My Favorite Photos

A couple of pictures I like right now.

Colored Sunset
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Sky, Sunset, clouds
Found this photo hiding in my collection from 2004. I finally feel like I've learned enough photoshop to address some of its problems effectively. What do you think? The Old Shed
California, El Dorado Hills
Winter Runoff in Sundance
Kellis Family Reunion (2008), Family Reunions, Saturday, Forest, Streams, Sundance, trees, Utah, water
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Emily and I went to Thanksgiving Point on our way back from helping Nate and Kendra with their house. I've been taking every chance I can get to use the D300 and get used to controls, handling, etc. This is one of the shots from today's trip. I have to admit the actual flower wasn't quite this red, but it was its own very beautiful dark maroon. I cropped it to 8x10 aspect ratio, changed the hues a bit to bring out the reds, and upped the contrast. Field of Red
Flowers, Thanksgiving Point, Utah
Rough II
Brick, Salt Lake City, University of Utah, Utah
Utah State Capitol
Architecture, Salt Lake City, Sky, Sunset, Utah, Utah State Capitol
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Multiple exposures combined to get more dramatic exposure in the sky vs. the landscape/house.
Spencer August 18, 2008 at 10:04am
If I remember right, the purples are pretty honest to the original color - it was one of those sunsets. I think I did bump up the... read more »
Multiple exposures combined to get more dramatic exposure in the sky vs. the landscape/house.
Wayne August 18, 2008 at 9:59am
Great picture. Very dramatic.

Were the purples what you actually saw, or were they developed post-production?   Go to comment »
I recently added a Nikon D300 to my equipment collection in preparation for an upcoming event, and this shot is among the first shots I've experienced with this new and pretty amazing digital SLR body. I'm somewhat fascinated by several aspects of this picture. First, the colors of the sky - I can't imagine having landed a better day to find detail in the sky! The blue of the sky reflected off a bluish window further accented all the drama of a sky ready to storm. Second, this idea of capturing an endless, textured sky in a box holds a lot of meaning to me as a photographer and an admirer of beauty in nature and in general. I find this picture representative of my effort to capture moments of beauty; analogous to the Gibbs phenomena, I can only attempt to capture continuous functions of beauty with my finite medium. If I could change one thing about this picture, I'd spend a little more time figuring out how to get the right perspective. This glass is fairly high above my head, so I was pointed up (hence the perspective-slanted vertical lines) while shooting, but I wasn't centered to the window, so the perspective isn't equal from side to side. At some point, I think I may also go back and bring out some of the detail in the brick wall.
Muum August 11, 2008 at 7:02am
this is such an impressive photo!   Go to comment »
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