Here’s another entry in the downtown Ashland architectural detail project. One of the beauties of this project is that there are buildings from all eras downtown. Though much of downtown was built in the 19th century, this building has the art deco look of the 1930s. In post processing I had to do some perspective… Continue reading Day – 17 Tree with glass block windows
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Day 16 – Lavender in Chest
This weekend was lavender festival all over Oregon. I took my Mom out to the Applegate Valley where we took in four lavender farms before we got too tired and hungry to continue. This particular farm had an antique store as well so I managed to capture the best of both worlds. The minute I… Continue reading Day 16 – Lavender in Chest
Day 14 – Retro Lawn Chairs
I’ve been eying these chairs in my parents backyard for awhile now. Actually there was just one when I got here but apparently my brother decided to group them all together for better garden gazing. I left them just as I found them. Compositionally, If was going to arrange it I think I would pull… Continue reading Day 14 – Retro Lawn Chairs
Day 13 – Garlic
Still grooving on the Farmer’s Market. I think these garlic bulbs are so pretty. Color, texture, shapes, it’s all here. I used the usual post processing formula, detail, brilliance/warmth, darken lighten center in Nik CEP. Then back in photoshop I added a smart sharpen filter to bring out the lines in those skins just a… Continue reading Day 13 – Garlic
Day 11- Farmers Market
You just can’t beat a good Farmer’s Market for a variety of color and texture and interesting compositions. Ashland has a great one and I took alot of pictures I just picked the first one I like to share with you today so there may be more coming later in the week. For post processing… Continue reading Day 11- Farmers Market
Day 9 – Faded Daisy
This Daisy has obviously seen better days. I used post processing to emphasize the decay. In Color Efex Pro I used a bleach bypass filter along with some detail extraction. I also gave it a little darken/lighten center treatment on the yellow center. Back in Photoshop I took down the saturation. then I added a… Continue reading Day 9 – Faded Daisy
Rose center
I’m deep in the moving process now so this is another image from last week’s trip to the rose garden. I’m planning to make up for it with a new 100 days project when I get back to Oregon. I have been debating whether to start a separate blog for that or just post the… Continue reading Rose center
New Oak Leaves
On my trip to Arizona a couple of weeks ago I had it in mind to do a lot of macro photography in Oak Creek Canyon. Between road construction and wind it didn’t really happen as I had planned. But I did get a few shots off between wind gusts and this one captured my… Continue reading New Oak Leaves
Bicycle
This week’s photo shoot was cancelled due to windy showery weather so I had to revert to last weeks images from the Quaker Garden in Santa Fe. I’m always a sucker for bicycles and the door with the heart behind it made this one special. This is another case where I intentionally over processed the… Continue reading Bicycle
Saw Blade Abstract
I headed up to Embudo this week to revisit the Classical Gas Museum. My primary mission was to collect some grungy textures from the many old gas pumps with all manner of peeling paint and rust. On my previous visit I had taken a picture of these rusty saw blades and never could do anything… Continue reading Saw Blade Abstract