Photoshop toys

Check out the first 3 pics I ran through my new photoshop toys. Can't wait to perfect them. Good stuff.

Beach

Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 1/2000sec at f/2.8
Focal Length 70mm
ISO 100
Flash did not fire
Lens EF70-200mm f/2.8 IS

Puppy

Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 1/80sec at f/2.8
Focal Length 70mm
ISO 500
Flash did fire
Lens EF70-200mm f/2.8 IS

Poker Night

Flowers

Kirstin Shoot

Sand 'n Dogs

First Post for Carol

There is a beautiful area behind one of our friend's house that I got to see this past weekend. Luckily I had my camera with me!Canon EOS 450D
1/100 sec at f/5.0
Focal Length 75 mm
ISO 200
Flash did not fire

Canon EOS 450D
1/320 sec at f/4.5
Focal Length 28 mm
ISO 400
Flash did not fire

Portrait Attempt 1

My wife!Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 1/30sec at f/1.8
Focal Length 50mm
ISO 100
Flash did not fire
Lens EF50mm f/1.8 II

Spring Continues in 50mm

Finally got a new lens to add some variety. It is a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. Here is one of my first pictures with it.

Oh and by the way, we'll start to see the debut of some of Carol's photos on this blog soon. She's taken a new interest in photography as well!

Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 1/3200 sec at f/1.8
Focal Length 50mm
ISO 400
Flash did not fire
EF50mm f/1.8 II

Spring Crawlers

Check out this guy! He and his friends were crawling around enjoying the beautiful day. I like his little airbags on his back.

Hellooo there

Canon SD 1000
Exposure 1/160 sec at f/2.8
Focal Length 5.8 mm
ISO 80
Flash did not fire
Lens 5.8-17.4 mm

ZOMG FLOWERS

Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 1/125 sec at f/7.1
Focal Length 53mm
ISO 160
Flash did not fire
EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6

Assignment: Spring

"Tiny Tomatoes" coming to life. Little noisy, but I like it.


Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 1/60 sec at f/5.6
Focal Length 135 mm
ISO 800
Flash did not fire
EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6

Just got Photoshop

First edited picture seen below. My goal is to contrast the edits made in the picture below (which has many items to fix) with edits I will make to the same pic in 6 months time. We'll see if my skillz improve by fall. Looks like there is much room for improvement.

Note: This pic was taken as a jpeg not raw.

Original

First Edit

My football

Some more abstract shots

Early Sunday shooting in Clear Lake, no theme.

Downtown Dallas

Pictures of Downtown Dallas in the late afternoon. Canon 40D

Cycling on the Trail

Here are a couple of shots from the trail. Taken with my Canon SD 1000.

Lesson 3 - Lenses

Lesson 3 discusses the importance of manipulating your lens to get a great photo.



Looks pretty tasty huh? This is my macro picture of the best waffle ever.

A city on the cliffs of Santorini using my longest lens possible. Pretty short lens, but hey it's all I had.

Focusing in on the barb.

Lesson 2 - Shuttter Speed/Aperture

Lesson 2 was to experiment with shutter speed and aperture settings. The shutter speed shots are shown below.

1/250 second while cleaning lemons and limes.




8 seconds of flashlight fun :) Who knew I could write backwards that well!

Lesson 1 - Abstract and General Rules

Lesson 1 focused on the concept of abstract photography and applying some general rules. Here are some shots I have taken recently that seem to be pretty abstract. Let me know how these can be improved.

Stop Sign as seen through a decorative brick wall in Kemah, TX. I photoshopped the picture to enhance the sign's presence.

Driving a long the road in Kemah, TX the same day, I saw this mailbox. I decided to stop the car in the middle of the road and take this picture from the drivers seat. I like the strange colors.

The horses were very photogenic on this cold December day in Tennessee. Although, they were to lazy to lower their heads to see me.