Fun With Roses And Bananas — wk 5

January 31, 2012

Last week, Angela brought home a single yellow rose. The flower gradually opened over a few days. After breakfast, I was captivated by this rose, so out came the iPhone. This first image was processed with Snapseed to give a soft-focus edge blur. Standing next to the rose were three wooden vases, turned from Aspen [...]

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Bosque del Apache — wk 4 – continued

January 28, 2012

Some more pictures from our trip to Bosque Del Apache last weekend… Soon after we arrived, we made a tour of the ponds and lakes around Bosque. These Sandhill Cranes were alerted to some action or possibly raptors, near this pond. The following morning, we made our way out to Bosque from Socorro. The wind [...]

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Bosque del Apache Sunset — wk 4

January 23, 2012

This weekend we made a birding trip to Bosque de Apache National Wildlife Refuge. We managed to arrive here before sunset. After seeing the Snow Geese return to the wetlands, the sun set illuminating the clouds.

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Spectacular Sunset Over Downtown Denver — wk 3

January 16, 2012

On Saturday, I had planned to join the Denver Photowalk Meetup group that was making images of the city lights at sunset. Along the way, I got distracted by the Platte River and never made the meetup! I noticed that several power lines would obstruct the view of the skyline, so I felt that there [...]

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Weekend Snow Storm — wk 2

January 8, 2012

Yesterday afternoon, we had another winter snowstorm. This morning, we woke up with 2-inches of snow on the ground and branches covered with a layer of snow on the trees under clear blue skies. Another view of the snow covered branches. The low morning sun created long shadows that showed the texture of the snow. [...]

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HDR Presentation at Colorado Urban Wildlife Photo Club

January 3, 2012

Tonight (January 3), I gave a presentation on “High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging” to the Colorado Urban Wildlife Photo Club. My presentation notes may be found on the Files page. I have also created HDR processing notes. This document details the workflow steps that I use with Lightroom, Photomatix and Photoshop when processing HDR images. This [...]

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Heart In The Gym — wk 1

January 3, 2012

On New Year’s Day, Susan flew back to London. After taking her to the airport, I headed to the gym. For aerobic exercises, I make use of the cross trainer. When in use, the instrumentation has this really cool heart. After working out, I noticed icy reflections in the parking lot. There was still plenty [...]

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Winter Snowstorm

December 25, 2011

Wednesday night a snow storm moved in… Just in time for a White Christmas. At the parking garage, traffic was moving slowly along I-25. The next morning, the train pulled in to the station… Walking down to work, I passed these red umbrellas at Tokyo Joe’s. Returning from work that evening, the street lights lit [...]

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