Sabine River Bed

 I'm standing in about 5 feet of water if we weren't in a drought! This is the same river that the bridge to nowhere is on, I'm about 10 miles down river from it on highway59. I am about 20 feet from the end of the boat ramp, the end that is usually underwater.  f18 62mm 200ISO        Bruce 

Driftwood

 This is my first exposures today in color the log just blends in with everything else but when I converted it to B&W I got it to look like I wanted it to, f10  18mm 200ISO  Bruce

Old Farm House

 I shot this free hand the top photo is a six shot HDR cropped and the bottom is a single shot cropped to straighten. I was in a hurry so I shot it in program mode. The bottom one was shot at 1/250  f8 ISO200  both at 44mm from the same spot but the B&W isn't part of the 6 shot HDR. Bruce

The Red Chair

This is a 5 shot HDR of the parlor in the Inn on the Hill here in SLC, UT. After tonemapping in Photomatix I used Photoscape to put a watercolor filter on it and a #2 vignette. I printed it out at 8x12 and really like the way it looks. LYLE

Brighter Bouquet

I selected each bud individually and feathered its edges and used levels to lighten them to get rid of the 'bronze' look to them. I think it is much better. Thanks for the discussion about it so I could make it better. LYLE

Bouquet step 5

This is the 5th step. LYLE

Bouquet

This arrangement of flowers sits in the lobby of the Inn on the Hill in SLC, UT. I shot it with the same settings as the next photo. I used Photoshop to lighten the edges with the marquee tool, selections / modify to feather the edges 200 units and then inverse the selection. I then used the levels tool to lighten it with the sliders. LYLE

A Pretty Figure

This was shot in a bed and breakfast in Salt Lake City. It sits on the newel post of the stairway in the main lobby. It needed to have the background seperated from the figure and this background from onOne really seemed to do it. It is a five shot HDR set at -.7EV, 160 ISO, 8 Aperture with a 10-24 wide angle lens. LYLE

Barn and Combine

I "discovered" this photo in one of my files. The scene is in Northern Idaho and was taken on our way to see Damon and Jess in Spokane. I used that Nikon D3s to shoot it as a HDR. I also used that onOne program to get the background look. LYLE

From The Top of Sundance

 It is 105 degrees today so I wanted to stay inside and play with some older images. I wasn't planning on posting this but I really like the way it turned out. All I did was touchup some spots and convert it to Black and White with a custom color tint and play with the sliders to give it some more contrast. Bruce

Lake Murvual

I was crossing Lake Murvual yesterday and decided to shoot it. This is the Northwest end 4 shot panorama. How would you like to ski on this lake? Bruce  

An Open Invitation

This photo was okay but was distracting by all the other stuff around it so I cropped it down and put a burnt edge on it, much better. LYLE

Brigham's Mirror

I took a tour of the Lion House in Salt Lake City, it was the residence of Brigham Young. I didn't have my tripod so had to shoot it hand held. It actually came out pretty cool after tonemapping. I like the way I can see outside through the window reflected in the mirror. There is a little noise but somehow it doesn't bother me. LYLE

clouds no - Smoke Yes!

 This is the view from my front yard. The fire is about 15 miles away and we are ready to evacuate. Bruce

Barn Cat

I caught this cat by this old barn but nearly ruined my camera taking it. I had my 10-24 wide angle lens on and switched it to the 18-105 zoom lens. When I did that a little breeze blew dust inside the camera, there were about 50 little specks that had to be clone stamped out to save the photo. LYLE