One of more controversial debates going on right now in the world of photography is HDR photography, short for High Dynamic Range photography. Please don’t ask me for an accurate explanation of the terms or even how it works. The first time I even heard of the term was during the MPIX New York photo tour last year. During the [...]

Straight from the camera:

Slightly processed:

Black and white (because I thought the colored version reveals how out of focus the flowers are):

And now I’m not so sure. I think I’m leaning more towards the color version again. But that’s me. Flaky and changeable.
How about you? How would you like your hummingbird today?

Today, Ree (a.k.a. The Pioneer Woman) shared the first set of Photoshop actions in her blog. After an initial misstep which left me glaring at my PC for a few minutes trying to will it to cooperate, I finally got the set to load. I couldn’t wait to start playing.
I literally took the first photo I could find on my [...]

This is an actual photo I took last night.

Pretty circles, eh?
Not one to leave well enough alone, I started playing around with it.
This is me playing with Photoshop.

I really need to get out more.
P.S. I may or may not continue inflicting random photos like this on you. If I start giving you a massive headache or make you want to [...]

I almost had nothing to post today because the handful of pictures I took didn’t really appeal to me. So I thought this was as good a time as any to experiment with the Orton effect.
This is the house across the street from my allergist’s office. Never mind that the other patients driving in may have thought I was some [...]

Once upon a time, I posted a water shot here. Okay, it was just the other day. My readers (yes, all six of them) said that they liked it. I liked it too (I’m the sixth reader).

But the actual image straight from the camera was, well, kinda messy.

Yuck. See how ugly it was? All those water spots that the faucet [...]