We drove around the Great Salt Lake on our way to the Golden Spike. This was some of the scenery. We were totally amazed. This was taken with my iPhone through the windshield. There’s some noise, but I tried to smooth out a bit of it. I increased the contrast and worked on the cloudsContinue reading “The grass of Utah”
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Amish Bell
This bell sits on top of one of the buildings at the Amish Farm in Lancaster, PA. Such a cool place to go if you’ve ever contemplated becoming Amish (I have, but couldn’t give up my phone. . .). The original: There’s not a huge difference between the two pics. I sharpened it, upped the contrast,Continue reading “Amish Bell”
Pikes Peak & Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods sits nestled underneath Pike’s Peak. It’s hard to see it in this shot, but there are some kissing camels, too. Iconic shot in Colorado Springs. I cropped in the original to eliminate some of the unnecessary side scenery and upped the contrast. I lightened up a little the dark foreground. IContinue reading “Pikes Peak & Garden of the Gods”
Thorncrown Chapel
425 windows and over 6,000 square feet of glass. Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The original. I wish I would have composed the shot to get all of the front door – portrait instead of landscape. But, part of this challenge is working with what I’ve already taken. The original was definitely too dark.Continue reading “Thorncrown Chapel”
Rugged
‘Rugged’ is the best word to describe it. Well, maybe ‘beautiful’. The original was flat and lacked depth: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
The San Giovanni
Sometimes you want to do something fun with an edit. I decided to make this look somewhat like a newspaper article. I googled the San Giovanni to figure out what type of boat it is. It is a “bottom trawl vessel” that fishes for groundfish. The original didn’t have anything special going on. I thinkContinue reading “The San Giovanni”
Not So SAHM 