52 of 2014 - Week 32

52 of 2014 - Week 32

Theme is Birthdays - it could be Mount Baker's birthday.  You don't know.

52 of 2014 - Week 13

52 of 2014 - Week 13

Theme is Making Ordinary Things Extraordinary. Terrible shot, but I couldn't resist a rainbow photo. It's pretty extraordinary. The rainbow, I mean. Not the photo. But there it is.

52 of 2013 - Week 3

52 of 2013 - Week 3. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Panoramas'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Quality and Direction of Light'.  Like the photo of the boats, last week, I took photos at the marina down the street from where I work.  14 images stitched together in Photoshop created the panorama.  Not bad for hand held photos!  I was getting similar shots with my iPhone - it has a fantastic panorama feature.  I may have to go out there, to the same spot, another day and try and get the same shot to compare.  I didn't even think of that today - I knew what I was going for and it was too cold to fiddle around for very long.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 321

366 of 2012 - Day 321. Another shot of a beautiful spider web.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Take Group Photos.

366 of 2012 - Day 320

366 of 2012 - Day 320. This morning was very foggy. I noticed this beautiful spider web at the front of the house. Nature is awesome!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Take Group Photos.

366 of 2012 - Day 271

366 of 2012 - Day 271. These little mushrooms are growing in our front flower bed.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 7 Fall Photography Tips.

366 of 2012 - Day 231

366 of 2012 - Day 231. I'm not sure what kind of flower this is, but it's growing around the new complex. I took out the trusty spray bottle for the rain effect.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 - f/2.8, 1/2000 sec., ISO-800, camera hand held, flash on. Cropped (and resized), added text, applied Unsharp Mask with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How to Photograph Water.

366 of 2012 - Day 221

366 of 2012 - Day 221. Nobody will suspect the Tiny Knit Zombie Apocalypse!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 - f/4, 1/50 sec., ISO-125, camera hand held. Cropped (and resized), added text, adjusted Brightness / Contrast, applied Unsharp Mask with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How to Make Your Pictures Look Better on Facebook.

366 of 2012 - Day 219

366 of 2012 - Day 219. Weeb at the beach, having a splash.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 - f/4, 1/800 sec., ISO-80, camera hand held. Cropped (and resized), added text, adjusted Hue/Saturation (slightly), applied Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How to Make Your Pictures Look Better on Facebook.

366 of 2012 - Day 218

366 of 2012 - Day 218. Wonko / Yasher / Weeb feets. There is nothing more awesome than being at the beach on a hot, long weekend!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 - f/4, 1/800 sec., ISO-160, camera hand held. Cropped (and resized), added text, applied Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How to Make Your Pictures Look Better on Facebook.

366 of 2012 - Day 217

366 of 2012 - Day 217. I'm a crab; I pinch. Wonko was trying to point out this little guy to Weeb, today, while we were at the beach. Another little girl came and scooped it up and I was about to give her heck when she came closer to Weeb (who was nervous) and showed it to her, let her touch it and let me take some pictures while it crabbed about in her hand (which my daughter would NEVER have done). Heck averted. Crabby shot taken.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 - f/4, 1/400 sec., ISO-250, camera hand held. Cropped (and resized), added text, adjusted Curves, applied Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How to Make Your Pictures Look Better on Facebook.

366 of 2012 - Day 202

366 of 2012 - Day 202. Weeb, like most kids, I think, has a fascination with sticks. This one has been outside our front door for a couple of weeks.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/8, 1/20 sec., ISO-800, -0.7 step exposure bias (accidentally), no flash, camera handheld, shot outdoors. Edited with Photoshop; cropped, added text, applied Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter very slightly then added a background Texture and bumped up Saturation in PicMonkey.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How to Bring Life to Inanimate Objects.

366 of 2012 - Day 148

366 of 2012 - Day 148. It's POSSIBLE we may have to cut the back lawn soon.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/25 sec., ISO-125, no flash, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. My dad and my husband would rather be poked in the eye by an energetic 6 y/o than have their photograph taken, so my gift to them, this week, is to NOT take their photos, though I am very proud of the two most amazing men in my life.

366 of 2012 - Day 120

366 of 2012 - Day 120. Another Pink Rhododendron shot. Looks a bit rude, doesn't it?  And yes, I've posted about a week ahead.  It's going to be a busy, rainy week.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/250 sec., ISO-80, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Brightness/Contrast adjustment, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.

366 of 2012 - Day 119

366 of 2012 - Day 119. Blue Forget Me Nots, with a little hint of purple thrown in there.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/400 sec., ISO-80, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 118

366 of 2012 - Day 118. White Forget Me Nots. My folks' front garden sports blue, occasional light purple and white flowers of this variety. I love them! And I love how the middles can be either yellow or white.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/640 sec., ISO-125, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 117

366 of 2012 - Day 117. Okay, okay, stop begging, I'll post another Phlox picture!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/800 sec., ISO-160, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Brightness/Contrast adjustment, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 116

366 of 2012 - Day 116. Dandelion. I know people think of them as a weed, but I think they're pretty. I'm glad they don't spray to kill them, around here.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/80 sec., ISO-80, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 115

366 of 2012 - Day 115. Phlox. I think it's Phlox subulata - 'Purple Beauty', but I'm not 100% certain.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/500 sec., ISO-100, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 114

366 of 2012 - Day 114. Pink Rhododendron.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/80 sec., ISO-80, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Levels adjustment, Vibrance adjustment cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.