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Category Archives: Images
Orchid Show
After taking my wife to my High School reunion on Saturday, we went to the Orchid show on Sunday. It seemed like a good time to get my wife to try out the Canon and to get taking pictures.
Sunday was the last day, and it was packed. The turn out was just the right size, crowded but not like a subway. We were able to take pictures without bothering anyone.
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Art in Madison Square Park
Walking thru the park, there is what looks like Cinder blocks being stacked on each other. It struck me as an odd place for a Wall but I found out it is “Circle With Columns”.
Here is what it looks like April 11th, Monday Morning.
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More Photoshop Fun
This morning I was really early to work, So I stopped in Madison Square Park and took some pictures. The one above is an unretouched shot of Eleven Madison Avenue and One Madison Avenue on the right.
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More pictures of Harry
One of the nice things about Harry is: He doesn’t mind having his picture being taken.
New Camera
One problem I have with my Nikon 5700: it’s a little Bulky. To address this, me and my wife got a Canon S410. It takes very good 4 mega pixel images and fits in my Jacket pocket. This makes spur of the moment picture taking easier.
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Playing with Photoshop
Above is an Image I shot Sunday. While reading a book Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers by Colin Smith, I came across the correcting perspective in cropping an Image. Above is the before and after results. I’m sure experienced Photoshop user will say “Big Deal”, but coming from a Darkroom perspective like I have, this is **Really** Cool.
Next I have to clean up the Contrast and selectively brighten the lower half of the image.
Update: I’ve brightened the image a little and played with the contrast too. It looks a little off, but it is a Work in progress.
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The life of Harry….
Yep, It’s definitely a tough life Harry lives…
Downtown Manhattan on a Rainy Day
We spent the afternoon in Downtown Manhattan near City Hall and took some interesting pictures. This happens to be a pair of walkers we saw by the steps of the Tweed Building.
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Macro Mode on my camera
It’s not often that I play with the Macro mode on my camera. In this case we bought a couple of “Party Flowers” at Maces, so I thought I’d take a close up. After some trial and Error, I took some OK ones with the aid of my flash. After this, I think I better get a Tripod sooner than Later…
The flower pots for these plants are small and not even the size of a small coffee cup. The Biggest Flower is barely the size of two thumbs put side by side.
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