Author: Friedhelm

I liked the reflection in this window. Study the lines in this image and how they affect the viewer.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

I photographed this window early in the morning just using natural light. I did several exposures either to light the curtains or furniture or window. I finally ended up using Photomatix to create an HDR image.

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The reflection in this window caught my attention. I am sure you noticed that the flower was twice reflected in this old window glass. By the way, I photographed this image in Nevada city, CA , an old gold mining town. My family saw a play in on of the oldest theaters in California and I had all the time in the world to photograph.

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This week I would like to continue to work on my windows exercise. It is often good to repeat old exercises and continue to work on them

I found this window in Nevada City, an old California gold town. I loved the color contrast of the shutters and the brick. Enjoy and keep on photographing!

The Sundial Bridge in Redding, CA is one of my favorite subjects. Enjoy and happy week-end!

On my walk I discovered the first fall leaves. This one was a prime candidate for a Black and White image. By eliminating the color the structure of the leaf is highly visible.

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I photographed this California Oak tree at the edge of a group of Redwood trees. I thought right from the beginning that this would be a great black and white image. The later afternoon lid the tree beautifully and the trees in the background formed a great contrast.

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David and I were photographing on the Monterey peninsula. The image reminded me of the pictures of Edward Weston who photographed in this area.

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Black and white photography is still the “queen” of photography. This week I challenge you to create dive different Black and White images. I do not recommend that you change the camera setting to “Black and white” I rather would do that in post production.

This is part of the mission San Juan Bautista in Central California. I did not like the color image at all. To converts this image into BnW, I used Nik Silver Efix pro, a Photoshop plug-in. You can download a trial version from the Nik webpage (http://www.niksoftware.com).

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First of all, I like this image because of the great late evening light. Second, the expression on this gentleman’s face is just great and third, the composition of hands and face creates a great overall impression.

Happy Friday and keep on photographing!