May 2003

There is no real theme this month. I found a lot of interesting things on my travels around Ohio, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas. 

On our drive from Tulsa to Springfield, Steve Meyer found an interesting place outside of Afton OK called the HarBer Village. It is a collection of buildings built by Harold and Bernice and should you ever be in the vicinity, stop in. 

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Barry and Dee forced me to go to Tijuana and buy drugs. (Retin A, not what you think.)

Look closely at the moon in the upper left of the building. Very little augmentation.

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This is from the CSX yard in Columbus OH. It is severely image processed and that has reduced the quality.
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This is on Route 65 between Springfield MO and Little Rock. No real "fixes" except brightness and contrast. 
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Rotated, brightened, contrasted, Digital GEM'd and color balanced within an inch of its life.

HarBer Village.

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Virtually unchanged. The original was shot at the 12MP setting on the S2 and the resulting 35MB file was sharpened and contrasted just a little. I love the grain and tones of the wood. It was in HarBer Village.
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Sunset at Dockweiler Beach. This is my favorite of the three sunset photos. It was done with the 75-300 Nikkor. The proper exposure turned out to be 1 stop under.
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The side of a building in HarBer Village. I just had a wood jones this day.
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In Marilyn's back yard. This is the second year I've been able to have fun with fichus. 
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The other sunset photo. The guy turned out to be a photographer with his hat turned around backward. I hope I can screw up one of his great images someday.
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These are bricks made especially to line water wells around Kansas and Oklahoma. They are called Vitreous Brick, I think, and they are on display at the HarBer Village. There are over one hundred of them and they are all different. 
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If you are curious why the 75-300 Nikkor is my favorite lens, look closely at these two photos. They were taken from about 25 yards away. Look closely at Jada's head and see the detail in the shot. It was medium resolution on the S2 and is sharpened a little (very little) and not changed a bit from the original.  

 

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Another 2 shot package. The dog was in a classic car in Ocean Beach. A little saturation increase and some dodging of the dog's head. 

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God, I love Red!
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Yeah, I screwed around with this one a little. Figure it out and you get a prize!
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Another 75-300 shot. Lightened and reduced contrast only.
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Same treatment as the Lifeguard Station.
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Just another red shot with the big gun.
 
 

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