One For Fun

Cruising around last year in rural Colorado I found this rusty old train car sitting on an old rail line. I walked around it a few times, pondering it's history and looking for photos.

Photoshop Practice

Practicing the computer side of things is probably as important as practicing the photography part. My proficiency with Photoshop is something that needs improving and I have recently come into the possession of a Scott Kelby book that has me learning some new techniques while reinforcing some old ones. Mostly I am just trying to learn the quick keys and to commit some things to memory so that I don't have to figure it out every time I need it.

This is a shot from a coal mine in Colorado. There is nothing here to give you a sense of scale but this chain is huge... and it really is purple.

I just made a duplicate layer and messed with the hue until everything looked yellow. Then I added a layer mask and used the brush to add and remove desired parts of each layer. Not from the Scott Kelby book exactly but inspired by it certainly.

Last of the Tomatoes

This was yummy! The last of my tomatoes from this season, picked green and ripened wrapped in newspaper. Early Girl and Yellow Tomatoes with some cucumber, avocado, cheddar cheese, fresh oregano, garlic and pepper.

SB28 strobe bounced into kitchen wall. Nikon D70s/50mm 1.8