CBT#4 Revised

I liked Traci's idea so....

This is the original picture a.k.a. CBT #4.

Traci thought it would look good b&w.  She was right.  I just used the standard low contrast b&w preset in Lr.

While I was at it, I always tried the antique light.  I just love that you can totally change these pictures with just a click.  Thanks for the idea, my friend.

CBT#5

Last one.   Which one was your favorite?  Curious what you liked and didn't like.

CBT#4

Okay.  Only two more, then I want to hear which one you like the most. 

CBT#3

Next in the series.  Love this one because he said this one was to remind me of how as an infant and toddler he would hold his ears when he was falling asleep.  

Light source was the window.  Not sure I like the light from the side.  I know I see it done, but I'm not so sure.

CBT#2

Here's my next choice.

Looked pretty good on the small screen, but on the computer screen you can tell his eyes are perfectly in focus.  Still have lots of work to do.

As an aside,  loaded Photoshop tonight.  Boy, is that overwhelming.  I also just noticed the colors aren't quite the same here as they were in Ps.  Never noticed that before with Lightroom....hmm.  Maybe Gretchen will weigh in and let us know if she's ever heard of that before.

CBT#1

This next series won't be nearly as interesting to you all as it is practice for me.  I am trying to winnow down to a few shots out of a whole bunch I took of CBT.  He has a lot of different facial expressions and I was trying to capture a handful of his more common ones.  I used natural light and y 24-70mm lens.

I really like his eyes in this one.  I think I should set a limit - let's say 6 out of the roughly 100 I shot.  This will be a really good test.

More Flowers

More rain.  More flowers.  The first one of these snowdrops came out kind of funky.  It's almost as if they are superimposed on a backdrop.  Shot them with the 24-70mm.  No editing - right out of the camera.  Cool story about these - CBT and I counted 6 different yards these have migrated from, but that's for a different blog.

Trying to force myself to shoot asymmetrically so this is tougher than it should be.  I am black and white, in the box.  I shot these graph hyacinths all the way around - the full 360 degrees (and kneeling on the ground).  All kind of things kept getting in the way - our house in the background, a tree, a leaf, etc, etc.  This was so much easier when I didn't know much.

Still have daffodils blooms - know I've mentioned it before, but I love them, especially on cloudy days.  I am so glad Kelby talked about shooting on cloudy days.

Snow in Atlanta

This was a new challenge - shooting in snow.  I tried to stay sheltered, but I couldn't resist getting a few shots.

These two shots are a comparison of the same picture with slight editing of the bottom one.  I cropped the original just a bit because I ended up with a bit more driveway than I intended.  In Lightroom, I took down the exposure (ie, made it a bit darker) and increased the contrast.  I also adjusted the tint just a teeny tiny bit.  (A very technical term.)   The adjustments give him just a little more color.

I like this one because we just never see this much snow here.  Not sure it's really that great from a photography perspective, but it accomplished what I was looking for.  Thick snowfall.

Flowing Stream

This is the lovely flowing stream in my backyard.  Well, not really.  It's the easement that only has water when it rains.

Shot it the same cloudy day as the past few posts.  I did find with the water it mattered a lot where I was because the reflection matter a lot.

What Is It?

I'm not sure what it is exactly, but it was really soft and very cool looking.  I took it with my 24-70mm late in the afternoon on a cloudy day.  I thin it helped the slightly off white color stand out more.  No editing.

Berries in the Rain

Remember these from a few weeks ago?  This time they are rain-soaked.  Focal point is the few berries that are darker.  If I were doing it over, I would probably up the f/ stop a bit.  I do like the contrast of the red against the green.