Coping with Bipolar through Baking and Photography
Coping with Bipolar through Baking and Photography
This week I went outside in yard to test a new set of extension tubes I purchased for macrophotography. The tubes were an inexpensive way to get close up pictures. They felt, well, inexpensive. The tubes were a bit hard to get on and off which made me a bit nervous. Overall the pictures turned … Continue reading September Bees and Fall Blues
Here are some flowers that I changed and manipulated with Photoshop Express. There are tons of tools in that program. I don’t think I’m creative enough to even use it. I did like this color blur tool. Continue reading Playing with Photoshop Express
My first attempt at some black and white pictures. Not sure what I think of them. Different for sure. Continue reading Black and white vs color
Went to the lake yesterday. It was cloudy and rainy. I spent the time experimenting with some black and white photos which I will post later. I set up my tripod and waited for some ducks and I was hoping an osprey. I did get an osprey but from far away. As I was setting … Continue reading Geese on a cloudy day
I’m still learning how to use Adobe Lightroom. I can use the basics but I’m looking at possible online courses to learn more. I see people do such amazing and creative things with the program. I need to take a bunch of photos with the specific goal of just playing with the editing. A collection … Continue reading Lightroom edits
I took these with a new 35mm lens. The lens allowed for more light to get in. However, it’s obvious I need to take pictures a bit farther away from house and other city light noise. It’s hard to filter out the surrounding light and get just the stars. The middle of the picture becomes … Continue reading Night photos try #2
Found the two praying mantis from yesterday happily hunting in the lavender bush. One of them has a white and black circle on it’s leg. Not sure if one is male or both are. Or if they are different species of mantis. Trying to figure out what kind they are etc. They’re so fascinating! At … Continue reading Mantis and the bees
I just purchased a new lens and took it outside to do a few quick test shots. The yard is starting to wind down as fall approaches. The leaves are showing some fall changes and the flowers are mostly closed up. I went out to the last of the lavender blooms to take some close … Continue reading Happy accidents
First attempt at star photos. There were a lot of house lights around making it hard to focus just on the sky. My lens also didn’t allow for a wide enough aperture setting. This was wide open for 30-60 seconds. I used a tripod and a remote shutter so I didn’t shake camera. The after … Continue reading First attempt at night photos
It’s a cloudy, smoky day today. The light was super tricky. I watched a little one nap on the gutter for ages. A very risky spot for a nap considering the hawk traffic. A very ragged looking house finch gets chased by his demanding, relentless little ones. 🙂 Wasps bother the birds at feeders and … Continue reading Backyard August 26, 2021
This is my first attempt at using Adobe Lightroom for photo editing. In the past I just upload the pictures to my MacBook and used that photo editor. As my camera has improved the quality of pictures has also dramatically improved. I tried some auto settings, some light adjustments and some sharpening tools. The program … Continue reading Editing with Lightroom
Learning how to use the new Nikon D500. Practicing with movement shots. Capturing birds in flight is very hard! I have so much more respect for actual professional wildlife photographers!! The D500 is crazy fast so right now I feel like I’m shooting 1000 picks and getting 5 useable ones. Now I need a good … Continue reading Backyard August 19,2021
I decided to go all out and step up my camera arsenal. I’ve added a Nikon D500. It’s going to force me to learn more and more. Fingers crossed I can figure this thing out 🤪🤣. I was sitting with it going through settings menu and heard a smack at the window. This hawk hit … Continue reading NEW CAMERA!!
It has been very smoky here in the PNW due to the surrounding wildfires. This makes the light hard to deal with while taking photos. There is a yellow tint to the light and sometimes the photos have a blurry feel. I tried to edit after but it’s hard to filter out. The sunset looks … Continue reading Backyard photos August 16,2021
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