Filtered

"Colored Pencil"

a.k.a. Big Fat Pig

"Bubble Wrapped"
a.k.a. Pretty Purple Flowers

Burn & Dodge

Before

After

I Just Played....Wasn't Sure What I Wanted It To Look Like.

Lighting & Color Changes

Edited Version

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Before

Edited Photo

I basically just added some color to the photo's so they weren't so dull looking. I bumped up the highlights, shadowing, etc. That brought more depth to the picture also, all with photoshop!!!.

Landscapes Around Vermont

One thing i've learned about landscapes over time is that lighting essentially doesn't matter as much as another kind of shot would. It can be dark, bright, white, black, etc. but the view is what makes the landscape picture in my mind.

Slideshow

Aesthetics Quote

“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.”
Alfred North Whitehead

Apple Tree Lighting

7:00 PM

3:00 PM

9:00 AM

I took tons and tons of pictures of this tree through out the day and have to say these are the ones tat stuck out the most. My favorite would have to be the morning shot, it's bright and full of color. The afternoon picture had the sun in the background which left it kind of hazy and shadowed. The night picture came out good, and I like the coloring in the background but I think it also kinda has that hazy, shadowed look.

Color Schemes

Monochrome

This is a pear tree we have in our yard. I thought all the different shades of green made for a good and simple picture.

Complementary

The whole top of this Burning Bush is turning a bright beautiful red and the bottom leaves are still green so I tried to get the half-way point.

Analogous

Fall leaves in our yard, red, orange, yellow, and everything in between.

Farmer's Sunrise

I took these pictures the other day on my way to work. I've travelled down this road past my neighbors almost ever day of my life but this morning I made myself stop and am so happy. I love all three of these pictures. I could stare at them forever...They each have a diferent focus while still making your eye wander to all the picture has to show. I have to say I that I'm proud of these!

Horsey Dayz

I took these from slightly different angles. I was shooting to get the only color tree we have in our field but as you can see the horses thought it was time for their dinner (it wasn't) so they followed me around. I just thought they both made for cute shots even though my focus isn't entirley clear.

Flowers Collage

Tumbling Falls

Falls Falling WatersTranquil River

I personally am fond of the top picture, however some cons to it are that it has a lot going on. Where as the bottom picture is as I labeled more 'tranquil', it's simple yet still a beautiful picture.

Both of these were a little tricky to take as I was atop a bunch of rocks and it was freezing = )

However, the angles as you can tell are completely different, the bottom having been taken at a low level of the tumbling river and the top picture more in the 'action' of the falls.

Wild Flower

I took this with my Nikon D40, a wildflower that i picked....