Every boys dream to be a fire fighter....this is my son in an old, local fire truck. Our Roswell Station No. 1 has a museum which we went to this week. Actually, he wasn't supposed to be in there, but I didn't know until it was too late. Hey, the door was ajar :) Below it, another angle of the same truck, processed as an old photo, a close up of the old ladder on the truck, and an old make of a helmet.
Saw these wildflowers on a hike with my hubby and son. I didn't realize until after we left that I had the aperture too small, so it was very dark and had to depend on PS to adjust - hence the noise. Again - I think my ideas were better this week, but not the execution. Boo.
OK - so this doesn't depict discovery, but it is a restaurant I discovered on my photo walk. I like that the street name sounds like "hate", but from it hangs a peace sign. Can't wait to try the restaurant. Blur issues again. Sorry.
My take on vegetables....the farmer's market. I was surprised to see that the photos I have taken over the past week have all been fuzzy. My hands must be shaking more than normal - time to pull out the tripod for all of my shots?? Anyway, this and the next few are not as sharp as I would like.
An old fire truck
Went to the train museum again with my son. They were having a demonstration with a hot air balloon - blowing it up from scratch. It was really neat. I thought the basket was gorgeous - this is a close up. I wanted to post the balloon (maybe I will later) but I am not happy with the pictures I took. Maybe after I do more photoshop online training then I can fix them well enough to not be embarrassed about posting it :)
My son and I picked strawberries on Monday. I have only used this technique one other time, and I like it. What do you think? Is it too dark?
This is from inside an old mail car on a train. I applied a texture and yellow tint, only to boost the yellow I naturally got from within the car without a flash.
**Just wanted to say thank you to all the favorable comments on this picture. Sometimes I just think about giving up this hobby - think I just can't do it. And then that one picture comes along....and when others validate it, it makes me feel really good inside. Thanks. I needed that.
Took my son to the Railroad Museum the other day. I thought I was going to get some fantastic pictures. However,, if you have ever tried to chase a 1 year old around around a train yard and take decent pictures at the same time...well, you know it doesn't work.
Here is what I did. I took my favorite shot and applied several filters from CoffeeShopPhotography. I love her. Please use some of her action, check out how great she is and leave a donation. Anyway, I applied her vintage filters (and one drop shadow filter) to these to give the old engine an even older feel - hence, the passage of time.
Here they are:
