There’s almost always haze lazing over San Francisco. This isn’t a great photo, *but* it’s much better than the original. And, as it turns out, it’s one of the only photos I have left of our trip to San Francisco. I did the UNSPEAKABLE as a photographer. When we got home, I did not back upContinue reading “Golden Gate Haze”
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The Birds
Carmel River State Beach I love how the clouds help make the birds look a little 3D. I also love how deep the sky is. My horizon was off just a touch so I cropped to straighten that. I increased the contrast and clarity to give it more of an HDR look. I didn’t likeContinue reading “The Birds”
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”
Volcano!
A helicopter tour is a great way to see the active volcanoes on the Big Island. I believe this is part of Pu’U ‘O’O, but it could be part of Kilauea. You can see if you look closely, just under the black surface is the red lava. It flows in underground tubes into the oceanContinue reading “Volcano!”
Na Pali Coast
So rugged and forbidding, which makes it intriguing. God had fun forming this coastline. I couldn’t help but imagine young, native Hawaiians trying to explore the nooks and crannies. It was so bright and hazy that day. The original shows that well: I started by lowering the contrast and increasing the clarity. I decreased theContinue reading “Na Pali Coast”
Pink Sunset
I’m liking the low contrast look for artsy editing. What do you think? Original: A little dark, but I didn’t want to just brighten it clarify everything. Let me know what you think about the hazy edit above. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Continue reading “Pink Sunset”
Not So SAHM 