Catching some air
So this is my first ever Saturday post. Well, I think that it is. If it isn’t my first, then it is definitely my second.
Since today is one of the first nice day’s that we’ve had in weeks, I felt compelled to post a fun, sunny, summer picture, even though it is not technically summer yet. This will be a quick post and run, as I am heading to a wedding today, not to shoot, just to observe, but I may have to take a few picture anyways.
This is a friend’s boyfriend end, catching some air behind a wakeboard boat. Believe it or not, he just started wakeboarding at the beginning of the summer, and I think that he caught on pretty fast. I was actually just starting to get ok myself, but then the summer ended, and the boat got put away. I’ll have to add that to my list of goals for this summer.
Processing on this one was pretty minor. Did some slight color adjustments, added a Tonal Contrast filter from Color Efex and lightened the shadows on Ed, as he was a bit shadowy. Added a Progressive Sharpening in onOne and that’s that.
Enjoy your weekends, see you on Monday.
Seems like so long ago
Living in Pennsylvania and only a few hours from Punxsutawney, home of the famous groundhog Phil and “back drop” for one of the top 5 most boring movies of all time (the real town used in the film was Woodstock, IL), a lot is made of Groundhog Day. This year Phil got everyone all excited that spring would be coming early this year, however it looks like he attended the same meteorological school as the rest of the weatherman in Pittsburgh, because it has been far from an early spring. We had snow last weekend and were supposed to get more today and tomorrow, however the temperature inched just above freezing so we have nothing but rain.
It seems like last summer was so long ago in a whole other world after the past six months of weather. We’ve had huge snow storms, torrential down pours, one nice day followed by a week of clouds. I’ve found myself looking back on the pictures that I took in July and August last year, spending time on a friend’s boat, having a few beers and trying my hand (somewhat) successfully at wakeboarding. There is something about being out in the middle of the Ohio River, with the city out of sight around the bends and corners that is just so relaxing. The above shot is from one of those days, when I was waiting for some friends to show up and I was just sitting on the dock, listening to the breeze rustle the leaves, not even thinking about winter. I can’t wait for those days to be back!
I will be posting both of the shots you see here on flickr today, but since it is still pouring down rain this morning I figured I would start with this one. This is one that I took a few weeks ago at a bar in downtown Pittsburgh before the Elton John concert on a night that we were seeing golf ball size hail. I actually saw a woman come into the bar with a bruised knuckle because she was hit with a falling missile, crazy. Pretty simple processing on this shot from my S95; increased both the contrast and saturation, as well as added a Contrast Only filter in Color Efex. In iPhoto I also increased the definition, just to give it some extra pop.
Last Pens home game tonight. Let’s make it two in a row against the Devils at home.
HDR Exposed 