Photography 2

[Jon]

Yes Jon. Beautiful there . Kids go to school on a boat .

Yeah we did a day cruise around the islands a few years ago

 

[Nick]

Did you go to Bolt ?

 

[Floorist]

For Highup

 

[Jon]

Did you go to Bolt ?

Nah we didn't stop anywhere
There are lots of neat houses which cover the whole of the tiny islands
They must have stood in the water to build them
It was a good day though
It must have been the trip we did from Toronto up to Quebec by coach then sailed down to Boston then onto New York for a few days

 

[highup]

To the Moon, Alice!

 

[Floorist]

My 11 year old grandson, learning to shoot at Boy Scout camp.

 

[havasu]

Here are a few pics of my grandkids shooting with their dad.

 

[highup]

If all kids were taught like that we'd have a lot less problems with guns.

 

[highup]

Wen you have a lowered pickup with wide, low profile street tires on it...... what do you do on the weekend in February?
Go camping up in the hills, 40 miles from the nearest small town of course. If it snows overnight. ...go home?
No, ...............you drive farther away from town 'cause it's purdy outside.

 

[highup]

I tagged this box of slides with 'Black Tree' It stood out like a sore thumb. If there was a fire here, even 20 years earlier, how come nothing else burned? Maybe this single tree burned from a lightning strike? I don't know.

 

[Nick]

Nice country Hi.

 

[DarisMulkin]

In the black tree slide I thought I saw Sasquatch peeking out from behind it. Nice picture. I like the one with the light coming through the trees also.

Daris

 

[highup]

In the black tree slide I thought I saw Sasquatch peeking out from behind it. Nice picture. I like the one with the light coming through the trees also.

Daris

Thanks Daris. That was a really hard image to make usable. Really dark on the lower part and way to bright on the top part. It was really neat being the only person up there, which wasn't uncommon, especially in the winter.
This was my winter snowmobile in it's prime. In the photo with the tracks in the snow, I was going uphill on a not-so-wide road. With the tires on this rig, stopping to turn around could spell disaster. ....sliding into the ditch or getting stuck sideways. I had somewhat 'decent' traction, being the 1st rig on the new snow. As I proceeded up the hill, the snow was getting deep rather quickly, so I was looking for the widest spot I could find to turn around. I wanted a spot wide enough to do a 'Starsky and Hutch' about face ....meaning to crank the wheel sharply and gun it to spin myself 180 degrees.
It worked like in a Hollywood movie. (wiping the sweat off my brow)

 

[DarisMulkin]

nice looking truck.

Daris

 

[Nick]

Thanks Daris. That was a really hard image to make usable. Really dark on the lower part and way to bright on the top part. It was really neat being the only person up there, which wasn't uncommon, especially in the winter.
This was my winter snowmobile in it's prime. In the photo with the tracks in the snow, I was going uphill on a not-so-wide road. With the tires on this rig, stopping to turn around could spell disaster. ....sliding into the ditch or getting stuck sideways. I had somewhat 'decent' traction, being the 1st rig on the new snow. As I proceeded up the hill, the snow was getting deep rather quickly, so I was looking for the widest spot I could find to turn around. I wanted a spot wide enough to do a 'Starsky and Hutch' about face ....meaning to crank the wheel sharply and gun it to spin myself 180 degrees.
It worked like in a Hollywood movie. (wiping the sweat off my brow)

That was a really hard image to make usable. Really dark on the lower part and way to bright on the top part. It.

That's where the layering in Adobe Photoshop comes in.

 

[Jon]

Thanks Daris. That was a really hard image to make usable. Really dark on the lower part and way to bright on the top part. It was really neat being the only person up there, which wasn't uncommon, especially in the winter.
This was my winter snowmobile in it's prime. In the photo with the tracks in the snow, I was going uphill on a not-so-wide road. With the tires on this rig, stopping to turn around could spell disaster. ....sliding into the ditch or getting stuck sideways. I had somewhat 'decent' traction, being the 1st rig on the new snow. As I proceeded up the hill, the snow was getting deep rather quickly, so I was looking for the widest spot I could find to turn around. I wanted a spot wide enough to do a 'Starsky and Hutch' about face ....meaning to crank the wheel sharply and gun it to spin myself 180 degrees.
It worked like in a Hollywood movie. (wiping the sweat off my brow)

Is this the same wagon you still have cause it looks cool?

 

[highup]

Sad, but it's rusting into the ground, Jon. Photos of the snow were '94, the pickup image was in 1988 not long after I finished the camper.

 

[highup]

That was a really hard image to make usable. Really dark on the lower part and way to bright on the top part. It.

That's where the layering in Adobe Photoshop comes in.

Have you ever scanned Kodachome?
I wish I knew more about Photoshop than I do.

Layers?
You mean a new layer?
...or a duplicate layer?
A new layer from background?
A layer set?
A new fill layer?
A new adjustment layer?
Ya want to "change layer content?"
...and lets not forget about the "Layer content options"
....and "layer style"
.....ya want that layer compressed or regular?
Can I stack my layers, or do I need another program for that?
......oh, puleeeze don't get me into "paths"
I've yet to understand a tutorial on using layers........... or the purpose for what I do with photos.

I do the scan, then with Photoshop, do further color corrections with the individual RG&B histogram sliders using Levels, which also brightens the image.
Next, I may also use Hue/Saturation controls to fine tune the individual red yellow green blue cyan and magenta color saturation and brightness.
When I'm done with Photoshop, I use a program called Neat Image to reduce noise and sharpen (It's much better than Photoshop for this)
..........lastly, back to Photoshop for removing dust or other imperfections.

I mentioned "stacking". I know that is done with astro photos to get proper contrast, sometimes stacking hundreds of the same image....... I need to find if that would help my contrasty Kodachrome images.

 

[highup]

Hey Darol, ya still want Photoshop?

 

[Nick]

Save the first layer and work with that . Then just make your adjustments one layer at a time .

I told you , you need to take a night course to learn PS.