Monday, February 15, 2010

HDR Winter and LAB Tree

I have not abandoned this blog, but sorry for neglecting it for so long. Most of my pictures have been shot while I travel around New York State while I'm working, but it's cold in the winter and I don't always like to step out of the car too much :)


Here are two pictures; the first one is a High Dynamic Range image of a country road I was on, which I really enjoyed the blue sky. It always seems that the sky is overcast white during the winter, so I had to take advantage of this sky.

The next one is a picture of a tree that I took in the summer. I love working in LAB color mode in photoshop, and I don't understand why so few people use it. Took me forever to get it to look this way!


15 comments:

Lisa February 15, 2010 at 7:21 PM  

I love these two...but you already know that! :)

J.J. in L.A. February 15, 2010 at 11:25 PM  

I've been wondering where you were, but I'm glad you posted these pics.

I LOVE the tree! How did you know my thing for them? Not to mention my favorite color. ; )

Unknown February 16, 2010 at 3:10 PM  

I really like the first one. It's looks so warm and yet so freezing at the same time.

Mr. Condescending February 20, 2010 at 5:44 AM  

@Lisa: thanks haha, I wouldn't have done the tree if we weren't talking about lab color!

@JJ, I miss you! I've been such a bad blogger lately. My bb broke recently and I lost all my contacts with my new one. I tried emailing you jjinla at hotmail, yahoo, gmail, and aol but they all came back undelivered! :( I can't remember your email, can you send me one? I wanted to see how you're feeling.

Thanks for liking the tree :)

@Natalie: I couldn't pass that scene up. Especially with the snow being fresh, god knows within a couple hours it probably got filthy from road grime. Thanks for enjoying it!

Amandasaurus February 23, 2010 at 4:19 PM  

Oohh, that blue sky is delicious! It really looks like you could drink it. Like the clouds are big white ice cubes. Love it!

I miss you, Mr. C. Please come back into my life. Thanks. <3

Mr. Condescending February 24, 2010 at 9:29 PM  

@Amandasaurus: good to know you're still around, I thought you left my life!

Jaime February 25, 2010 at 7:31 AM  

Great pics. As always. When I manage to snap off a good photo, it's more by luck than design...

LegalMist February 25, 2010 at 7:55 AM  

You have real talent... but then you know that already. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Soda and Candy February 26, 2010 at 9:37 AM  

Hey, I really like that HDR one, even if I am mad at the blue sky of a winter day for fooling me and making me think I wouldn't freeze my face off upon stepping outside!

JenJen February 26, 2010 at 3:42 PM  

k I need the tree.
Thanks.

(good work as usual and I love it that you posted. I wish you'd find time to do it more often.)

Tonya March 6, 2010 at 8:30 PM  

Glad you are back Sir. it is good to see you posting again. You make me want to take a class in photoshop so i can learn all these stunning effects.

A and B April 2, 2010 at 8:21 PM  

Love this blog! Great Pics!!!

Spider42 April 20, 2010 at 5:30 AM  

nice blog, excellent pics and editing work.
cheers..

etoile December 7, 2010 at 10:41 AM  

I love the winter photo! I'm from Manitoba and I think a certain beauty is lost when people are busy grumbling about cold and snow. This one really made me smile and miss home!

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