I've been chasing the moon, with my camera, for several years. Tonight I finally caught it! With my trusty Nikon D3200, a 55-300 mm lens, and little help from Adobe Lightroom I was able to pull off these shots of the moon tonight. Barely. To really get this shot I think I need an even [...]
Ok, so I’ve been busy with Lightroom 4 Lately. 😉 Here are several photos of Mavi, the Husky pup. I used the same principles with each photo – increase the Clarity to almost 100%, bump the saturation around the eyes, and desaturate the yellows and oranges in the fur and sometimes desaturating the background to [...]
The fourth of July has got to be one of my favorite holidays. No religion to get in the way of just having a “good old-time” and to celebrate our freedom. I do my fair share of criticizing the government and often wonder what our elected officials are thinking, but, after traveling to other countries, [...]
After weeks of bone dry and record-setting temperatures, Central Kentucky finally had a chance for some MUCH needed rain. I’m sure that some parts of Kentucky did get some rain but Lexington a was lucky to get even a drizzle. What we got instead was a lot of lightning, wind, and apparently a Tornado Warning. [...]
ISO can really affect night-time photography. Here are two examples of the same shot with different ISO settings. Click on each photograph to open a larger version in a new window. The effects of high ISO are much more noticeable. […]