Well I up and said "hi"

Linky

 

Go ahead, click it, you know you want to

As good as this looked around 700 pixels tall the full size was needed for all the detail

 

Whatever you did, looks cool to me. Your becoming the photochop expert!

I see them, Everyone likes the leaf pic!

 

Here is where I stole it from Speed gave me the info to this site but I haven't bothered to register, there is one thread asking for tips on how ot photograph cars it's temoting not register and leave them with an essay

Sunday morning and I'm up early photoshop and CMT with some relaxing bluegrass on in the background, the house is all nice and quiet, its actually quite relaxing.

I seem to be able to get a lot of mileage out of that one Simple clean and I checked it for 3rds recently and while not as dead on as some others, its definatley there. But I've found I also like to use diagonals and geometric shapes as well, some times mix a few; now if on;y I could train my eye to pick up that golden ratio....

 

Well the ice was mostly gone yesterday so I thought great, lets go out and now ...
Im beggining to think winter is going to be around for a while

 

Chowsie chowsie chowise SNOW is NOT an excuse!!!!!! In my driveway didn't even need to fire up the engine for this one (even though I wanted to lol)

 

More trying out that "Lomo" technique, really pretty simple to do actually.

 

Ah NO. Sorry, but below 45 degrees, the croc goes nowhere. We went out Saturday for an hour before the latest Ice storm came in at high 30s and the car was squirrely all over the road as in no traction at all on the dry pavement. No, I aint buying snow tires Any ice or snow, it goes nowhere. It sits covered w/battery charger on This is the weather why SUVs rock (despite all the SUV hatred on NAM)

Very nice! I wish I had the time to do all this stuff

I am buried in work. RIght now tagging and cataloging the 25K pics we got on the wife's new mac so she can do iPhoto stuff. Thats taking forever .... And as soon as the weather comes better, I got a TON of yard work to do ... sigh.

 

I thought you gave me that site info? Well, someone here did, and thank you to whomever posted that site info.

As you can see, I couldn't resist posting there. No reason why you couldn't add an essay too.

I really like the open road Lomo shot! Makes me want to jump in the car and Drive...

I played a bit with the Lomo look instructions you gave on some more photos I took in Alviso (again tilted with building lines). Definitely a different look...

Original photo with "auto" settings from ACR


(attempted) "Lomo look" from photo above

Not enough vignetting?

Chows, okay the "RSCHE" ( from your ring flash brake caliper photo) is grounded for now, I can understand that. How about showing your RAV4 some camera love then? When you're finished with your wife's photo collection, can you tag mine too?

Playing catch-up now...
Easy now Tsukiji. I agree with you completely, but the article only mentioned the Brightness/Contrast part in the last step for burning in the edges of the print (and as an example during layer mask intro). Levels or Curves would be better suited for less destructive edge darkening, but the edge detail loss is intentional to draw the viewer's eyes into the frame. This article has some of the best detail I've seen about B&W conversion, especially about setting the black and white points in the Levels adjustment layer which never seems to get mentioned elsewhere. Ditto for the edge darkening.

I was going to guess a rotary engine car, but others have been pushing redlines higher lately too. I'm afraid if you've got a black FD RX7 in your garage, the RX8 just looks and drives like an hideous tart. Of course, that my very biased $.02.

Your "Fire & Ice" photo looks great. You even got kudos from photochomp critical Kurt. Just lose the flame from the A pillar IMHO.

Baby is due in 2 weeks, my days are numbered!

 

On the topic of vingetteing after the fact I wasn't fond of the method listed I like to get everything squared away then duplicate what I've got and either eliptical or lasso or back with the old photo look I was doing use the square selection, then go into quick mask mode add a ton of Glaussian blur (300+ pixels) invert selection and do crtl-Del which makes the selection got to black then I'll back out the layer fill a little, in the case of these two back to 75% fill.

THe big thing it accomplised was getting me to see curves as unlrealted to the histogram reading so I'm actually using them right and doing tiny edits on tons of photos now.

Congrats Speednut, I think your photo subject soon; better brush up on those portraits.

Think I'll go over and register on DPS.

 

I just got an invite from the local PCA for newbies for a car show 3/10. Thats like next weekend. Maybe the ice will be gone and I can get to wash/wax the car next week ... we will see. Supposed to rain Thurs/fri

RAV4. Filthy with salt. Needs a bath real bad.

However, I got the first crocus today playing w/macro. Focusing is a BEATCH! ... no DOF at all. Do you know what that yellow thing is in the pic (not inside the flower)?

These are F22. You know how small crocus are?

 

It poured here lastnight, everythings a swamp. No ... cars are filthy. Wife bought some pansies today... Pretty windy but here are new macro pics

 

Chows, I'll have to dig up some flower shots for you. To give you a hint 2nd to last one is my favortie.

I've got to find a new image hosting service; or decide to up and pay for what I have (but get unlimited storage for ulimited file sizes)

And another comment I got off the Canon boards, in regard to lenses:
I wonder if I shold let out the fact that all of my lenses to date cost less than $200 and most under $150

 

Hehe, yeah tell them. They seem like a pretty honorable and honest group there!

 

Ice is gone, car NOT waxed but here is todays pic

 

Realastic HDR is not at al unatainable

 

Well, yesterday I wake up to this ... another ICE STORM. Back to below freezing temps during the day. Ice does not go away Will Winter ever end?

 

Sorry Dave didn't have the time to PS the needle to the other side

 

awesome pictures everyone!! I don't know anything about photography so i can't help you out any though. :( lol.

 

 

Now THAT ... is interesting

 

MINI in a MINI

But apparently only worth 3 votes in the contest this month, so feedback is welcome on improving it.

 

#2 shows speed, wheels spinning

#8 is very original

#16 is going to get votes because ppl have a dragon on their mind

The leading contender has a very original POV.

These pics have nothing to do with technique. They simply have a more original or innovate idea (except #16 and anything with a dragon in it is going to get votes especially this time of year).

Simply put, the leading one just seems to have a better innovative POV ... IMHO

 

I dunno it generate lots of positive responses onthe photo boards and other MINI boards so I expected a little better response this month in the contest I loved it as a Desktop for most of the month so I'm decently happy withit, just wondering aside froma few minor focus issues what I could prefect on something that truly was a snap shot as I was playing around.

 

Now if you had put a UFO in the background