Saturday, August 31, 2013

Michigan River

This is just an experiment, I just signed up and downloaded Photoshop CC. This is a 3 shot HDR hand held against a hand rail on an overlook. This sure beats Photoshop 4. I took a shot from this same spot the last time I was here and there was snow covered, I am also using my laptop so I don't know how good my colors are,
Bruce

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Stampede


Fun is where you find it. While processing these HDR images I did them in B&W and then bumped up the saturation just a bit to get them to have just a faint blush of color. Since they are quite worn with chipped paint and all it makes for an interesting shot. LYLE

Owl. closeup

If you zoom in a bit you will notice that the owl has eye lashes, and they are feathers! I thought that was remarkable. If you look close enough you will also see that I am in the reflection of its eye. LYLE

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Oak Leafs

I was at the farm the other day and saw these dried up Oak leafs and liked the composition. 400 ISO f13 1/80  70mm
Bruce

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

MSU Campus

I was sitting In the car waiting for Leigh and kept looking at the lines these buildings and thees formed and decided  to to shoot it. The building in the background looks like dorms and I have no idea what the one is in the foreground.
Bruce

MSU Campus Building

I was shooting at the wrong time of day and didn't have a lens hood with me so I have lens flare on this shot but I thought you would like this building covered in Ivy anyway. If I had used my head I could have blocked out the sun from my lens by hand.
Bruce

Tennessee Museum

I was on my way to Leighs and pasted this building in NW Tennessee on US Highway 51 I turned around and went back to get this shot. I couldn't read the sign from the road and the entrance was under construction and I couldn't drive in to see what it is. At first I thought it was an airport but I don't see any runways then I noticed the church on one side and it looks like an old schoolhouse on the other and there was three trains side by side not in the photo by the church, It may be a museum.
Bruce

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Yellow Bill

I went to the Tracey Aviary yesterday morning while Judi was at work, I had been wanting to do that for some time now. I was shooting through a heavy chain link fence so I had to shoot wide open to make it disappear, f/5.6, 1/80 sec, ISO 200, 270 mm, in shutter priority. I have no idea what kind of bird it is. LYLE

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Big Cottonwood Rapids

I went up in the mountains this morning, (retired now, you know) just below the trail head to Lake Blanch. I could take my time and enjoy each spot I visited. Judi was working so I was able to really take my time and enjoy each area. This is a 5 shot HDR of the scene. It was so bright I had to set my exposure compensation to +1 when shooting HDR and +5 when capturing a single shot so I wouldn't blow out the whites. LYLE