tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78303212024-03-25T10:07:21.484-04:00Jeff RamblesJeff's Photos and Occasional CommentaryI take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.comBlogger753125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-4746925845947766842024-03-23T14:16:00.001-04:002024-03-23T18:12:44.100-04:00Palo Duro Canyon State ParkOne of the stops we made on our trip to Arizona was Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Texas. It was a weekday and early February, so we were among the very few people there. We drove down into the canyon, the colors were stunning, made more so by the moving clouds and bursts of sunlight. Here are a few photos from that morning driving through the canyon.<br />
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our Greeter and Tour Guide</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Palo Duro Canyon</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Road Into the Canyon</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Burst of Sunlight</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Few Seconds Later</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunlight Highlights the Ridgeline</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Sunlight</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Layers of Color</span></center>
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<br />I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-89171920873107594042024-03-04T20:28:00.002-05:002024-03-04T20:28:08.531-05:00Spring is Here (At least for now)Still way behind on the photo work. We went on a long 2+ week "iconic American road trip" to Phoenix and back. (<a href="https://genius.com/Charlie-daniels-uneasy-rider-lyrics">via Omaha;)</a> ) .<br>
It's taking me a lot of time to do the selecting from the resulting 1200+ images, not to mention then processing them.<br>
But there were clearly signs of spring upon our return. Helleborus went from a few blooms when we left, to dozens and dozens. All the while, crocus and daffodils were following shortly thereafter.<br />
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tiny Daffodils, My Favorite</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Mostly White Helleborus Bloom (Lenten Rose)</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Helleborus (Lenten Rose)</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Helleborus (Lenten Rose)</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Purple Crocus</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Purple Crocus</span></center>
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I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-39930618947879211162024-01-15T23:26:00.001-05:002024-01-15T23:26:44.514-05:00Off to a Slow StartNot hitting the ground running this year (although I do have a 2nd camera body coming any day now).<br>
In the meantime, since today is the day.<br />
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">History Revisited (and ReWritten)</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ice and Frost I</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ice and Frost II</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Window and the Flower</span></center>
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I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-59162324227169614612023-11-06T13:07:00.001-05:002023-11-06T13:07:57.424-05:00The "Best" Camera - "Sad" & "Old and Tired Sad"During my wanderings in October, a couple times I found myself just walking around the town while my friend got some work done. I didn't carry my "real" camera w/backpack and lenses on those walks, but I did see things I'd like to photograph. In those situations, I pulled out my "best" camera, the one I had with me, my old iPhone, Here is one such photo as color and then black & white.<br />
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Sad"- Frostburg, MD</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Old and Tired, Sad"- Frostburg, MD</span></center>
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<br />I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-45820954801443335032023-10-27T19:13:00.000-04:002023-10-27T19:13:41.584-04:00This Year's Version of FallI got around a bit these past couple weeks. No matter where I went, the trees were glorious, especially the maples. Here is a sampling:<br />
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hoye-Crest, MD</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Earl H. Barnhart "Buzzard's Roost" Nature Preserve, OH</span></center>
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I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-29303159774959742522023-10-15T09:16:00.000-04:002023-10-15T09:16:26.010-04:00Looking Forward to the Colors of FallSome of the trees in the neighborhood are getting "toasted" on top. Leaves are falling. Going to head out on a couple hikes in the coming week and I'm hoping to see some nice colors. Here's a couple shots, the first from last year and the second from 15 years ago (time flies).<br />
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Middle Falls, Letchworth State Park, NY</span></center>
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<br />I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-66256888971549944692023-09-29T13:00:00.001-04:002023-09-29T13:00:43.786-04:00Fall ArrivesAnd you can tell by all the spider webs around. Here's a spider and its web that I planted my face into. I went back the next day for the last two photos, after the busy big thing had repaired the mess my face made the day before.<br />
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bumble Bee Takes Shelter from the Rain</span></center>
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This reminded me that the "<a href="https://www.warbirds-eaa.org/event/lunken-airport-days/">Warbirds</a>" were there, so I had him accompany on and "errand" and I drove him down to see the planes. He especially seemed to enjoy the flyby.<br>
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Here are a few of the photos I took
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Doc's" B29 Flying Fortress Tail Gunner</span></center>
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Today, I came across a yellow garden spider. It's been a couple years since I've had a good one for photographs. Spiders are the ultimate bug hunter. Patient like the orb weavers, or stalking like the jumping spiders, I really like them and work to get my grandkids to like them instead of fear them. After showing the grandkids the actual spider and web, I also brought them to the computer monitor so they could see the spider up close. I hope over time, they'll learn to not fear bugs (except for mosquitoes, they suck).<br><br>
Here are a couple photos of the Yellow Garden Spider, and two photos of "bugs" it may have been hoping to catch.<br>
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<br />I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-78338912796157819762023-08-12T23:15:00.001-04:002023-08-12T23:15:57.928-04:00Butterflies Are Free to FlyButterflies are one of my favorite bug "subjects". A few days back I was trying to get good photos of a Black Swallowtail, and especially trying to get it with a Yellow Swallowtail that it was sometimes hanging out with. I managed a couple decent shots of the Yellow, and none worth showing here of the Black. For one of the photos I tried to take of the two together, I was a hair too slow on the shutter, and the Yellow was flying away. <br>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Taking a Sip</span></center>
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I spent a week at the beach recently and decided to do a "project" that would be naturally limited.<br>
Images of the beach sand.<br>
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<br>Time, I was only at the beach a week
<br>Tide times, so the sun would be low enough to get decent shadows and contrast
<br>People/crowds, I didn't want contend with too many people or footprints in my photos<br>
<br>I took two walks with my iPhone, and two walks with my "real" camera (A Canon EOS 6D Mk1 for those who might care).<br>
<br>Here are a half-dozen of the "real" camera images.
