Category Archives: Images

Monroe Street @ 7:00pm

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Orchid Show

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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.

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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

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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.

More Photoshop Fun

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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

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One of the nice things about Harry is: He doesn’t mind having his picture being taken.

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New Camera

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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

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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.

The life of Harry….

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Yep, It’s definitely a tough life Harry lives…

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Downtown Manhattan on a Rainy Day

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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

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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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