Palm trees in silhouette on the Panorama Bluffs, Bakersfield, California.
We just returned from our trip to the Bahamas for Thanksgiving. Whoops, I mean Bakersfield! But, by the looks of the photo, we could have been in the Bahamas, or Hawaii, or Mexico, or just about anywhere Palm trees grow!
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Photo – Digital Art of the historic No Hands Bridge, Auburn, CA
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Photo – Dawn and Justice in rural Auburn, CA
We have just added new Outdoor Lifestyle images to our galleries. You can check them out in our New Images Stock Photo Gallery.
Photo -Â “Etheral Webs”
This is one of the first photos I took with my DSLR camera. I was hiking along the middle fork of the American River one fall day, when I came upon this most unusual nature scene. The spider webs were backlit and covered with dew, which gave them a very etheral look. That really caught my eye. The people I was hiking with never even noticed them, but they weren’t hunting for photo ops either!
This photo will be one of many new nature scenes available very soon as a fine art print. We are currently working on a Holiday 2007 Print Gallery, that should be finished within a couple of weeks.Â
Photo – Digital art photo of leaves, titled “The Old and the New”
I thought this assortment of leaves was interesting and quite a contrast. It is a mixture of Oak and Dogwood leaves that have fallen from their trees, combined with the new growth of spring. Â
We have been having unusually warm weather this fall. It has a lot of plants in our yard springing up already, such as the green violets in this photo.Â
Photo – Digital art photo created from an out-of-focus original photograph
I’m not a wildlife photographer per se, but when an opportunity presents itself like it did here, I’d be a fool not to try to capture it.
Photo – Digital art photo created from an original photograph
Last week, I posted the photo above and had viewers guess how it was created. Thank you, Richard Wong, for your participation in the guessing game. Thanks also to all of you that studied it, but decided not to participate.
Here is how it was shot
It had been raining for several hours. After it stopped, I went out to the deck to dump the water out of the chairs. You know, the really popular outdoor folding chairs almost everyone has? Fortunately, I looked at the puddle that had collected in the chair before dumping it. Floating in the puddle were these beautiful Oak leaves and the lighting was just right. I went and got my camera and took a series of shots before dumping the chair. Â
This is how it was processed in PhotoShopÂ
Step 1 – Image Adjustment
Step 2 – Selected Hue/Saturation
Step 3 - In edit, changed the setting from master to blue.Â
Step 4 – Gave it a +70 in saturation.Â
Step 5 – Selected Filters
Step 6 – Selected Poster Edges
Now that the cat is out of the bag, how many of you had it right all along?
Photo – “Pumpkin and Petunias” in Nevada City, CA
This fall decoration really caught my eye and I love it for two reasons. It’s simple. It’s also unique. The unique combination of the Pumpkin and the Petunias is quite a contrast. One way to add impact to a photograph, is by including contrasting subjects in the composition. Â
Photo – Digital art photo of an old firehouse in Nevada City, created from an original photograph
This is another shot of historic Nevada City, in California’s Gold Country.
Photo #1Â – Rock Shop in Nevada City, CA
While wandering around Nevada City in search of fall color, we stumbled upon this little Rock Shop. I found it so interesting and unique, I had to shoot the h**l out of it! When you have a great subject in front of you, it’s always a good idea to shoot multiple frames. It’s far easier than returning to the location later!
  
Photo #2 – Rock Shop in Nevada City, CA
As I walked around to the other side, beautiful sidelighting was striking it. This turned out to be one of my favorite photo subjects of the day!
 
Photo #3 – Rock Shop in Nevada City, CA
It really pays to get off of the main drag and visit some of the side streets. That is where you can often find the more unique subjects, not the ones everyone else shoots!
