A little fall color in the middle of Spring!
Settings: ISO 400, 100mm, ss1/250, f/2.8
Date: October 28th, 2012
Location: My Front Yard
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"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus
Showing posts with label colors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colors. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Monday, October 15, 2012
Tones on Tuesday #50 10.16.12
Leovi at La Fotografia Efectista
The colors are lovely and do such a beautiful job of enhancing the amazing abstract details. Thank you for sharing with us Leovi!
Fall is here and this photo is a wonderful representation of what fall is! The composition with the leaves plays up the amazing autumn colors. Thank you for linking up!
Another beautiful example of the autumn! The colors of the sky and the grass play nicely with the stunning color of the leaves. Thank you for sharing!
Leovi, Pieni Lintu, Jaromir Ka Foto please go HERE to grab your showcase button.
Now it's your turn to share your photo with altered tones. Here are the guidelines for Tones on Tuesday:
- The basic idea is to share one photo where you have altered the tones. Such as a black and white, sepia toned, selective coloring or colored photo. Feel free to share the original and edit, or just the edit.
- Please share a photo that you have taken and edited yourself.
- One photo per photographer please. If you have more than one photo in your post please indicate which one is for Tones on Tuesday.
- Please link up with your permalink and not your blog address.
- Attach the Tones on Tuesday button or a link back here to your post.
- Leave comments for at least 3 other participants, share the love :o)!
- Have fun!
Disclaimer - By participating you give Scattered Horizons permission to share your photo on this blog. Photographers will be given credit for their work.
We in the Pacific Northwest have been blessed this Fall with more beautiful sunny days than usual. This weekend that changed and we welcomed back the rain. This photo was taken before some stormy weather made its appearance.
Settings: ISO 400, 50mm, ss1/100, f/11
"It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it." - Amelia Barr
Joining the link ups below. Be sure to check out the beautiful shots and join the Tones on Tuesday link up found further down!
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Fourth of July 2012!
My favorite holiday just happens to be Fourth of July. I connect with the sense of patriotism and the ideals of freedom, sacrifice and bravery. And then there are the fireworks! There is just something about a fireworks display that makes me happy. The color, the sense of wonder and the sheer beauty is such a wonderful way to celebrate this country that I live in and those who have made and continue to make it possible for me to live free.
For this Fourth of July I am visiting my dad who lives in Astoria, Oregon where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. They have a fireworks display over the Columbia that is done from the East Mooring Basin. I had never been, but was excited to experience a new fireworks display with my dad. We got there a couple of hours before the fireworks were set to start which was perfect timing because we were able to park right across from where the fireworks were going to be set off before the parking lot got full. While we waited I spent some time scoping out the area and photographing the sunset.
For this Fourth of July I am visiting my dad who lives in Astoria, Oregon where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. They have a fireworks display over the Columbia that is done from the East Mooring Basin. I had never been, but was excited to experience a new fireworks display with my dad. We got there a couple of hours before the fireworks were set to start which was perfect timing because we were able to park right across from where the fireworks were going to be set off before the parking lot got full. While we waited I spent some time scoping out the area and photographing the sunset.
Settings: ISO 100, 55mm, ss1/320, f/22 (sunlight wb)
Settings: ISO 100, 18mm, ss1/30, f/22 (sunlight wb)
Finally, the sun dipped below the horizon and that meant the second amazing show of the night was going to begin. I wasn't sure where would be the best vantage point to see the display, so I just found where the tripods and photographers were lining up :o). Last year I got a few good firework shots using auto mode. This year I was determined to shoot in manual and be more intentional about my shots. Prior to heading out I read a couple tutorials, one from The Organic Bloom and one from Digital Photography School.
For my set up I used my tripod, my 18-55mm lens and my remote control. I set the ISO to 100 to prevent grainy images, my aperture to f/11 to get a wide depth of field, manual focused so that the whole scene was in focus and set my shutter speed to bulb (which leaves the shutter open from when you press the remote button until you press the it again). I had never tried this type of set up before so I really didn't know how it would work out, but once the fireworks started I got into a rhythm. With my remote and the timer on my camera I had two seconds before the shutter opened and then I left it open between 3-12 seconds depending on how many fireworks were going off and how many I wanted in the shot. After a while I found that the best timing was to hit the remote right when I heard the boom and to leave the shutter open until the firework(s) began to fizzle out.
I LOVE the results. They are so different from what I captured last year and I feel like the preparation really paid off. The 3 shots below are from the beginning, middle and the finale of the show. I really like the trails of the firework reaching the sky, the colors and the framing around the fireworks. For editing I did basic settings in Lightroom on all and for the second shot a removal of distractions and the Fresh and Colorful action by Pioneer Woman in Photoshop. I think the first one is my favorite, but that could be due to the sunset :o). What do you think?
