Before After The other day someone posted a link on facebook to some really amazing snowflake pictures. I thought to myself, “Hey, I’m a macro photographer, I can do this.” Well let me tell you it is not as easy as it looks. Out of about 100 images, this is the only one that came… Continue reading Snowflake
Category: Macro
Buttons
Taking a page from Mike Moats’ book this week I went out and bought a package of buttons for the express purpose of photographing them. Finding the right combination of colors and arrangement is not as easy as it might seem. I also found I am not too happy with the look of the back… Continue reading Buttons
More Autumn Leaves
With Fall Color season coming to a close I thought I would give it one more shot and headed up the Pecos River this week. I love the variety of shapes and colors I found here at the edge of the water as well as the rocks framing the leaves. Once again post processing made… Continue reading More Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
This week I headed for the hills in search of two things. Autumn leaves on the ground or in the water and an escape from the insanity which seems to have gripped our nation. I had a little more success with the former than the later. I used my telephoto zoom lens to get in… Continue reading Autumn Leaves
Yellow Rose
This week’s field trip was to the newly opened Santa Fe Botanical Gardens where these yellow roses with the unlikely name of “Julia Child” were the stars of the show. I shot this at f/16 to get most of the flower in focus then in post processing added a Gaussian Blur filter and masked out… Continue reading Yellow Rose
Sunflower – Nik vs. Topaz Restyle
Here are two versions of the same image. The first one was processed using Nik Color Effex Pro and the second with the new Topaz Restyle software. In the Nik version I used the detail extractor, brilliance/warmth and added a dark vignette. In Topaz I selected one of the many color palettes in the Moody… Continue reading Sunflower – Nik vs. Topaz Restyle
Dutch Iris
Well, school is over and I have no one to answer to but myself this week. Everyone seems to like my flower pictures best so I headed back down to the Botanic Gardens in Albuquerque to see what was in bloom. The Irises definitely had center stage but I also found some poppies and columbines… Continue reading Dutch Iris
Tulip after rain
This week found me thinking wistfully of my trip to Oregon last year about this time. My one tulip here in Santa Fe was brutalized by the wind this year. During last year’s trip it rained nearly every day but the flowers in my parents garden were just beautiful. This image I have processed before… Continue reading Tulip after rain
Saguaro
Well, it’s been a slow week for photography so I thought I might as well reach back into the Tucson file since I have so much good material there. This closeup of a saguaro cactus was shot…where else?…at Saguaro National Monument. It was early Sunday morning and I really felt like I was worshiping at… Continue reading Saguaro
Agave
Well, this was a tough decision. I’ve been shooting all week in Tucson and have many good images I could share. This one I just felt was the most successful overall so it gets the nod for image of the week. I shot many varieties of agave at the Tucson Botanical Gardens which was one… Continue reading Agave