23 JAN 2012
First fog, then rain. It's been a very wet few days. Most people complain. Not me; I love the rain. I love the sound. I love the smell. What I don't love is the traffic it creates.
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Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts
Sunday, January 29, 2012
2012 012/366: Rainy Days and Mondays
Day 12
First fog, then rain. It's been a very wet few days. Most people complain. Not me; I love the rain. I love the sound. I love the smell. What I don't love is the traffic it creates.
First fog, then rain. It's been a very wet few days. Most people complain. Not me; I love the rain. I love the sound. I love the smell. What I don't love is the traffic it creates.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
2012 009/366: Listen to the Rain
Day 9
It was the rainy night before a rainy Saturday. As my daughter and I came out of the grocery store and I pulled my hood up to protect my hair from the rain, I marveled at how much, when viewed against the parking lot lights, the rain resembled snow.
Wow, that was one helluva sentence! Let me try that again.
My daughter and I were at the store. We came outside. It was raining. It reminded me of snow. I took a picture.
The rain doesn't look like snow in the picture. Disappointing, that. I like it, anyway.
20 JAN 2012
It was the rainy night before a rainy Saturday. As my daughter and I came out of the grocery store and I pulled my hood up to protect my hair from the rain, I marveled at how much, when viewed against the parking lot lights, the rain resembled snow.
Wow, that was one helluva sentence! Let me try that again.
My daughter and I were at the store. We came outside. It was raining. It reminded me of snow. I took a picture.
The rain doesn't look like snow in the picture. Disappointing, that. I like it, anyway.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
2009: 336/365 Echo in the Water
02 DEC 2009
Echo in the Water. Quite the angsty teen title, is it not? I was looking for an alternative to the predictable Reflection, but everything seemed slightly cheesy. Which meant, of course, I had to go for the entire cheese wheel.
About the photo -- clearly it was a rainy day, and I took this shot in the parking lot at my local grocery store. I seem to spend a tremendous amount of time at my local grocery store, so it's only fitting I have photos from there. ANYHOO...as I returned my cart to the cart corral (because I'm a good girl and I always return my cart to the cart corral), I noticed the puddle and the partial reflection there. It looked interesting to me, so I shot it.
Since the only real color in the original shot was a couple brown leaves, I decided to go ahead and convert it to black & white. And since I was already converting it, why not go ahead and overdo it just a tad? Cheese wheel post title, cheese wheel conversion? There's a tremendous amount of contrast in the photo -- helped along by the Virtual Photographer 50's filter -- but that's what I like about it.
We all need a little cheese in our lives.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Here Comes the Rain Again
Day 193
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.
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.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Drops on the Web
DAY 144
I woke up in the morning and went outside to greet the day.
Nice fantasy -- that's just not the way I do things. I did wake up. I probably stumbled around a while. Eventually, I did go outside. Probably to take photos of my porch railing. I keep photographing it, thinking that one day I'll use it as my Project 365 shot. It hasn't happened so far, but I keep trying.
Anyway, a spider or other web-weaving creature had spun a web in the corner of my railing. It had rained the night before, and the threads of the web still held droplets of rain. Of course, I had to try and get photos.
I know it seems like I've been on a black & white kick lately. That's not necessarily true -- it's just the last few photos I posted looked better (in my opinion) in black and white. With this photo, the conversion cut out the distraction in the shot posed by the red brick.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, black & white conversion using the blue filter in Photoshop, border addition.
24 MAY 09
I woke up in the morning and went outside to greet the day.
Nice fantasy -- that's just not the way I do things. I did wake up. I probably stumbled around a while. Eventually, I did go outside. Probably to take photos of my porch railing. I keep photographing it, thinking that one day I'll use it as my Project 365 shot. It hasn't happened so far, but I keep trying.
Anyway, a spider or other web-weaving creature had spun a web in the corner of my railing. It had rained the night before, and the threads of the web still held droplets of rain. Of course, I had to try and get photos.
I know it seems like I've been on a black & white kick lately. That's not necessarily true -- it's just the last few photos I posted looked better (in my opinion) in black and white. With this photo, the conversion cut out the distraction in the shot posed by the red brick.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, black & white conversion using the blue filter in Photoshop, border addition.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Headlights On When Raining
DAY 128
This was one of those happy accident photos. My husband and I were driving up to the North Georgia Mountains to look at go-karts, and were rained on most of the way up there. Not necessarily a bad thing, I'm still not sick of the wet stuff.
Anyway, I thought the sky looked kind of cool up ahead, so I decided to take a photo as we drove. Normally, when I want a photo of the raindrops on the windshield, I struggle to get the camera to focus on the drops instead of the background. With this photo, I wanted the background. Of course, the camera focused on the drops.
Murphy's Law, right?
I still think it turned out well, though. I like the way the background looks thrown out of focus. Those headlights kind of look like giant eyes. Giant shocked eyes. And the taillights, well, they kind of look UFO-ish.
The one thing I really don't like is the reflection of my dashboard in the windshield. But other than that, I like the shot.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, mild saturation boost, border addition.
08 MAY 09
This was one of those happy accident photos. My husband and I were driving up to the North Georgia Mountains to look at go-karts, and were rained on most of the way up there. Not necessarily a bad thing, I'm still not sick of the wet stuff.
Anyway, I thought the sky looked kind of cool up ahead, so I decided to take a photo as we drove. Normally, when I want a photo of the raindrops on the windshield, I struggle to get the camera to focus on the drops instead of the background. With this photo, I wanted the background. Of course, the camera focused on the drops.
