Archive for December, 2008
« Previous EntriesLooking Glass Falls
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Looking Glass Falls, Transylvania County, NC (Click on photo to enlarge.)
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809 - That Don’t Make It Junk
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
This morning (well, technically yesterday morning, it’s past 3am now) I brought the car to the repair shop. Recently I had begun to hear a strange noise under pretty exotic conditions: only in right bends, while driving steeply upwards, and only with someone sitting beside me. I [...]
808 - Look Down Off A Bridge
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
Have you ever driven 100km in one direction, just for a sundown? Well, yesterday I did
More and more often I rely on Google Maps for scouting photo locations. Sure, it does not give you the full picture, height information is missing, but if you [...]
Try Something New in 2009
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
One of the things that keeps me interested in photography is that there is always something new to try. I can never get bored with it. One new technique that I discovered a few years back is the “Orton effect”. It has been used with great success by other artists (Andre’ [...]
Quick Quotes: Jay Maisel
Submitted by Howard Grill Blog
I was listening to Michael Reichmann interview Jay Maisel in the latest issue of the absolutely superb Luminous Landscape Video Journal (if you have never seen an issue of the video journal, you owe it to yourself to have a look…..see here) and really enjoyed what they had to say. Lots [...]
807 - In Another Land
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
Yesterday we had light snow, high fog, above that clouds, and according to the weather report, there was no single sunny place in Carinthia.
There is always relief though. My home in Villach is about 20km from the border to Italy, less than 100km from the Friulian [...]
HI!
Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
~ See you on 1/5/2009
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806 - You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
We had fog and snow all day, and that with temperatures significantly below freezing. I was out two times, both times by car, both times I expected to do some photographing, both times I did straight what I needed to do and then returned home.
But I tell [...]
805 - Coming Your Way
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
We had another day of nice sunshine, much colder though, and again I was short on time for photography.
Of the few images that I made, nothing really impresses me much, but this one is maybe the best. This is a road that I drove often in the [...]
More From The Playground
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Here are a few more from Friday’s walk to the school playground. As I walked around the playground equipment, I was looking for interesting shapes, colors, and contours. It helped that a rain system was moving out, giving me a constantly changing sky background. (Click on photos to enlarge.)
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Playground Equipment
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
I got an unexpected day off from work yesterday because of the slow economy. My trigger finger was getting itchy, and I felt the need to saddle up and do a little shooting. However, the leaden skies were threatening to dump on me as soon as I got a few miles [...]
804 - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
War? What war? Well, there is always a war, isn’t it? Wars do not just happen, they are made, and if we don’t make them, they are over. War is over, if you want it.
This is probably not my most inspired image, but it’s the best I [...]
803 - Till The End Of The Day
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
It’s the afternoon of December 25 by now. These are the images of yesterday. Quite a difference from my trip to the sea
I wanted a Christmas image, more or less cliché with snow and mountains and all that, thus I knew that I would [...]
Merry Christmas
Submitted by Ralph Nordstrom Photography Blog
May you have a Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year.
Aspen Grove Explosion of Light
Highway 12 on Bolder Mountain
Utah
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Gold Text Effect 2 Gradient Overlay
Submitted by Photoplus Tutorials Blog
Let us create gold text in Photoshop. There is no color called gold in PS. Then what do we do? You can create it with a Gradient Overlay for which you have to use the Gradient editor. The golden color is created using gradients. You can do it too in any [...]
Yellow Hot Rod
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
I’ve been so busy with my job, Christmas activities, and the usual list of “honey-do” chores that I haven’t had time to do much photography lately. So I had to go back to some photos I made a couple of months ago for this morning’s selection. A distracting car show background [...]
Merry Christmas!
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
We still say “Merry Christmas!” at my house. I know that nowadays some stores forbid their employees to give or return that greeting for fear of offending someone who doesn’t recognize or celebrate Christmas, and I think that’s sad. It’s a greeting that should be accepted with the friendliness and good [...]
802 - The Lure Of The Sea
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
It’s 17 months now since the last time that I’ve been to Savudrija, a fabulously picturesque fishing harbor in Croatia. Honestly, I have no idea why I keep my visits so sparse.
From Villach, it takes about 2.5 hours to get there. It would even make sense [...]
801 - Mountain Sunset
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
I’m very short of time. It’s past 8am and I want to make a trip to Italy today, thus we’ll keep it short.
This image was shot yesterday at sundown. I had hoped for something more spectacular in the south-western sky, and it may have happened indeed, at [...]
Waiting to Go On
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
A young performer awaits her turn to go on stage during my church’s Christmas play last Sunday night. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
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“Never meddle with actors, for they are a favored class.”
Cervantes
Don Quixote
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A Bit Of Gift Giving Humor
Submitted by Howard Grill Blog
OK, so this one isn’t about photography! But sometimes I see something that I think would be fun to share. I really got a kick out of this little video about what happens when men mess up and give their spouse/girlfriend a gift that lacks thoughtful input……
Check it out here and [...]
Lightly Frosted
Submitted by Ankush Vimawala Photography Blog
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Looking Like Christmas
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Soon the bells will start
And the thing that will make them ring.
Is the carol that you sing
Right within your heart
Across the land, at schools and churches, children’s Christmas plays and pageants are being performed to the delight of proud parents and relatives. Yeah, [...]
High Pass Filter - Advanced
Submitted by Photoplus Tutorials Blog
The High Pass filter can be used to sharpen details in a photo, especially those taken with mobile phone cameras. The point of this tutotiarl is show the settings and what degree to apply the filter.
The original photo at the top and the sharpened one below. Look at the car number [...]
Beard with Photoshop
Submitted by Photoplus Tutorials Blog
You can create a beard and moustache in photoshop and apply it to a clean shaven man to make him look bearded. It is very easy and can be done in any version of Photoshop. It needs a particular brush that is found in all versions of Photoshop.
Here is the photo [...]
