...A Couple More... For Now

 Here are two more photos for now until I finish working on the others.

 This was taken behind Cordage Park in Plymouth, MA in an area designated as a safe place for the public to roam and walk around. I used Camera Raw (shot in RAW format) to add texture and contrast to this group of otherwise dull concrete blocks. I wanted to accentuate the wear and tear as well as give texture and contrast to the differences in color and depth of each block. I edited this with the intent of re-creating what it looked like in my memory.

This was an experiment in infrared photography, using a 760nm IR filter and converted it to black and white. Green vegetation always looks white and sometimes slightly fuzzy (typically due to movement because of long exposure times) and the blue sky will always have a very dark and gloomy look. This was taken after noon on a sunny day with my aperture set to f8 and shutter speed at 20 seconds with my ISO set to 200.

....And More

I didn't want to add too many photos at once so I decided to split them up into a few posts so they wouldn't be too cluttered.

This was taken at Cordage Park in Plymouth, MA behind an abandoned old building that was falling apart. It's an old gas line cutoff valve of some kind. I used the Camera Raw filter (originally shot in RAW format) and added some texture and sharpness for detail and slightly adjusted the color contrast in order to see the differences between the dead grass and the valve.

This is a light post located on Cole's Hill across from the Plimoth Rock. I adjusted the vibrance and saturation to accentuate the rustic look of this great light fixture!

Same hill as the light post, but a few yards south. I used an action file in PhotoShop to get this effect and I added just a bit of detail to accentuate the shiny metal casing.

This is an abandoned smoke stack behind Cordage Park in Plymouth, MA. All the red and white specks on the ground are the remains of a demolished building that once was there. I only slightly edited this because I actually framed it exactly how I wanted it and all I did to in in post-processing was to slightly saturate the colors and adjusted the contrast just a bit. The sky was perfect and I use a UV filter on my lens, which helps get that dark blue hue.

 ....more to come....

It's Been A While....

I haven't posted in a while due to some personal changes I have been going through lately, but here is some of my most recent work. I've been trying new things and getting new equipment to experiment with. I hope you enjoy!

This was taken in a marshy area near the Marshfield/Duxbury beaches in Massachusetts. I used 10 images, taken at different exposure levels, combined to create a genuine HDR image. Then I tweaked some of the settings to get the look and feel that I wanted, which typically for me is LOTS of TEXTURE!

This next image was taken in Plymouth with the "Plimoth Rock" behind me. I was looking up at the sky and was instantly inspired to create an inverted image, but then I changed my mind after I saw the result of my original shot. Instead, I decided to adjust the colors a bit until I got a sort of surreal looking color effect.

This photo was taken at the Plymouth waterfront and i took several photos just of the birds flying around trying to get one "just right" of one of them taking off. It was cold and windy and highly uncomfortable but I finally got a decent shot. This photo was cropped down from the original and the colors and tones edited to my liking. I also used the Camera Raw filter in PhotoShop to add some texture and sharpness.

More to come, stay tuned!