'm curious how hers look here. When printed, some are more "pixelated".

 

[swift]

Your pictures are great!!!!

I miss placed my camera!!! I am so mad right now.

 

[dmharris]

Thanks Theresa. I'd be anxious if I lost my camera. Did you look in the freezer? I once put my reading glasses in there!

Hope you find your camera soon!

 

[easyrider]

Akaka Falls near Hilo

 

[easyrider]

Wakiki Beach verus Waimanlo Beach

Too many people at Wakiki. We like Waimanlo Beach.

 

[cp73]

Turtle Beach Oahu Feb 2008

Here is a picture I took at Turtle Beach a couple of weeks ago.

 

[taffy19]

How appropriate, Chris! I enjoy the photos so much and visit here almost every day.

 

[taffy19]

Winona Road - Alexandria, Minnesota

Winter on the northern prairies is often stark and subtle.

click here for some added notes on this photo.

I love the result, Steve and I read your other post too how you changed it.

 

[cp73]

click here for some added notes on this photo.

Steve,

Great job on your post processing. I know that is a very time consuming process and there is a big learning curve to get the hang of it. I really appreciate what you had done by taking a photo and turning it into something really dramatic.
Since you came clean on yours I thought I would also share what I did with mine. The last couple of weeks (also years of post processing on my own) I have been reading Scott Kelby's 7 point system for Adobe Photoshop. Great book where he walks you though many of his photos you download and make adjustments to. So I tooks some technicques I learning in the second chapter and used them on my photo.

When I took this picture I knew there were people in it I had to get rid of. But after I saw it I noticed that the turtle and sand were blown out (too white). So I created two layers of photos and exposed the top half appropriately and the bottom half appropriately then flattened the image (plus about 20 other steps). You can see the difference it made in mine. I still think I could have made it better.

Here is the original photo with no post processing. Note the sand and people.

Now here is the improved image:

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Steve,

Great job on your post processing. I know that is a very time consuming process and there is a big learning curve to get the hang of it. I really appreciate what you had done by taking a photo and turning it into something really dramatic.

Thanks, Chris. It is time consuming, though I think it goes faster as a person gets more skilled. For me, virtually all photos that I deem worth keeping get at least some touchup - usually adjusting tonal balance, color balance, and color saturation. Other pictures get more work.

The winter scene was one that I had almost given up on. I started working on it mostly just for practice before I started tackling some other photos. The overall content of the photo was pretty simple, so I thought it would be easy to practice on. But as I started working with it, the image revealed itself as I let the image guide me.

The authors of Creative Digital Darkroom describe that as "letting the picture talk to you". It was personally exciting to see it actually work.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Kohala Sea Cliffs

on the north shore of the Big Island. Reflections in the photo are from the window of the helicopter.

 

[dougp26364]

Kansas Ice Storm Jan. 2005

 

[easyrider]

We really like the picture of the mighty sea turtle. Were into turtles.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Pioneer Square - Seattle

 

[dmharris]

Tea Cups by Night