Archive for

January 2012

Cheyne Walk, London

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Another example of Adobe's Pixel Bender plugin, this time using a seed image I captured on London's Cheyne Walk several years ago. I think I could overdo playing with this pretty easily!

Maui Flowers - a la Pixel Bender

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I discovered Adobe's Pixel Bender plugin for CS5 earlier today. I was intrigued by the Oil Painting filter, so I downloaded the plugin and gave it a shot tonight after work. Very impressed with the speed - because it leverages the GPU, updates are almost instant. Quick, easy, done. Here's the output of one experiment - a shot of Maui flowers taken during my last trip to the island. 

Orange

What can I say? I dig orange. Shot in the home office.

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Gettysburg

Gettysburg

At the end of our recent trip to Washington, DC, we decided to devote our last day to visiting the hallowed ground of Gettysburg. We didn't have nearly enough time to spend the time this place deserves, but I'm glad we had a chance to visit nonetheless. Taken with my Olympus E30 and Zuiko 50-200mm lens. 

Echoes

Montana

Vistas like this one make me thankful to live in a great place like Montana. It may not be heaven, but I think God drops some pretty strong clues. Shot in the mountains near Cooke City.

Vintage

Vintage

Sure, it's a new sled - but it looks pretty classy with a retro treatment. Shot near Cooke City, Montana - New Year's Eve 2011.

Smoke

Smoke

Sometimes, it's just about the cold smoke. Taken in the mountains near Cooke City, MT - New Year's Eve 2011.

Float

Float

Had some fun in post with this shot - floating through several feet of fresh powder is certainly a dream for some of us! Shot New Year's Eve 2011 near Cooke City, Montana.

Waves

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They tell me you can think of snowmobiling as riding a jet ski through snow. Taken in the mountains near Cooke City, Montana on New Year's Eve 2011.  

Cooke City Christmas Card

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Dear Santa,

All my father-in-law wants for Christmas this year is a new Ski Doo - and a new orange coat so Tim quits whining about drab colors when he's shooting sledding shots...

Shot with my Olympus E30 and Zuiko 50-200mm; post-processed in Lightroom 3.