Monarch Caterpillars

J1211

I know it's been a while since my last post but I couldn't resist this one of my son and I on the front of the same steam engine taken about 30 years apart. The front of the engine looks different, but J1211 had the streamlining added in the late 80's.

Both photos taken by their father.

Red Bull Air Races - Abu Dhabi 06 April 2007

Wires

Moo

Red

Cattle Yard

Puzzling Window

Buzz

Splash

Dona Nobis Pacem

Dona Nobis Pacem

Leaves

Tear

Some things are just so sad when you're only 18 months old...

More Cake

Another photo of that delicious chocolate cake...

Hundreds and Thousands

Back to Viet Nam

I've been sick and haven't been out to take any new photos recently, but I created this from the off cuts of Look This Way. I remember this guy was trying to ignore me when I took the shot, but it looks more like he's posing, than ignoring...

Spider

I was taking some floral photos the other day when I found this little guy on a lily. Using Photoshop, I've zoomed right in on him, touched him up and voila...

Smile

I haven't shot anything for a few days so I thought tonight I would have a play with the Thomas and Henry shots I took a while back. I like this one in sepia. Such happy little engines!

Yes, you've seen these guys before. Here's the original Thomas and Henry shot I posted.

A Pair of Purple

Wreckage - in Colour

I wanted to re-post this photo in the original colours as I think it looks just as great in colour as the it did in the selective colouring earlier.

Sai Gon Fire Department

Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum

The colour vesrion of this photo was a bit ho-hum (pun), but I thought the round trees were preety cool.

Wreckage

Wreckage of French and American aircraft shot down over North Viet Nam during the Indo-China war and the Vietnam war, on display at the Vietnamese Army Musuem, Ha Noi.

Look This Way

Rowing Revisited

After some good feedback from Cyndie, I have been playing with the burn, dodge, and sponge tools in Photoshop to enhance the earlier posted version of this.

I have darkened up the background, while lightened up the boat to show more detail and saturated the pink in her jacket. I think it is quite an improvement. What do you think?

Rowing

A Vietnamese lady rows across the harbour at Ha Long Bay, East of Ha Noi, Viet Nam.

Flag

The Vietnamese national flag, flying on top of a tower at the Vietnamese Army Musuem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Thanks to Chad for inspiring me to experiment with the selective colouring like this.

Sea Gulls

Spring Daffodil

Pink

I'm not sure of the name of this tree, but it vivaciously stood out against the greenery of the surrounding trees. Magnificent.

*Update: Thanks to Cyndie, I'm pretty sure it is called a Japanese Maple.

Leaf

Formation Lead

Formation

Also check out A Beam of Light at Sunsets

Going Away

Sorry folks, I'm going away to the Hawkes Bay for the next ten days. Unfortunately I will not have internet access, so no more photos, comments or visits from me until I get back next Thursday.

Take care, and look forward to the photos that I post on my return on September 14th.

Rhys

Yellow

Angles

I've just finished reading an article about different techniques to produce a B&W with Photoshop. One of these techniques is to use the monochrome feature of the channel mixer and then slide the red, green and blue channels until you achieve the desired effect.





In the top photo I was emphasizing on the contrast of the sky, but to the detriment of the walls looking dirty.

The next photo was lightening up the walls and at the same time removing the focus from the sky to the building.

Arty Tulip

I decided to play with this one a bit and test out a couple of different background effects: Blur and Channel Mixer Monochrome

Pink Protea

Daffodil

Daisy

Tulip

This is the raw jpeg out of my camera. Taken using the super-macro function. Untouched by photoshop. Beautiful!

Thomas and Henry

This time I have been learning to use the "super macro" setting on the camera. This photo was taken 6cm from Thomas's face.

UFOs?

A friend of mine has just taught me about the "duo-tone" function in Photoshop CS2. I was planning to post this in B&W but I think the duo-tone of the bark colouring is much more effective.

Daniel

...Empty Swings

Retired