SILVER & LIGHT from Ian Ruhter : Alchemist on Vimeo. from Ian Ruhter : Alchemist PLUS This project was created with the same spirit that america was founded on. Our intentions are to connect everyone in america through the lens of this camera and social networking sites. We can’t do this without you. We want [...]
by ADAM COLE npr.org This is a painting of man. But it’s also a painting on a man. His skin and clothing have become a canvas for Alexa Meade, an artist based in Washington, D.C. The result is striking -– especially when the subject leaves his acrylic world. First-time viewers of these “Living Paintings” usually react in disbelief: “Wait, [...]
Summary The folks at Adobe have been busy putting the finishing touches on their latest Creative Suite release. Photoshop is moving to CS6 and with that comes a rafter of new features. One of this is related to “controllable” blur effects. In the past the blur was indiscriminate in that it was not feathered to [...]
Summary On a recent ride in the City of Chicago we took Jefferson north towards Kinzie before crossing the Chicago River on our way north to view an Urban Farm near Division and Clybourn I came across a corner building painted with political figures. I offer then for your consideration. Never let it be said [...]
Summary Before you read any further check out this article on the LYTRO. This is a camera isn’t just “pie in the sky” it has indeed been released and reviewed by a reputable photographic reviewer. What this does is reinforce for me the fact that the world is once again shifting under my feet. I’ve [...]
Summary You may have heard that the Nikon 1 V1 does not have much in the way of shallow depth of field. No worries. We can manufacture as little or as much as we want.
Summary On the way back from Native Foods Cafe Connie forms a pace line along Wood Street to fight the wind.
Summary Rocky and Bullwinkle have gone into therapy as they wrestle their separate “demons”. Despite the fact that Rocky is a flying squirrel he has a fear of heights. It has driven home to strong drink and worse. Meanwhile Boris and Natashe have discovered that Bullwinkle the Moose has been a secret gamer for nearly [...]
Some more images processed initially in Adobe Lightroom and then altered in Photoshop. The original images can be found in the ride report elsewhere on this site. As always the bulk of the alteration involves the use of Layers to adjust the images. The idea is the render a few colors (in this case four [...]
Summary Just for fun I went to work on several of the images in the Cinco de Mayo Cooking Demonstration gallery. Enjoy! All of the images were shot in RAW format on a Nikon 1 V1 and then post processed in Adobe Lightroom 4. Afterwards they were opened in Photoshop and given additional tweaking to [...]
Summary This is a sight mentioned in hushed tones by denizens of the Chicago Loop Area. Now you have visual proof that “The Truth is Out There…”
Summary For all the insistence on greater controls on the image making characteristics of the Nikon 1 by DPReview Forum members there is precious little of this sentiment heaped upon the tools that are used to post process the resultant images. Nikon 1 users demand seemingly every button option available for the Nikon 1 that [...]
Summary First of all you must remember this is an image of a bicycle taken in Milwaukee, WI. Normally good Christians would “never smoke or drink or go out with girls that do”. But like New Orleans (where debauchery is allowed even among the faithful) and South Carolina (where smoking is a rite of passage [...]
Summary It is bicycle riding season again here in the Midwest. Mark is a salesperson at an annual bicycle sales festival in the Milwaukee, WI area. He is talking with a gentleman who is looking to buy a bike while his wife and a friend look on. My wife Connie took the shot using the [...]
Summary Nikon1-Post-Processing (PDF) You might be considering the purchase of a product like Adobe Lightroom to handle your RAW file processing with your Nikon 1. But you also know that there is a companion product called Adobe Photoshop that seems to be favored by lots of creative people. Do you need both? To answer that [...]
Summary The bicycle club Folks On Spokes puts on a nice ride each Spring here in Illinois called the Easter Ride. Their website reads: Pick one of five routes through pastoral farmlands, wildflower filled woods, and friendly towns. Route choices are: an 17 mile short route plus 28, 33, 50 and 62-mile longer routes (Actual [...]
Summary An image made from three separate exposures. The primary image is from the Pullman Village series made earlier this year. This is the wall of the building that commanded the main square in Pullman. It is now boarded up and partially renovated. The left image of the Alcala Rider is from a series made [...]
Summary This image is a layering of two distinct ones taken with a Nikon Coolpix camera (probably either a Nikon Coolpix S8100 or its cousin the Nikon Coolpix S9100). These are higher end compact digital cameras but not the ones which are as large as the Nikon Coolpix P510 series or others of that ilk. [...]
Hi Beezedog, You are correct, however, Cristopher Strachey is quoted by Bill McKeeman as having said “The fact that it is possible to push a pea up a mountain with the tip of your nose doesn’t prove its a good way to do it”. (I hope I remembered it correctly) Strachey also created a macro [...]
Summary The temperatures in the 80s are going to be in hiding over the weekend. And as if on cue Mother Nature has sent us a very beautiful reminder in the form of a nearly perfect sunset this evening. Tomorrow (and for the next few days at least) temperatures will be more in keeping with [...]
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Background Reading Utility company street patching destroying bike routes (ChainLink) We Made “The Atlantic”… Some Interesting Press (ChainLink) Summary You can never put a genie back in the bottle. When theAtlanticCities article appeared a few days ago there was a tepid recognition of what that might mean for the ChainLink. The group has become over the [...]
Background Reading Cyclists Aren’t ‘Special,’ and They Shouldn’t Play by Their Own Rules (Atlantic Cities) Summary Sarah Goodyear makes some interesting points in her piece in the Atlantic Cities. But among the ones that caught my eye was this: The cyclist as outsider, maverick, or outlaw – that has been the image. But now, bicycling [...]
Background Reading Idaho Stop (ChainLink) Trigger Green Traffic Lights (WikiHow) IDAHO STOP LAW FOR CYCLISTS (Cyclelicious) Summary The statute reads: 49-720. STOPPING — TURN AND STOP SIGNALS. A person operating a bicycle or human-powered vehicle approaching a stop sign shall slow down and, if required for safety, stop before entering the intersection. After slowing to [...]
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