Category Archives: Blog

Balconies

They’re so cute! I love this building. Doing some quick Google research, I believe this is an apartment building. It’s located in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington D.C. The original, below, was cute enough, but I cropped in to eliminate most of the building on the right. I love the yellow and will feature thatContinue reading “Balconies”

Urban Wildlife

I would love to know the life story behind the person who designed this little set up. I found this in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of D.C. There’s so much going here (including a No Hunting or Fishing sign…). The original was underexposed and too sharp. I increased the exposure and decreased the contrast toContinue reading “Urban Wildlife”

Layers

Now a pharmacy, it used to be a . . .  (I can’t quite read the letters underneath) The original lacked contrast so I increased that and the clarity. I also increased the highlights and lightened the shadows. I adjusted the blue color a little and added a little vignette. I think doing all thisContinue reading “Layers”

Spoke

I love urban photography. I don’t get out and shoot in urban settings as much as I’d like. Several years ago a friend and I went on a group “photo safari” to Adams Morgan in DC. I was so excited tonight when I looked through the next batch of June pics to find some to edit.Continue reading “Spoke”

Hazy Days

The tree swing is an integral part of our summer trips out to Grandpa and Grandma’s. The original was dark and out of focus. This editing challenge is to take any kind of quality of picture and try to make it look better. I couldn’t sharpen it up much without adding a lot of noise,Continue reading “Hazy Days”

Golden grass

Shenandoah as seen along Skyline Drive The original wasn’t taken in RAW and is pretty low resolution. I cropped in, first to get rid of the pony tail and then just to reframe it. I decreased the clarity to soften it up and increased the saturation. I then adjusted individual colors, increasing or decreasing saturationContinue reading “Golden grass”