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Daily Record Weekly Photo Wrap-Up: Week 99
Lots of blooming trees and plants this week, and I finally found one of our neighborhood owls!
Welcome to this week’s installment of my daily photographic record. Posts in this series will be photos from the week before, roughly Friday through Friday. This, once a week, wrap-up post will publish on Sunday. The photos for this post will be in a gallery format, they will have all been taken on my phone. The captions on the photos will be an indication of the photo-editing software used to edit them, or simply “as shot” for those that are unedited. *hopefully temporary update* The caption function is not functional on the new block editor in WordPress. So, I have added the editing note to the title which is visible if you click to view the gallery.
Writing a weekly wrap up with a gallery is a way for me to gather my thoughts on what has caught my attention in the previous week. It will be a way of filtering through what I am thinking about photographically. I’ll also be able to come back to these posts and look at what trends emerge over time.
As with all my posts, your comments are welcome. I appreciate your interaction with my work here on this blog. It is my intention to publish in this series on Sunday. Every Sunday that is possible. Looking at my year, I already know there are some weeks where I will not be close enough to my technology to make a post possible. In an effort to keep this project pleasant for myself, I won’t be attempting catch-up posts.
Hope to see you in the comments below and in this space next week!
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Wordless Wednesday: Highland Cow
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April Squares: Bright Spots
For the April Squares challenge this month, Becky has chosen the theme “Bright”. My entries this month will all be called Bright Spots. My photos in this series are selected from a project I am currently working on. I have received a digital photo frame as a gift, and I have been going through my archives for photos to include. What fun it has been to do that, a bright spot in my life for sure. I’ll include a bit about each photo entry. Here is today’s entry:
This original file was taken in Zion National Park several years ago at sunrise.
The first edit included a crop and using the erase tool to take care of some visible dust spots:
Another first edit was to change the camera profile. Here is a screen shot of where that change can be made in Luminar AI:
The check indicates that it was set to Luminar Default, but I switched it to Camera Landscape which gave the colors a bit more of a rich feel. I also created a layer mask and have increase the exposure and shadows in the foreground only. I think it is important to note that I set that mask to 20% opacity in the mid-ground and 50% in the closest part of the image. I’m attempting to bring back some but not all detail. The focus of this photo is really intended to be that sunburst.
I really also wanted to create a square version as I think this scene is well suited to that:
I’m having a bit of fun with the color here as well by adding a LUT called, Analog look 5, which is basically a film filter.
I like these various edits, but each for a different reason. Your thoughts and comments are welcome below.
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Added to Day 27 of April Squares.
Wordless Wednesday: At the Races
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April Squares, Bright Spots
For the April Squares challenge this month, Becky has chosen the theme “Bright”. My entries this month will all be called Bright Spots. My photos in this series are selected from a project I am currently working on. I have received a digital photo frame as a gift, and I have been going through my archives for photos to include. What fun it has been to do that, a bright spot in my life for sure. I’ll include a bit about each photo entry. Here is today’s entry:
On the drive between Bryce and Zion National Parks, I spotted this:
For a fun square edit I’ve added the Template, Sunset, set at 80%. I then added a light leaks texture:
Your thoughts and comments are welcome below.
Added to Day 20 of April Squares.
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April Squares: Bright Spots
For the April Squares challenge this month, Becky has chosen the theme “Bright”. My entries this month will all be called Bright Spots. My photos in this series are selected from a project I am currently working on. I have received a digital photo frame as a gift, and I have been going through my archives for photos to include. What fun it has been to do that, a bright spot in my life for sure. I’ll include a bit about each photo entry. Here is today’s entry:
Who can resist a cute prairie dog? Answer: A lot of people who consider them pest.
They are cute though:
This original image I’ll be working with to enter in to my photography club’s photo contest in the nature category. Those edits will be require that I not use many filters, so first I decided to create a fun square edit:
This edit has the Luminar template, Faded, added to it. I then added a canvas texture set to 20%. While this will not be appropriate for my camera club, I think it is fun. Your thoughts are welcome below.
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Added to Day 16 of Bright Squares.
Wordless Wednesday: Hey There
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April Squares: Bright Spots
For the April Squares challenge this month, Becky has chosen the theme “Bright”. My entries this month will all be called Bright Spots. My photos in this series are selected from a project I am currently working on. I have received a digital photo frame as a gift, and I have been going through my archives for photos to include. What fun it has been to do that, a bright spot in my life for sure. I’ll include a bit about each photo entry. Here is today’s entry:
This original image, is quite nice but obviously underexposed:
My first edit was to apply the template, Fast Fix, and also crop the image just a bit:
I’m happy with this edit to go in the digital photo frame I am working on, but I was curious about creating a different version with a square crop:
It brings into focus just part of the landscape, so has a different feel than the original crop. I’ve also added a vignette. Your thoughts on these edits are welcome below.
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Added to Day 13 of the Bright Squares challenge.
April Squares: Bright Spots
For the April Squares challenge this month, Becky has chosen the theme “Bright”. My entries this month will all be called Bright Spots. My photos in this series are selected from a project I am currently working on. I have received a digital photo frame as a gift, and I have been going through my archives for photos to include. What fun it has been to do that, a bright spot in my life for sure. I’ll include a bit about each photo entry. Here is today’s entry:
Today’s photo I edited two different ways because I will be presenting them two places. Here is the original file:
The first edit is for entry into my camera club’s photo competition, so there are specific rules about what edits can and can’t be done, but the overall thought is that the final edit would be a representation of the scene as it was when you shot it. So, edits for this include things like white balance and shadows and highlights:
The second edit, is my square edit, which other than being a square has no other limits on the edits:
For this edit, in Luminar AI I added the LUT, analog look 24, and a light leak texture overlay.
I like both edits for different reasons. The first edit is a good detail study of the scene. The square is a bit more romantic and expresses a nice summer vibe. Your thoughts and comments are welcome below.
Added to Day 12 of April Squares.
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Photography Journal Blog: Volume 2 