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Sky Watch Friday

Where the sky meets the sea.

San Diego, CA

Photo by Handy Man

Skywatch Friday

I couldn't resist posting one more photo from my trip through wine country in Willamette Valley, Oregon.

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Happy Friday!

Workshop Wednesday

So I've finally had some time to look through the Photoshop books I checked out from the library.  I picked one that I really liked.  It's specifically for digital photographers, which is just what I wanted.  In the future I might want to learn how to make other art on Photoshop, but for now I want to learn photo editing and enhancing.

I've learned some basics that I probably should have already known.  It's faster and safer to upload photos using a card reader than hooking the camera directly to the computer.  I've never used a card reader, but I plan to get one soon.  I also learned how to use Bridge to upload and organized my photos.  I've only used it once, but already like it much better than iPhoto.

So far I've only done the most basic editing.  This sunrise picture I took on Sunday January 10, 2010.  I used the wide angle lens so I could get the sliver of the moon in the shot too.  Because I don't use a tripod (mine is broke) I can't set my shutter speed any slower than 50 and even that causes some blurriness.  So my low light shots are almost always underexposed.

Here is the shot straight out of the camera:

 

After messing around with Photoshop...

I actually like both shots.  I love the dark blue of the sky in the top one, but I like that you can see those high clouds in the second one.

What do you all think?

I'm just happy that I've started learning something I've wanted to learn for a long time!

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Another sunrise shot taken by Handy Man

November 25, 2009

7:30 am

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On the way in to work on Wednesday a gorgeous sunrise developed right before my eyes.  Once at work I called Handy Man, who had the day off, to point out the wonderful sky and hint that maybe he could take some pictures.  This is one of the shots he took.

Sunrise

Wednesday November 25, 2009

7:30 am

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Stormy Skies

Taken October 27, 2009

 

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(Please send healing thoughts to my good friend Asthmagirl and her family.  Her youngest daughter was hit my a truck yesterday morning and will possibly be undergoing surgery today.  Any good energy sent her way will be very appreciated!)

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I'm at it again with the Sunrise shots!

Taken at 6:50 am, just seconds apart.

Monday November 9, 2009

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Yes, I'm posting another sunrise for Sky Watch Friday... I can't help myself.  They are just so beautiful this time of year!

The first shot was taken with my stock lens.  Three minutes later the second shot was taken with the wide angle lens.  The light changed so much in those three minutes!

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Anderson Island Saturday October 17, 2009.

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A couple pictures of Mt Rainier taken a couple days apart.  I love the splash of fall color!