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I captured this image of an aspen leaf on a recent trip to Lake City, Colorado. I was struck by the way that the back lighting highlights the veins and other detail in the leaf. A quick monochrome conversion in Lightroom, a bit of subtle platinum toning in Photoshop, and voila. 
I shot these leaves in a shady spot in La Jolla. I like the range of tones and sense of depth. I keep thinking that the images needs a little more (maybe cleanup at lower left?) but I like it nonetheless. June 26th, 2010 | Tags: La Jolla, Leaves, macro, Monochrome, San Diego | Category: New Work | Leave a comment |
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I was looking for a perch for a songbird setup a la Alan Murphy. Never had much luck with the birds, but this is a pretty good consolation prize. This is a tiny bud from one of our bushes (maybe 1/4″ across). In order to get the whole thing sharp I stacked a number of images using Helicon Focus. I converted to monochrome and toned the image using Photoshop and a custom tone curve. February 6th, 2010 | Tags: Black & White, Bud, Helicon Focus, macro, Monochrome | Category: New Work | Comments are closed |
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Admittedly, I have spent too much time lately playing with Lightroom presets, as evidenced by this post and my earlier post of an abandoned building in Crystal, Colorado. I find that using presets is a great way of discovering a hidden side to some images, including this image of a plant from Alcatraz Island, California. The image above is my favorite interpretation, though I like the alternate interpretation and original images below as well.
Here is the original image: 
Upon editing this image I see a number of things that I’d like to try (and try to do better — the yellow in the flower is a bit burned out). But one of the joys and frustrations of nature photography is that subjects are not available at the photographer’s whim. Maybe next spring . . . 
This is a flowering prickly pear cactus that I photographed in Arches National Park earlier this summer. I shot this image at a number of different apertures to get just the right depth of field. I wanted the flower to be sharp, but for the thorns and the leaf to be slightly soft, but recognizable. This is my favorite of the bunch. 
This is a stylized version of the first shot. I’m not sure whether I like the straight image better or the version. If you have a preference, please leave a comment below. August 20th, 2009 | Tags: Arches National Park, Cactus, flower, macro, Prickly Pear | Category: New Work | Comments are closed |
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Things have been a little slow photographically lately. Not really winter (it was 72(!) in Denver today), but not quite spring yet — things have yet to green up, there are no baby animals to photograph, and the migrant birds are still a couple of months away. But there are some hopeful signs — this is a semi-abstract image of the first flower to bloom in my garden this year. 
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