I spent a little time in the Portland Rose Test Gardens this week while on a tour of the northern part of the state. Lots of good images to plow through from there and other destinations. This one got the basic sharpening, saturation and darkening of the edges in post processing. And a little cropping to place the center of the rose off from the center of the image.
I was looking for birds to photograph but I kept hearing these bullfrogs so went over to the pond to investigate. Took me awhile to find them even with the 600mm lens but I finally did. I took this one into Topaz glow to soften up the pond scum a little.
I have been neglecting my photography in favor of genealogy lately so I made a special trip to North Mountain Park this morning. I was thinking birds but the bees were more cooperative and cone flowers (aka echinacea) are always so photogenic. This one had the usual post processing in Color Efex Pro. A little detail, a little saturation a little darkening of the corners.
Who knew Milkweed in bloom could be so pretty.
I finally got that 180mm macro lens I’ve been jonesin’ for. Took it out for a test run at North Mountain Park this morning and I have to say I am very pleased with the results. Only took me an hour and a half to tear myself away from the gardens. The birds will have to wait for another day.
This image was cropped a little from the top. Added detail and saturation in Color Efex pro and some sharpening in Photoshop.
I found this cool snail shell in the forest when I was looking for mushrooms. Good thing because otherwise I would have come home empty handed. I photographed it on my granite counter top to create an interesting background. Then I took it into Nik Color Efex Pro for detail, saturation and warmth. Next into Topaz texture efects where I started with the oily hands preset and added a light leak and some scratches. Ended up back in Color Efex Pro for a border.
I can’t get enough of photographing California poppies. This one looked pretty good out of the camera but I did a little magic in post processing by adding detail and saturation and then treated it ever so slightly in my new Topaz Glow software.
It was kind or rainy this week but I happened to be out and about with the camera just after a shower and captured this Tulip still covered with raindrops and backed by a beautiful snowball bush in bloom.
I went for a camera walk this morning and found this dutch iris in the flowerbed of one of my neighbors. I few lingering drops from last nights rain.
I never get tired of photographing flowers. This one just needed a few blemishes taken care of with the spot healing brush or content aware fill. Then some detail and saturation and ever so slight darkening of the corners in Color Efex Pro.
I was wandering around North Mountain Park in Ashland when I spotted this spider web covered with dew drops. I didn’t realize I had the spider too until I got it home, though I probably shouldn’t admit that. It did require some cropping, which put me in mind of getting a 180mm macro lens, and I did a lot of sharpening to get the dew drops to look just right.