01-05-2024, 02:11 PM
Hello and welcome to the weekend.
I took down the Christmas tree and so now I feel that my holiday "DAYS" are officially over.
I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the great images this past week and I apologize for jumping in so late to comment.
Grant, your photos of your sons have made me smile. These are top-notch captures. Are you getting lots of opportunities to take photos of your grandkids now? Do your children live close to you since your last move?
Dave, I was sorry to hear about your recent fall and am glad that you had nothing broken. For years I couldn't understand how someone could fall off a curb and twist their ankle, but now I get it. I almost tripped yesterday while walking on the driveway to take out the garbage. And when I checked, no obstruction or protrusion should have affected my walking. So, it is our turn now and no matter how careful one can be, " &#!$ Happens". I have enjoyed seeing your "best of the best" images from your archives. Today's yellow flowers brighten another gloomy day around here.
Sorry to hear about your camera problems. I hope it can be fixed and it doesn't cost as much as expected. I liked your most recent capture too of the overly painted door hinge. It was a great find.
Peter, the firework display was impressive. Thanks for sharing the links.
Rich, I LOVED the country gas station Painterly Image, my kind of photo and transformation.
Well, I am going to assume that I have not shared this photo from last month's trip to take photos fo the Polar Express flying past me and my fellow photo club members. I came home rather disappointed because I knew that I had not gotten any "NEW" shots of the train although it was in the best condition of the three times we had photographed it. Our club went to all the same spots to photograph the train on its way to its final destination, the pretend "NORTH POLE".
Below is the only shot that I got that was new. It turns out that I was standing on someone's private property when I took the shot and as I was walking off the grounds, the owner of the house came up to me and asked politely to never stand on her property again.
Yes, there was a lot of tweaking done to this photo, removing two cars, erasing a woman taking a photo with a cell phone, power lines, and poles, etc. It was a gloomy day and as a result, I added the orange overlay to increase the steam cloud definition and warm up the photo.
I first sent this photo to my engineer brother who remarked that it looked like a painting and he has trouble accepting things that have been altered. I then sent him the original photo with all of the distracting cloned-out elements and bad lighting. I had to laugh at his reaction. He said that he understood why I "TAINTED" the photograph with color. I guess the choice of the word "tainted" was the thing that I found funny.
I took down the Christmas tree and so now I feel that my holiday "DAYS" are officially over.
I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the great images this past week and I apologize for jumping in so late to comment.
Grant, your photos of your sons have made me smile. These are top-notch captures. Are you getting lots of opportunities to take photos of your grandkids now? Do your children live close to you since your last move?
Dave, I was sorry to hear about your recent fall and am glad that you had nothing broken. For years I couldn't understand how someone could fall off a curb and twist their ankle, but now I get it. I almost tripped yesterday while walking on the driveway to take out the garbage. And when I checked, no obstruction or protrusion should have affected my walking. So, it is our turn now and no matter how careful one can be, " &#!$ Happens". I have enjoyed seeing your "best of the best" images from your archives. Today's yellow flowers brighten another gloomy day around here.
Sorry to hear about your camera problems. I hope it can be fixed and it doesn't cost as much as expected. I liked your most recent capture too of the overly painted door hinge. It was a great find.
Peter, the firework display was impressive. Thanks for sharing the links.
Rich, I LOVED the country gas station Painterly Image, my kind of photo and transformation.
Well, I am going to assume that I have not shared this photo from last month's trip to take photos fo the Polar Express flying past me and my fellow photo club members. I came home rather disappointed because I knew that I had not gotten any "NEW" shots of the train although it was in the best condition of the three times we had photographed it. Our club went to all the same spots to photograph the train on its way to its final destination, the pretend "NORTH POLE".
Below is the only shot that I got that was new. It turns out that I was standing on someone's private property when I took the shot and as I was walking off the grounds, the owner of the house came up to me and asked politely to never stand on her property again.
Yes, there was a lot of tweaking done to this photo, removing two cars, erasing a woman taking a photo with a cell phone, power lines, and poles, etc. It was a gloomy day and as a result, I added the orange overlay to increase the steam cloud definition and warm up the photo.
I first sent this photo to my engineer brother who remarked that it looked like a painting and he has trouble accepting things that have been altered. I then sent him the original photo with all of the distracting cloned-out elements and bad lighting. I had to laugh at his reaction. He said that he understood why I "TAINTED" the photograph with color. I guess the choice of the word "tainted" was the thing that I found funny.