When you think of German countryside, this is what comes to mind. Fairy tale Traben-Trarbach along the Moselle River The original photo was beautiful, but a tad dim. I used a graduated filter to add some warmth and brightness to the sky and hill top, and another one to keep the river and houses cooler.Continue reading “Traben-Trarbach along the Moselle”
Category Archives: Travel
Thingvellir Church
Thingvellir National Park in Iceland is one of the coolest places on earth. It’s where the North American and European tectonic plates meet and it’s also where the first parliament ever in the world met. . . sometime around 930 AD. Today, the cutest little church sits along the river. The original was a littleContinue reading “Thingvellir Church”
A Bright Day
It *was* a bright day at the beach. Then this woman came out and set up her umbrella and it got even brighter. I want one. This was an edit full of cloning out things: people, trash cans, a water tower, random stuff on the sand. I cloned no less than seven things out. IContinue reading “A Bright Day”
Santa Fe Church
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in black and white I took this picture fourteen years ago and for some reason composed the picture with half of the towers chopped off. I love it in black and white though. I turned it black and white and increased the contrast, clarity, and exposure to showContinue reading “Santa Fe Church”
Standing watch
I spied these two at a house right at a beach on Oahu. There’s so much to look at, including a pair of work gloves on the shoulders of the man on the right. From the original, I cropped in to focus on the statues. I cooled the temperature just a bit and slid theContinue reading “Standing watch”
Sailboats in Nawiliwili Bay
In my dream I’m drifting on the whitest sailboat, in between a sea and sky that are competing for the bluest. The original was beautiful, but a little dull and too bright. I used graduated filters to lower the exposure of the sky and decrease the shadows of the hills. I used a radial filterContinue reading “Sailboats in Nawiliwili Bay”
Not So SAHM 