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Nikon Df| AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm w/ Canon Close-Up Lens 500D| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film|
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Month: May 2015
Golden Crown Sparrow
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I made this image last week-end early in the morning. It was quite overcast and gray most the day, and this little Sparrow was inside the canopy making the shot a bit tricky. Since my extender is broken and I still haven’t sent it in I was using my old D300s for the crop factor and I don’t like to take my ISO up any higher than 500 on that camera, so the bird was a bit dark.
I opened up the shadows and exposure a bit on the bird using the adjustment brush in Adobe’s Camera Raw after going through my normal white balance, camera, and lens calibration, and noise reduction settings in ACR. Then I opened the image in CS6 for resizing, added my watermark, and web sharpening.
Using Actions in CS6 to add the final touches this image took me less than 5 minutes to develop.
I like that! 🙂
Nikon Df| AF-S Nikkor 300mm| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| CS6| Tripod
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Monochrome Madness 2/10: Sea Otter
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Taken in Moss Landing, CA last Saturday while out birding. He was alone in the lagoon, just floating, grooming, and occasionally diving for food.
To see all the other Monochrome Madness2 posts for this week (wk10) click here!
Nikon D300s| AF-S Nikkor 300mm f4| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| Tripod| CS6 & Silver Efex Pro2|
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Agapantha Abstract Watercolor
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I’ve always wished that I could paint. I’ve taken lessons, and classes several times throughout my life trying to learn how. I never feel like I’ve made huge amounts of progress, but I keep trying…I broke out my watercolor paints over the last week in my on going attempt to get better.
I definitely need to get better at mixing colors!
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Tres Leches Cake Challenge
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In April Lili of Lili’s Cakes blog challenged her readers to make a Tres Leches Cake and since I had never made one I decided to participate. The deadline to have my cake made was approaching fast so, on Mother’s Day I made my cake.
I used a Martha Stewart recipe I found online since I couldn’t get to the box with my Mexican Cookbook. 90% of my books are packed and stacked in boxes in the garage while we’re working on the house.
Anyway, the recipe was pretty easy, and I think the cake is delicious. Unfortunately, aside from #1 Grandson, and me no one else in my family likes milk so it didn’t get rave reviews here. 😦
So, I gave most of it to friends, and the work crew working on my house. What are friends and work crews for right? 🙂 I did save myself one piece though, and it was even better the next day!
To see all the other Tres Leches cakes that were made and get recipes click here.
Nikon Df| AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| SB910 camera left slightly above hero at 1/8pwr bounced off ceiling, triggered with SU800| CS6
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P52 19/52: Happy Mother’s Day!
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Wishing all Mother’s a wonderful Mother’s Day, and fabulous week-end!
Nikon Df| Lensbaby Composer Pro w/ Soft Focus Optic at f/4, 8mm Macro Converter, and Wide Angle Lens| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| Alzo Continuous light 5500K camera right high| Developed in Photoshop CS6 and Nik Suite| Texture “White” by Jennyw47
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Spring Clover
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Nikon Df| LensBaby Composer w/Soft Focus Optic @f/4 and 16mm Macro Converter| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| CS6 and Perfect Effects Suite 9.5
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