Recent Posts: Monday Window
Monday Window – September 26, 2022
Light and Shadow This past week kept me busy and away from my blogs. As I often do, I looked in my “oldies” folder for a suitable photo. The one here called out to me. Surely I must have used this image before. Indeed I did. Way back in 2016 this was one of the […]
Monday Window – September 19, 2022
Garden Club Window A couple of days ago Facebook showed me an old photo of mine, as it does every few days. It was of the Norcross Garden Club, a charming little house. The window seemed rather prominent, and I wondered if I had shared this photo in Monday Window. I had not. I downloaded […]
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Tag Archives: Photography
Color or No-Color?
Often there is no doubt in my mind that a photo should be in black-and-white, or that color is essential. Sometimes I am not so sure. When I photographed the “last sunset of winter”, I really wanted to to bring … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Editing, Photography
Tagged black-and-white, color vs black-and-white, Photography, street photography, sunset
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Digging in the Dark
Another mistake in setting camera exposure There I was taking pictures of the sunset. It was not that gorgeous a view, but I didn’t want to miss it as I had been there on our iconic town bridge. My camera … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Photos, Photo Editing, Photography, Topaz DeNoise
Tagged denoise, digital images, Photography, underexposure
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Evening Event Photography
In photography we cherish the “golden hour” and the “blue hour”, the short period before and after sunset when the light changes to soft warm and then to gentle cool. This is, of course, also the time when many outdoor … Continue reading
On how we see
Seeing Cars Facebook reminded me, with a two-year old iPhone photo, of the day we parted with our old Ford Taurus. It had served us faithfully for eighteen years. Looking at the photo some pleasant memories of that trusty vehicle … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Photos, Photo Editing, Photography
Tagged autos, cars, Photography, photos
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Archive Treasure – 1
Cleaning and organizing can get easily sidetracked when you find some long forgotten treasures. Here is one such photo. This is a panorama stitched together in ICE (Microsoft Image Composite Editor – also a relic), showing the Atlanta skyline as … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Photos, Image Composite Editor, Photography
Tagged Atlanta, cityscape, digital photos, Photography, skyline
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Flower Photography
Flower Photography Photographing flowers is fun, and also a bit of work. There is preparation and careful work before the shutter is pressed, and the real work begins afterwards. If you are interested in my take on the topic, watch … Continue reading
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