DawsonPointers

<p>Story 2- the Guy and the Gull<br> I'm probably violating some rule by making 2 posts here. Forgive me if I do. I just wanted to illustrate that there are multiple stories in the original image. I won't post any more for this image.<br> It is a challenge to bring these two (the Guy and the Gull) to the forefront so I used essentially the same techniques except for the conversion to B&W and some selective blurring and a bit of grain.</p> <div></div>

<p>There are lots of stories going on in this photo that are apparent because the depth of field is so great and the resolution so good. The stories become visible as one zooms in on different parts of the image. If this was a large print in a gallery, an observer could wander through these components of the photo. There is the Pacemaker with the textured hull and the gull sitting on the antenna; the fellow on the dock with his pants rolled up; the bridge; the town on the green hills; and the kayak club on the far shore.<br> Since we are restricted here to 700px, my thought was to chop the image into the individual stories. It appears that most folks concentrated on the Pacemaker; so, I went for the kayakers.<br> I cropped to 5x7 using Lr and then adjusted the white and black points. I played with the new dehaze slider a bit and then put a slight neutral gradient fitter to darken the sky a bit and bring a little more texture to the cloud. Over to Ps where I used high-pass sharpen selectively (masked) on the kayakers and the bus. I used Viveza 2 to add more saturation to the bus and kayakers. Then the obligatory border (for me) and then back to Lr for a bit of a vignette and export.<br> Like I said, when zoomed in on the original, I felt like I was able to wander around this place. That is something special.</p> <div></div>

<p>There's lots of them. Great for the birds (until they fly over your car ;-}).</p><div></div>

<p>I was playing with flash lighting on Monday because it was a dull, wet day. The choke cherries are nice and red so they became the subject.<br> If you have not had choke cherries, don't let these photos give you the wrong impression. Although lots of people make jams and jellies from them, I find they taste like a mouthful of alum and are 90% pit. They are aptly named, IMHO.</p><div></div>

<p>I may be taking the no <strong><em>hand of man elements</em></strong><em> </em>a bit too far this week. At least I hope so.<br> D7100 70-300mm</p><div></div>

<p>Hi Rick:<br /> First time participating in this forum so let me know if i'm off base with this post. I used Lightroom and Ps for editing.<br /> I liked the visual layering provided by the inclusion of the trees. I also loved the tonality of the image. It looks quite different on my portable vs my desktop; so, I'm kinda stabbing in the dark making adjustments to the tonality.<br /> I cropped to 1:1 using content aware scale to keep both trees in. I thought I'd like the light to come primarily from the right so I converted to 8bit and used lighting effects in the filters gallery to put the main light to come from the right at a low angle. I also added a bit of orange/yellow to that lighting effect. I used High Pass sharpening to try to make the tree on the left look better defined. I'm iffy as to whether that was a good idea.<br /> Next was the obligatory border (for me) and back to Lightroom for export.<br /> Lots of fun.<br /> Regards</p> <p> </p><div></div>

<p>Oops. Guess the backspace key wasn't the best choice to try to edit the text before posting to the forum. Please see below.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Drips off the hosta.</p><div></div>

<p>Wet lilies</p><div></div>

<p>The garden irrigation provided some opportunities.</p><div></div>

<p>And lastly, a Candy Stripe spider</p><div></div>

<p>Second, a bumble bee.</p><div></div>

<p>There's a lot of stuff out about the movie 'Ant Man'. <em><strong>Man?</strong></em><br> Perhaps someone was reading comic books rather than paying attention in biology class.<br> Anyway, here are 3 shots of garden ladies.<br> First, ants. </p><div></div>

<p>Hi Laura:<br /> He is not considered a pet; but, George, the green frog <em>Rana clamitans, </em>returns Harry's barks when we feed the fish in the pond. Harry's task is to call the fish (Koi, they do respond) and George is now in on the game. On the other hand, Hattie is quite content to observe without participating (Harry and Hattie are 4yr old Corgis).</p><div></div>

<p>And lastly- The Competitive Tourist</p><div></div>

<p>Second- The Self Propelled Tourist</p><div></div>

<p>I wasn't a tourist this weekend; but, I watched many tourists go by from my lakeside vantage point. We all had one thing in common: we were trying to escape from the heat.</p> <p>First-The Natural Tourist</p><div></div>

<p>This is a week in which I wish I could post more than 1 photo to this forum. There was a lot of 'nature' going on and the weather was pleasant enough to be able to thoroughly enjoy it. <br> Here's 5 of 6 merganser ducklings that swam by close to shore. The 6th was partly behind a rock. Mom was nowhere in sight. She was likely underwater chasing fish toward the kids.</p> <div></div>

<p>Biker humour (center patch)</p><div></div>

<p>More stuffed bikers</p><div></div>

<p>From the Biker's Reunion held the last weekend in June here in New Liskeard</p><div></div>

<p>Hi Gup. It it a pincushion moss?</p>

<p>Another Candy Stripe (<em>Enoplognatha ovata</em>). Must be the season. I think this one has passengers too. The black dots on the back looked like mites (unless I need stronger glasses). </p><div></div>

<p>This seems like a good name for a fire engine manufacturer.</p><div></div>

<p>From an older engine- nice shiny connections.</p><div></div>