It is time for another Black and White Wednesday, run by Lisa at The Long Road to China. She has a new baby daughter, and another daughter, and a son. They are beautiful children, but the photos are outstanding! Please go check them out, and while you are there, check on the submissions from others. From what I have seen, everyone who submits does a great job on their photos. We all have fun doing this, and we get ideas from others.



I have not submitted any photos to any challenges since last week. I am falling behind, and must get caught up. My Black and White is a photo from the Dutchess County fair in August. There is a building in which many gardeners display their ideas. Many wonderful designs and setups. This particular one made for some great water shots. All I did was take the original color shot, do a contrast adjust, revert to BW, then do an HDR. I am attaching the original below just for looks.

Black and White Wednesday

Welcome to another Black and White wednesday at The Long Road to China. Again, I have not felt very motivated lately...knowing that soon we are facing months of gray dismal skies, lack or color outside, no flowers, and snow. About the only motivation I have is looking at my fall shots from the pond on my road. I have to admit, they are fantastic. If I knew that I could post them for all to see, I would! The lighting was dead on, the colors were outstanding, and it makes me glad to have the Nikon. There is one shot I need to get, and that is a waterfall with an 'inn' behind it. In the afternoon the sun is shining perfectly. Trouble is, the location is right by a busy intersection. I will get it this week I hope.



See...I was rambling on about fall and colors and not the matter at hand, which is Black and White Wed. I took this shot earlier in the year, of a mirror dog in front of my house. I like the affect of the circular reflection. My son Matthew is standing there next to me. We just found out today, although I knew this, that he will not be able to get another year of high school in 2011. He will turn 21 in August, and in New York, (maybe other states) he cannot be in school past the age of 21. Matt thought he could have another year, but I told him that he will be 21, and will not be allowed to go another year. So this year is really his senior year. Matt can be a good model for Amy and I, and both of us try out various actions and photographic tricks on him. I wanted to post a photo of them here but it is on my other PC.

Pixel Perfect Before and After

Hi, and welcome to another addition of Pixel Perfect's Before and After. Last week I showed you a shot of the pond outlet, with my effect of editing. This week, I am showing a leaf that fell onto a flower pot on my deck. We have a lot of trees around, and a lot of leaves! I have other shots of leaves that are nicer, but for this I applied a Sunny script in Gimp ( which would be like Sunkissed in PSE). I rather like the outcome, as the colors are brighter and there appears to be a fog in the background. It is amazing what we can do to photos with Gimp and PSE, (or CS4 I suppose).

SOOC



AFTER

Black and White Wednesday

It is Wednesday, and time for another Black and White photo. This is a photo I took of a light behind a school, from the third floor window. I just thought it looked interesting against the trees behind it. The color version is okay, then I did an HDR on it, and converted it to BW. Any opinions?



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