I hope you had an amazing, safe and fun fourth!
Settings: ISO 100, 18mm, ss12secs, f/11 (on tripod, shutter on bulb)
Settings: ISO 100, 18mm, ss7secs, f/11 (on tripod, shutter on bulb)
Settings: ISO 100, 18mm, ss7secs, f/11 (on tripod, shutter on bulb)
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
Also linking up for the Firework Challenge at Kent Weakley's Blog
Friday, April 20, 2012
Favorite Photo of the Week: Sinking Below the Horizon
My favorite photo this week is from my weekend trip to what I affectionately call "almost Canada." It was taken from Birch Bay State Park, which was a new park for me. This was also a new attempt for me as I usually wait until the sun has disappeared and the colors are at their most vivid. This is also the best time for silhouettes, another passion of mine. This time I tried to play around with shots of the sun making its descent. My aim was to communicate the breathtaking feel of the light and the moment. I made many intentional decisions in my attempt to do this and I really like the outcome. I would love to hear your thoughts!
ISO 200, 240 mm, ss1/500, f/9.0 (sunlight wb)
Intent: The amazing color of the sunset and the light against the clouds
LR Processing: Clean edit to add pop to the color balance
Location: Birch Bay, WA
"Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun." - John Lennon
Monday, April 2, 2012
Tones on Tuesday #29 4.3.12
I apologize for the lateness in visiting and commenting on your photos. I was not feeling well this past week and the worst of it was this weekend. Despite that, seeing your photos and have the privilege to host this link up is always a highlight of my week! Thank you for coming on this journey with me! Without further ado, the showcases from last week...
Lisa at With Words: Lisa Gordon Photography
Lisa at With Words: Lisa Gordon Photography
Lisa hosted a fabulous link up called The Creative Exchange that she unfortunately had to put on hold for a while. I was sad to see the link up end, but excited to see that Lisa is still photographing and sharing her work with us. I love the timeless, soft feel of black and white and the glow of it. What a beautiful capture! Thank you for sharing with us Lisa.
Amy at Artistically Amy
The bright pink is stunning and I love how it contrasts with the soft processing and texture. There is also a nostalgic feel to the photo that conjures up images of a bouquet from the past. Beautiful job Amy, thank you for linking up!
Nancy at A Rural Journal
Creamy black and white tones, soft texture and a beautiful subject make for a great photo! A great story regarding this feline supervisor just add to the adorable photo. Thank you for sharing Nancy!
Lisa, Amy and Nancy please go HERE to grab your showcase button.
Now it's your turn to share your photo with altered tones. Here are the guidelines for Tones on Tuesday:
- The basic idea is to share one photo where you have altered the tones. Such as a black and white, sepia toned, selective coloring or colored photo. Feel free to share the original and edit, or just the edit.
- Please share a photo that you have taken and edited yourself.
- One photo per photographer please. If you have more than one photo in your post please indicate which one if for Tones on Tuesday.
- Please link up with your permalink and not your blog address.
- Attach the Tones on Tuesday button or a link back here to your post
- Leave comments for at least 3 other participants, share the love :o)!
- Have fun!
Disclaimer - By participating you give Scattered Horizons permission to share your photo on this blog. Photographers will be given credit for their work.
I am going to continue with my photos from two weekends ago as I have only posted one and I didn't get out to shoot this weekend due to feeling under the weather. I am still working to find that elusive balance between photography, work and my personal life. Instead of beating myself up about it, though, I am going to cut back on my posting and try to alleviate a bit of the pressure I have placed on myself. My goal with this blog as always been to become a better photographer and to learn from the many talented photographers I have the pleasure of interacting with through their blogs. With that in mind, I think keeping my joy and reducing my stress is important.
Now, for the my photo this week...
For this photo I again used the zone system that I wrote about last week. In this case, I metered off the sky and then put it in Zone VI or overexposed by one stop. Again, this tutorial does a much better job of explaining it than I did. Here is the SOOC photo:
Settings: ISO 200, 50mm, ss1/1250, f/5.6 (cloudy wb)
Intent: The vastness of the field and the contrast between the yellow and blue
I liked the balance of colors, but they were sort of blah. So I did a clean edit in Lightroom with the basic settings and then moved to Photoshop to use the Content Aware fill feature to remove the houses in the background as I felt they were a bit distracting. I then ran Pioneer Woman's Lovely and Ethereal and Oh So Posh Actions I Dream in Color actions. What do you think?
Edit - Lightroom and Photoshop
Intent: Make the colors pop and give it a bit of a vintage feel
“A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” - William Wordsworth
Joining the link ups below. Be sure to check out the beautiful shots and join the Tones on Tuesday link up found further down!
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