Hopefully you’re not getting sick of Rocky Mountain National Park shots yet, because here comes another one…
Archive for August, 2008
Half, and then some…
Another image from Rocky Mountain National Park…
Heading for the exit
So a few days ago, I went to the “Press Day” for a local hot air balloon festival…
Broadtail
I grabbed a shot of this hummingbird as she was headed toward a feeder in Estes Park, Colorado:
In the process, I learned a few things about photographing hummingbirds:
If the nectar is sweet enough, and you stand still enough, they’ll fly right past you in order to get their sugar water. Still, they’re tiny, [...]
A king’s work is never done
I saw this little guy in a park in St. Louis:
I was lucky that he was either a bit sleepy, or particularly enjoyed the taste of this echinacea flower’s nectar — in any event, he was working this flower over pretty thoroughly. As a result, I was able to get a decent shot [...]
Lotus, antiqued
So now I’m experimenting with texture layers in Photoshop Elements. Here’s my first run at making my first Lotus image from a few days back look antiqued:
In case you wanted to try something like this, and to record for myself how to do this again, here’s what to do…
First, start with a really [...]
And to think it used to be such a *nice* neighborhood…
This image comes from a shuttered salmon cannery in George Inlet (near Ketchikan), Alaska:
Back when the cannery was running, this was where the (white) managers lived. The workers, all Asian (primarily Chinese) were kept in considerably less comfortable and more hastily-built quarters that have long since collapsed. So while the building may be [...]
Waiting…
Normally, I try to avoid getting “butt shots” of insects, but sometimes that’s the only angle you can shoot from…
Lotus: 1 of 3
Just a straightforward picture of a lotus blossom:
I really like how this turned out, nice and simple. In the Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis, Missouri.
Fossil fuels
A little surrealistic silliness for your Monday
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