All the leaves may be off the trees in Saint Paul, but not so in Portland, Oregon (although they're falling). The colors were vivid on a visit last week.
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November 2012 Archives
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Mola details
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Details of a mola from Panama. (click to enlarge)
Two final (for now) explorations of Photoshop Elements filter effects
Invert + Glowing Edges (click to enlarge)
Palette Knife (click to enlarge)
Two more variations using the filters in Photoshop Elements
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Two more Photoshop Elements filters. See yesterday for the original.
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A few weeks ago I posted the original of this photo. I thought it would be a good image with which to explore some of the "filters" in Photoshop Elements. Over the next few days I'll post some of the results.
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In San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens. (click to enlarge)
From the archives: Gay pride parade in Paris, 2005.
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(click to enlarge) In San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens
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(click to enlarge) On the perimeter of AT&T Stadium, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team. I think this statue pays homage to the San Francisco Seals, a former minor league team that was a farm club of the New York Yankees. I was a big Seals fan in high school, in the early 1950s.
(click to enlarge) Workman building a platform, perhaps a viewing stand for the America's Cup races to be held in San Francisco Bay next year. Or perhaps just a place to tail-gate before the Giants games.
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Another try at the salesman/panhandler/politician sculpture photo that I posted yesterday. Faced with the not totally satisfactory options of color or black & white, I did the following in Lightroom:
* Cropped the photo, to emphasize the "in-your-face" aspect of the sculpture
* Desaturated the green and aqua colors, to minimize the distracting background
* Slightly lightened the face and hands, to draw more attention to them
* Raised the luminance of the orange and yellow colors, to brighten the hands
* Put a vignette around the edges, to focus attention on the inner parts of the photo
I think the result is somewhat better than the previous versions, though it's still not totally satisfactory. Sometimes one just has to admit that a photo is never going to be as good as one's concept of it.
A few days ago I posted a color photo of this statue. Here it is in B&W, with the color version for comparison. When color isn't a focus of an image, monochrome is often a better choice - in this case because the bright green background isn't distracting. Yet the color version directs attention to the real focus of the piece: the bright bronze hand(s). Hmmm...
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A couple of photos from our San Francisco trip, converted to B&W.
(click to enlarge) Water feature in Yerba Buena Gardens
(click to enlarge) Parking ramp in SOMA
AT&T Stadium, the home of the San Francisco Giants.
Statue of Willie Mays, who started his career with the Minneapolis Millers. (click to enlarge)
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Swimming pool at the Olympic Club, San Francisco.
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Sculpture in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco
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We're in San Francisco for a few days. Here are two pictures taken in Yerba Buena Gardens, a very attractive park near the Moscone Convention Center and SF MOMA. They do nice things with water here.
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Slow decay in the sun.
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The light, color, and perspective of these houses along Selby Avenue reminds me of some of the paintings of Edward Hopper.
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Along Selby Avenue in Saint Paul
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A scene from the garden of one of the big houses along Summit Avenue in Saint Paul. To my eyes, the confusion between foreground and background verges on optical illusion.
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Along Summit Avenue in Saint Paul
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