This next challenge will be ANYTHING that you want it to be, but it must be something new to you. I have decided to work on a few different types of photography this summer. I am concentrating on HDR & digital Infrared photography. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. You use bracketing on your camera & Photomatix to transform your images into HDR. Visit Trey Ratcliff @ Stuck In Customs & scroll down to his video at Google.
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I concentrated on HDR this summer, so here are 2 examples of HDR.
I used 3 RAW images for each HDR. I set up a tripod & bracketing on my camera. Later, on my computer, I took the 3 bracketing shots into Photomatix & tweaked it in Photoshop.
Please visit my Slideshow Gallery to view all of my 2010 HDR images & more of my Boathouse HDR series.

Click here for more HDR photos. All photos are for sale.

Community Photo Challenge-FLOWERS

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Community Photo Challenge- COLOR

This month's subject is color...but NOT just color. We want to see you create something special color-wise. Something your camera did not see. Something you saw in the photo and created in post processing.

There are a lot of ways color can be used:

1. Selective color...create a black and white or other monochrome photo with just a touch of color...blue eyes, a child's red jacket, whatever you choose, but make most of the image monochrome.

2. Play with the different color modes in your photo editing software. Create a duotone, or make a monochrome using something other than black & white or sepia.

This challenge is limited only by your imagination so get out there and IMAGINE COLOR!


My example of Selective Color:

Using Duotone, green & black:

Below I used 2 bold colors along with Black & White.

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COLOR CARNIVAL

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COLOR CARNIVAL

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Community Photo Challenge-GARDENS

These photos were take at the Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury, NY. This Garden is called the Walled Garden. To take a quick tour, click here.

Our new photo challenge is "GARDENS". You can photograph your own garden, or a local garden. It can be a detailed shot or a wide angle view. My image for the banner above was taken at Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury NY. If you choose to photograph a public garden, PLEASE include the name & location of the garden. (Optional-a small paragraph of info on the history of your garden or link to info)
What I am looking for is a display of beautiful gardens through out the world. So where ever you may live, find some beautiful gardens(private or open to the public) & show off your photography. Only one can be posted on our challenge blog, but you can add as many as you would like to your blog entry.

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Color Carnival

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This month's photo challenge is "WINDOWS"....or "Window". You can use your imagination & be creative. You can also use the window as a framing tool, but it must have a window in it. You can have one window, or many windows, but remember the focus is on "windows".
Starts today & ends April 15th. To join in the Challenge, Click here.

This was taken in Salerno, Italy. I used the HDR technique.

The Bedell house in Old Bethpage Village on LI, I also used the HDR technique with grunge effect.

This last photo was taken in the late 1970's in Mystic, Connecticut. I was looking out of the window on a rainy day, using the window as a frame. I added an grunge/layered effect this year.

Color Carnival

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Color Carnival

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Shinnecock Bay

Long Island 2009

HDR image
More HDR & othe images can be found on my GALLERY

This month's challenge is TREE or TREES, whether it is one unique tree or a small grouping, find an image that includes trees. The tree or trees should be the main subject. You can post more than one photo, but when you come back to the challenge blog select your favorite to post on our new system.

The Challenge starts Feb.15th & ends on March 15th.

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COLOR CARNIVAL

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Color Carnival #36

Community Photo Challenge-TRANSPORTATION

Our photo challenge this month is TRANSPORTATION. You can use cars, trucks, trains, planes, even motorcycles! Some kind of transportation with or without people. You can be creative, you can use Photoshop or a paint programs. It starts today & ends Feb. 15.

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Community Photo Challenge- GREETING CARDS

With the Holidays approaching I thought it would be fun to create our own greeting cards.
It could be Christmas theme, Festival of Lights or any religion holiday you celebrate, or.....New Years, birthdays, anniversaries.........Landscapes, Still Life, portraits....any type image can be used. You can do more than one.
This should be a good challenge for everyone. So please find the time to join in, I know that will be hard this time of the year.
You can add text to it. If you don't have any software to edit it, you can add your text in the post.
ANYTHING goes on this one. Be creative & have fun! Check out Our Community Photo Challenge-GREETING CARDS & join in!
Here is my Christmas card.

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.
~Laura Ingalls Wilder

My sister asked me to create someone for her daughter's friends, using her fencing image.

Community Photo Challenge-LEADING LINES

Our new challenge, LEADING LINES, starts today & ends on Dec. 15th . There are many lines to look for when shooting your images....Vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curves & "S" curve....even converging lines.

So visit Our Leading Line challenge & leave your link in the comment section on the challenge blog.

The Colors Of Autumn

Taken Oct. 14, 2009
This photo is now available on my new Portfolio.

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Our challenge this month is "The Colors of Autumn"
Be creative if you do not have the typical autumn that New Yorkers have. We will be giving you a FULL month to find some AUTUMN images. Have fun. Post your photos on your blog, come back here & leave your link.

The Challenge starts today & ends on Nov. 15th. The each challenge will be posted on the 15th of every month.

We will be posting some changes in the challenge. So watch for the post. BUT for now, lets get out & find some beautiful scenes.

Check my New Portfolio here

RedBubble

I started a new RedBubble account & have been working on images using layers in Photoshop.
It's a very creative atmosphere with artists posting paintings, drawings, photos & tee shirt designs.
You can check it out here..
This is my RedBubble

Sunday Stills the Next Challenge: Water Towers or Grain Silos

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Taken at a farm in Dover Plains NY

Pocantico Hills' Stone Barns at Rockefeller State Park.
This photo was one of 2 that was published in a new book call "Walkable Westchester",
a guide to trails throughout Westchester County.

Storage area for grain at Muscoot Farms.

An old flour mill in Sorrento Italy, there is a tower..;)
The unedited(all green) can be seen in my Italy album.
I Photoshoped this one.