HDR Toning

I have been fooling around with HDR Toning from PS CS 5. I think it offers an interesting effect but you have to be careful not to over cook it. A little bit goes a long way. The first image is after my initial adjustments in CS 5  and the second photo is with some mild HDR. What do you think???

Lightroom Class

Thomas Sauerwein has offered to host a hands on Adobe Lightroom Workshop at his home this Sunday at 1:00. Ken Seals will be teaching the class. Jon Harwood said that he would be bringing his projector. If you have lightroom installed on a laptop you might want to bring it. I will get Tom's address and you can email me privately for it.

Ken spent an hour with me this morning going over problems I was having with the program and he knows a lot about it. All Fallbrook Shutters members are invited to attend.

Re-Cropped Lighthouse

WHAT?/

Cabrillo Lighthouse at Sunset

IN THE GARDEN WITH. HIERONYMUS BOSCH AND FRIEND

Interesting essay

Though from a web site many of us may frequently visit, just in case you missed it, here is a link to one of the most interesting essays I've read on it in quite a while:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/take_time_with_your_images.shtml

D's Yellow Naped Amazon

Wild Grape on Pigeon Loft.

Ultra Wide for Breakfast

Tech info: Nikon D700, 20mm f:4 Ai.

Reportedly Galen Rowell's favorite 20mm.

Monochrome

I want to thank all of you who participated in the Monochrome Exhibition at Pinnell Gallery, our second annual show. It was an excellent show that really displayed all of your considerable talents.

Next year we will be back to color but are currently in search of a theme. If you have any thoughts as to a particular show that would exceed our prior production I anxiously await your input. Please keep shooting.

thanks again,

Robert

San Diego Condos

Condos in downtown San Diego, across Harbor Drive from the Marriott Marina.

Guitar Man ready for the Heat from The Blast

Lytro light field camera

Cool article about Lytro today in Wired Magazine.  The Lytro is the camera that lets you focus after you take the shot. The cameras have been woodshedded by a couple of pros for the last several months. Read the article and click in the attached photos and watch how the camera focuses.

Wired also has an interesting link on a San Antonio photographer's approach to night photography.