I took this picture because I was fascinated by the vines twisting and climbing their way up the palm tree. I knew it would look good in black and white. The lines are awesome, too. Twisty and curvy up the trunk and linear on the branches. The original wasn’t very impressive (other than the light,Continue reading “Strangled Palm”
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Pearl Harbor
When you’re at the memorial and look down in the water, you can still see oil seeping up from the USS Arizona. The edit for this picture was mostly stylistic. I cropped to remove some of the foreground plants and to use the rule of thirds to place the memorial in the picture. I sharpenedContinue reading “Pearl Harbor”
Let’s go surfin’ now. . .
Everybody’s learning how. . . in Waikiki I wanted a touch of a vintage look. I picked a preset that I liked and tried to mimic it, instead of using it. I cropped in a little and healed out the falling, yellow leaf in front of one of the boards. I warmed the temp andContinue reading “Let’s go surfin’ now. . .”
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!”
Aqua Greetings
I got a Nikon CoolPix waterproof camera for our trip to Hawaii because I knew there would be quite a bit of time spent doing this: For some reason the file is very small, but I wanted to edit it anyway. The original photo was pretty green. I lowered the contrast and increased the clarityContinue reading “Aqua Greetings”
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”
Not So SAHM 