Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights

Alright. I might be a little overzealous on this, but I couldn’t resist. Here is another photo, which makes 2 today. I’m sure it will slow down.

To get this image, I switched to manual focus and twisted until the lights on the tree were nice and blurry. The lights got nice and fat and I really like how the colors overlap and give the illusion of depth in this photo. It is kind of abstract, but it is appealing to my eyes.

Minimal Lightroom tweaking.

Canon 40D fitted with 28-135 IS lens, ISO-400, F/5.6 @ 1/3 sec - Hand held

-b

Fall Break in Arkansas

Saturated in Autumn

My wife, Pam, and I decided to take advantage of the kids’ fall break from school by sending them to the grandparents’ houses for the weekend while we went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. On our last day there, we were driving around looking for scenic places for me to photograph. We found a ‘scenic overlook’ site where you could see both the downtown area and the Crescent Hotel. When I got out of the car, I noticed this scene and couldn’t resist. This shot was taken 180° from the scenic overlook. This scene from behind was way better than what was in front of us. I have saturated the colors using Lightroom 2.0 and I removed a speed limit sign that was a distraction to me.

Enjoy,

-b

Canon 40D fitted with 28-135 IS @ 53mm, ISO - 250, f/4.5 @ 1/30 sec