by Sherri on July 10, 2009
Death Valley Nature Abstract – One of my favorite subjects to photograph when I’m not photographing people is nature close-ups. While Jeff & I were exploring Cottonwood Canyon in Death Valley National Park a couple years ago, I spotted this “Face in the desert.” I wasn’t leaving until I got a photo of it I was happy with. Of course, the original didn’t look this good. Using the amazing Adobe PhotoShop Lightroom 2 Photo Management Software, I was able to achieve the results you see here.
Do you see what I see? I see a face with one eye open and one eye closed. There is even a mouth. The nose is pretty deformed. I’d love to hear your opinions about this photo. [click to continue…]
by Sherri on June 26, 2009
Leaves floating on Blue Lake in the Warner Mountains, Northeastern California.
It’s hard to believe another week has rolled around already and it’s time for another “Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week.”
As Lightroom continues to explode, it is getting harder and harder to keep this list to 10. I’m thinking I might have to make it the “Top 20 Lightroom Tweets of the Week” for next weeks post. I guess that’s a good thing!
I hope you all are having a great week and you are having fun with Lightroom. In no particular order, here is the awesome list I put together for YOU this week. Enjoy and have a great weekend! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on June 12, 2009
Gloriosa Daisy in my yard. In Lightroom, I changed the White Balance to daylight and used the Nikon D300 preset. I also touched up a few hot spots on the petals with the “Recovery Slider.”
As a fairly new and totally hooked Lightroom user, I am always looking for great Lightroom tips. Each week, I keep my eyes wide-open for information I feel is worthy of passing along to other Lightroom users, or those thinking about becoming one. Hopefully, you will find useful information or you will pick up a few new folks to follow.
Here are my “Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week” in no particular order. Enjoy! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on June 3, 2009
American River Rocks, near Weimar, California.
This is a close up photo of the large rock Peg was sitting on in this photo. These little rocks were arranged just like this, when I stumbled upon them.
Holes like these are created by the water washing over the large rock into a small hole. When a little rock gets caught inside the small hole, it tumbles for a long time, making the hole bigger. Eventually, more rocks make their way into the hole as they did here.
I could have missed this photo opportunity, if I hadn’t paid attention to the smaller details in my “big picture.”
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by Sherri on April 29, 2009
Wild Sierra Iris, Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, near Coloma, California.
These beautiful Wild Sierra Iris were growing along the trail at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, the day of our hike with friends. They are a common wildflower here in the Sierra Foothill’s and can be found along many hiking trails. One of the other places I have found them is at Hidden Falls Regional Park in Auburn.
The original image did nothing for me, but I didn’t want to dump it. It was taken at 1:00 in the afternoon under harsh lighting. It also lacked vibrance. I decided to work with it a bit in Lightroom 2 and this is what I came up with. I set the Clarity to -100 to give it a softer look and set the Vibrance to +70, which made the colors pop. 
This is what this photo looked like straight out of the camera.
I have 2 questions for my viewers.
1. Which one do you like best?
2. Can you identify this species of Wild Iris?
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by Sherri on April 10, 2009
Close up photo of a rock outcropping along the Stagecoach Trail, Auburn, California.
Those of you following me on Twitter will recognize this photo. It is my background photo on my Twitter home page. I thought since it made my Twitter home page, I may as well feature it in a Blog post.
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by Sherri on March 4, 2009
Nikon D300 double exposure of a Narcissus plant in my yard.
I’ve been trying a lot of new things with my Nikon D300 lately. The most recent thing I tried was a multiple exposure.
The first sign of spring here in the Sierra Foothill’s is usually the abundance of Narcissus “springing” up everywhere. I decided they would be a good subject to use for my multiple exposures.
I can remember making them many years ago with my Canon A-1. With the older cameras, you had to do a lot of math to create them. Making them with the D300 was a “piece of cake!” All I had to do was decide how many exposures I wanted to make on a single frame and it did the rest.
Enjoy!
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by Sherri on February 6, 2009
Snow falling on the Oaks and the Pines at our cabin in Auburn, California.
There is a little bit of “cabin fever” here at the Meyer cabin. It seems the flu bug got in here somehow and got the best of us. We don’t feel like doing much of anything. So, it may be a couple days or so before I post again.
This shot was taken last winter. The snow was really coming down and nearly dark, when I ran out and “grabbed” this shot. It was taken at ISO 1000, 1/30 sec, f 2.8. with a flash.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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by Sherri on February 2, 2009
Frozen leaves, Auburn, California.
These leaves were just too pretty to not get noticed. I found them lying in a ditch in my neighborhood, during my early morning walk.
To get this color effect, I used the “Direct Positive” preset in Adobe Lightroom 2.1. I also set the “clarity” to +100 in the development module.
This photo was also shot on my Nikon D300 at ISO 6400. This was a low-light situation and I didn’t have a tripod with me. So, I decided it was another good opportunity to experiment with the higher ISO’s on the Nikon D300.
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by Sherri on December 4, 2008
Ornamental grass at Panorama Park, Bakersfield, California.
I’m not sure exactly what type of ornamental grass this is. It is one of many beautiful plants growing along the pathways at Panorama Park.
Shot at 1/200 sec, f 4.0, ISO 400
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