Posts in Category: Comparison
Bloom: Before and After
I PROMISE that Europe pictures are coming soon, but I couldn’t help myself with this one – it just needed more attention. The featured image for this post is titled “Bloom,” and it’s also featured in the previous blog entry. Bloom is one of those pictures I took, reviewed on my camera screen, and knew right away that I was going to love the final product. I also knew that what I saw on my camera screen wouldn’t be nearly the same as the final product. Normally, I don’t let everyone in on the behind-the-scenes stuff, but this time, I decided to do just that.
I use Adobe Lightroom pretty extensively to enhance every picture before I publicize it. Lightroom is an essential tool for importing picture files, selecting the photos I want to edit, publishing them, and creating archives of old “albums” of imported images. Most people think about Photoshop when they hear “editing photos,” but I haven’t touched Photoshop in months. IN FACT, I only have Photoshop Elements installed on my computer right now – not even a full version of Photoshop. Anyways, I used almost all the “weapons” in the Lightroom “arsenal” to get the final product just the way I wanted.
Spring in February
As you all know, the weather in Austin, Texas is slightly different than the weather to which I am accustomed in Illinois. I’m still getting used to the three seasons here: way-too-hot, not-as-hot, one-cold-week-where-everyone-complains. We actually saw some snow during the one-cold-week, which was refreshing. But now it’s the end of February: this means that in Texas and on the major league baseball schedule it is time for spring.
I will be selling my Nikon 55-200mm VR lens since the internal auto-focus motor broke. The repair would cost almost as much, if not more, than buying a new lens. But while I still have it in my possession, I thought I’d use it (and my D300, of course) to capture some spring scenes from the front balcony of my apartment (yes, I have two balconies). As you can see from the below images, it’s not completely necessary to have a lens that can autofocus. Hope you enjoy the “before and after” feature!