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Walk on the Beach</span></center>
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<br>During one of my walks working on my <a href="https://labanz.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-sand-project-part-1-iphone.html">Sand Project</a> I happened to see an interesting shorebird that I hadn't noticed before. My camera wasn't setup for bird photography and I didn't think to just snap a photo anyway. Instead, I figured I would just walk again later with a camera/lens combination suitable for birds and maybe I'd get a lot of gulls, terns etc. and of course some of this particular group of birds (<a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Royal_Tern/overview">Royal Terns</a> btw).
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bumble Bee on Top of the Cone</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bumble Bee in a Rose of Sharon</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Zoom in - Bumble Bee in a Rose of Sharon</span></center>
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Almost every visit is rewarded by a few nice bird photos. This year was no exception. The Green Heron below sat and "modelled" for me for 15 minutes before I moved on in search of other "models."<br>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Green Heron Facing into the Sunrise</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Green Heron "I'll Stand Up Taller"</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Green Heron "How's This Side Look?"</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Green Heron "Let Me Look Off Into the Distance"</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Green Heron "What's That?"</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Green Heron "I See You!"</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Green Heron "Is That Something to Eat?"</span></center>
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Images of the beach sand.<br>
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<br>Time, I was only at the beach a week
<br>Tide times, so the sun would be low enough to get decent shadows and contrast
<br>People/crowds, I didn't want contend with too many people or footprints in my photos<br>
<br>I took two walks with my iPhone, and two walks with my "real" camera (A Canon EOS 6D Mk1 for those who might care).<br>
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"In Ruins", you can find it here: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ruins-Lori-Laird/dp/B0C47RGBZ9">In Ruins</a><br />
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On my walk today through <a href="https://www.valleyviewcampus.org/">Valley View</a> I came across these Virginia Creeper vines climbing up the side of an old barn. The scene reminded me of her cover art for her book.
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">In Ruins</span></center>
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<br />I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-70698405086260404362023-05-16T21:21:00.001-04:002023-05-16T21:21:36.418-04:00Decisions...How do you decide? Usually I know. I take the photo knowing. Other times I'm not so sure. And then, sometimes I "know" just to see the shot on the computer screen in Lightromm find out I was wrong.<br />
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Is the decision black and white? (figuratively or literally?)
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Roses - Color</span></center>
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<br />I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-2604836185504812632023-05-07T07:44:00.000-04:002023-05-07T07:44:15.626-04:00ColumbinesColumbines are one of my favorite spring flowers. I like their delicate look and the layers of petals.<br />
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Columbine</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">White Columbine</span></center>
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<br />I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-9453373676131191852023-05-04T08:13:00.001-04:002023-05-07T07:45:24.548-04:00"AI" in PhotographyBack after a month's hiatus. It was a very busy month.<br />
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AI (Artificial Intelligence) is all the rage right now.<br />
LLM (Large Language Models) such as OpenAI's ChatGPT are in the news, and poised to change the world by writing about anything and everything, responding to our queries etc.<br />
Image making is no different with text->image AI programs such as <a href="https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2">DALL-E</a>, <a href="https://dreamstudio.ai/">Stable Diffusion</a> and <a href="https://www.midjourney.com/home/?callbackUrl=%2Fapp%2F">Midjourney</a> being used to create unique images.
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AI is also playing a larger and larger role in photography, not just in creating images, but in the image processing. Adobe's Photoshop and Lightroom have had AI assisted selections for masking, such as selecting the subject, the sky or an object for a while now. This allows for quicker adjustments to exposure, color etc for specific areas in the photo.<br />
<br />The latest version of Lightroom added AI to noise reduction (under the "Details" section). I thought I'd try it out on a photo I took the other day. It's not a "noisy" photo to begin with, but the "Enhance" option with it's default settings did a nice job on interior parts of the iris.
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">No Noise Reduction</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">No Noise Reduction - Magnified View</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Noise Reduction "Enhanced"</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Noise Reduction "Enhanced" - Magnified View</span></center>
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How close, how far, how small, how big is certainly relative<br />
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Two photos I took last night, the first has the ISS passing in front of the moon. Do you even see it? It's a bright dot near the far right edge of the moon. In the second photo, the ISS appears as a "smeared" star in the lower right of the photo <br />
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">ISS Eclipses the Moon</span></center>
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">ISS has passed the Moon</span></center>
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<br />I take photos.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11683558459481448485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830321.post-82608211784887284212023-04-01T22:42:00.001-04:002023-04-01T22:42:59.268-04:00Be Still LifeSometimes life, or certain aspects of life, slow down, almost to the point it's still.<br />
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These past couple weeks have been one of those times for me. While certain parts of life continue at a frantic pace, the most important are almost in freeze frame.<br />
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Another phone photo taken today<br />
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<center><span style="font-weight: bold;">Be Still</span></center>
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