Here’s another one from El Rancho. I added a solarization filter in Color Efex Pro along with a film effects vintage. It looked too faded to me so I went back and added a brilliance warmth filter which brought in some nice color while keeping the solarized look. Then I added a border effect which… Continue reading Wagon Wheel
Category: New Mexico
Wine Bottles
These wine bottles were found sitting on the window sill of an old adobe building used as a winery at El Rancho de los Golondorinos, now a living history museum. I wanted to highlight the glow of the sun through the bottles. That required opening up a stop or two in the dark room but… Continue reading Wine Bottles
Decaying Adobe wall with window
This week I got back on the road with my In Search of New Mexico project with a trip to Guadalupe County. I had a great time photographing the old cars at the Route 66 Car Museum, the old buildings in Santa Rosa, and the abandoned buildings along old Route 66 east of town. In… Continue reading Decaying Adobe wall with window
Color Splash
This week I learned a new trick in Photoshop called color splash. It allows you to convert an image to black and white while still retaining a splash of color. In this case there is nothing quite as dramatic as a black and white landscape. But in this image the flowers fade out in the… Continue reading Color Splash
Bosque Morning
This image has been causing me a lot of ethical angst. The Photoshop assignment was to combine four images and make them look like one. What happened on this day at Bosque del Apache was that the geese flew off at 6:55 taking the ducks with them and the sun peaked over the horizon at… Continue reading Bosque Morning
Roswell KFC
For two years I have been kicking myself because I didn’t take a picture of this the first time I saw it. So when I headed for Roswell last weekend this was on my to do list. Unfortunately in order to get the shot without cars I had to do it early in the morning… Continue reading Roswell KFC
Best of 2012
I traditionally like to start each year’s photo blog with my favorite image from the previous year ( I don’t know do two years in a row make for a tradition?) Anyway, this year it is mostly about getting this new site up and running and since I don’t have any new photos for… Continue reading Best of 2012