Here Comes the Rain Again

Day 193

12 JULY 09

It's become a compulsion. If it's raining, I've got my camera pointed at it. I may have to find a way to wean myself off this one, though -- there are only so many ways you can shoot the rain.

This is the heavy rain and a couple leaves on my back patio. I like that I managed to capture a couple of the splashes.

Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, black and white adjustment layer using the neutral density filter, border addition.

Make Like a Tree

DAY 107

17 APR 09

My husband was purchasing car parts. I didn't find the idea of standing around in a stranger's garage appealing, so I opted to stay in the truck. It was a partly cloudy day, and my husband parked beneath some very old, very large trees. Spring had sprung(gotta love those cliches!), and the branches directly above me had gorgeous bright green leaves all over it.

Suddenly, the sun peeked out from behind the clouds, brightening the leaves above me with amazing backlight. Of course, I had to take out the camera and get shots.

Post-production: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment to ease up the green, a little bit of dodging, and a border addition.

Droplets

DAY 26

26 JAN 09

I had two pictures for Day 26 I couldn't decide between. I asked my daughter pick one, and this is the one she chose. This is one of the leaves on the huge bush next to my front porch after a rain. We've been in a severe drought here for a number of years, so any kind of rain even is worthy of cheering. And when it rained on this day, I absolutely had to run out and take pictures.

I don't often use the macro setting on my little Canon point-n-shoot, so doing this photo gave me the perfect opportunity to experiment. And that's exactly why I was doing Project 365: to experiment and learn new things!

Post-processing included what has become my routine -- noise reduction and sharpening and a slight curves adjustment. Plus the addition of the border, of course.

Are you wondering which photo my daughter didn't choose? Here it is!