Probably the hardest thing I’ve found for editing is clouds. Especially sunset clouds. I didn’t work on this photo in editing for a while because I really wasn’t happy with the clouds. The main one was actually from a plane that had gone by a while earlier. But, especially near the sun it’s hard to […]
Clouds
Sentry
So, it turns out it’s hard to get wildlife to sit still for a two second long exposure shot. That’s where Photoshop comes in. The bird in the foreground was taken from another one of my photos. (The birds in the background are a bit blurry, but because they’re so far away it’s harder to […]
Through the Weeds
While I wasn’t completely happy with the composition of this one (mostly because of the way the shoreline weeds are arranged) I did like the clouds and sun. In particular, how the clouds appear to wrap around and hold the sun in place. I was hoping for more of the reflection of the sun in […]
Cloudy Trails
Crosswinds Marsh in lower Michigan is one of the places I’ve got a few times and never gotten a shot I was completely happy with. Yet, it feels like a place where I would get shots I love. It’s just far enough out of the way that I haven’t made it more than a few […]
Up Up and Away
This is another shot pulled from my older folders, from images I initially ignored because of the quality of the original captures. In this case, the exposure and ISO were far less than ideal. However, I felt I was able to clean it up enough with some newer Photoshop tricks to make is passable. 🙂 […]
Follow The Sun
Of the several times I’ve visited Crosswinds Marsh in Michigan, I’ve gotten probably the lowest percentage of photos I was happy with. I think is is partially because half the time it’s been very crowded, but I think it also requires the clouds and lighting to be “just right” to go with the various landscape […]
Fall Sunset
I passed over this photo several times without editing it, because when I took it I didn’t use the best settings, and it was a lot darker. In photoshop I cranked up the shadow areas and also brought down the highlights in the sky, and got a result I was pretty happy with. I like […]
Sunset Point
I’ve probably taken more photos of sunsets from Marquette’s Presque Isle than anywhere else. It’s an awesome place to hang out, though it seems like it’s been getting more crowded as the years go by… Marquette is getting too well known. I read somewhere a while ago that landscape photos without people in them are […]
Pictured Rocks Wake
Another photo from a recent trip to the U.P., where my youngest son and I took a boat tour along the Pictured Rocks lakeshore out of Munising. (I definitely recommend it if you get up that way.) The only down side was not being able to get up closer or take longer to stop along […]