Murphy's Law, right?
I still think it turned out well, though. I like the way the background looks thrown out of focus. Those headlights kind of look like giant eyes. Giant shocked eyes. And the taillights, well, they kind of look UFO-ish.
The one thing I really don't like is the reflection of my dashboard in the windshield. But other than that, I like the shot.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, mild saturation boost, border addition.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Light Up the Sky
DAY 100
Major storms rolled through North Georgia, some were pretty destructive. Luckily, the worst of it missed us, but we did manage to see thunderstorms with heavy rain. I thought it'd be fun to try and get a shot of the rain on my patio lit just by the patio lights, and I ended up with a purely-by-chance shot.
Just as I hit the shutter, lightning lit up the sky. I had a handful of very dark pictures before this one and a handful of very dark pictures after this one. This one was my favorite.
Post-production: noise reduction, sharpening, border addition.
10 APR 09
Major storms rolled through North Georgia, some were pretty destructive. Luckily, the worst of it missed us, but we did manage to see thunderstorms with heavy rain. I thought it'd be fun to try and get a shot of the rain on my patio lit just by the patio lights, and I ended up with a purely-by-chance shot.
Just as I hit the shutter, lightning lit up the sky. I had a handful of very dark pictures before this one and a handful of very dark pictures after this one. This one was my favorite.
Post-production: noise reduction, sharpening, border addition.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Dot Dot Dot
DAY 91
Yes, I've been posting a lot of rain-related pictures lately. That's good news for my area, as it means we've had enough rain for me to take a lot of rain-related pictures. It was recently reported that all this rain may have actually pulled us out of the worst of our seemingly ever-enduring drought.
These raindrops were clinging to the side of my truck. They kind of reminded me of that candy...do you know what I'm talking about? It was a candy that was little dots stuck to a sheet of paper. I'm sure they exist/existed, though I don't know their name.
I also found it interesting that when I zoomed in to a 100% crop, it was clear that each little drop reflected the woods next to my house.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, black & white conversion, border addition.
01 APR 09
Yes, I've been posting a lot of rain-related pictures lately. That's good news for my area, as it means we've had enough rain for me to take a lot of rain-related pictures. It was recently reported that all this rain may have actually pulled us out of the worst of our seemingly ever-enduring drought.
These raindrops were clinging to the side of my truck. They kind of reminded me of that candy...do you know what I'm talking about? It was a candy that was little dots stuck to a sheet of paper. I'm sure they exist/existed, though I don't know their name.
I also found it interesting that when I zoomed in to a 100% crop, it was clear that each little drop reflected the woods next to my house.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, black & white conversion, border addition.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Dreamy
DAY 87
We've had lots of rainy days around here, yet they're still exciting. On this rainy day, I had to run to the dry cleaners before the yearly cub scout banquet. As I parked, I saw the dainty flowers on this little tree and decided to get a few shots through the windshield. After a couple pictures, I feared there might be something wrong with my camera. No matter how hard I tried, it wouldn't focus.
Of course, as soon as I pulled the camera away from my face, I realized the problem. The rain was sheeting on my windshield. Nothing could focus through it. I caught this shot before the major sheeting. The rain threw small parts out of focus resulting in an almost a dreamy quality.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, border addition.
28 MAR 09
We've had lots of rainy days around here, yet they're still exciting. On this rainy day, I had to run to the dry cleaners before the yearly cub scout banquet. As I parked, I saw the dainty flowers on this little tree and decided to get a few shots through the windshield. After a couple pictures, I feared there might be something wrong with my camera. No matter how hard I tried, it wouldn't focus.
Of course, as soon as I pulled the camera away from my face, I realized the problem. The rain was sheeting on my windshield. Nothing could focus through it. I caught this shot before the major sheeting. The rain threw small parts out of focus resulting in an almost a dreamy quality.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, border addition.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Got the Drop
DAY 86
This photo does bear some similarity to my shot for Day 74 titled It's Raining Again -- they were both taken on rainy days, both pictures were taken of water on glass, and both were taken through the glass with me on the dry side. The subjects are similar, but there is a difference in execution.
My Day 74 shot was taken through the passenger-side window of my truck. This photo? Through my sun/moonroof. Plus, this was a one-in-a-million type shot for me; I actually caught the raindrop hitting the glass! Had I not caught that, you'd be looking at a very different photo for Day 86.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, cropping (I caught part of the edge of the sun/moonroof so I cropped it out), and border addition.
27 MAR 09
This photo does bear some similarity to my shot for Day 74 titled It's Raining Again -- they were both taken on rainy days, both pictures were taken of water on glass, and both were taken through the glass with me on the dry side. The subjects are similar, but there is a difference in execution.
My Day 74 shot was taken through the passenger-side window of my truck. This photo? Through my sun/moonroof. Plus, this was a one-in-a-million type shot for me; I actually caught the raindrop hitting the glass! Had I not caught that, you'd be looking at a very different photo for Day 86.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, cropping (I caught part of the edge of the sun/moonroof so I cropped it out), and border addition.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
It's Raining Again
DAY 74
Two things have become abundantly clear to me. First, taking my Project 365 photos has become a habit. I like that. It means there's a good chance I'll be sticking with the project.
Second, I'm not very good at updating daily. While I'm taking photos daily, I'm not downloading them daily. I'm not processing photos daily. I'm not posting photos daily. What I am doing, however, is often playing catch-up. Just not daily.
I hope you'll bear with me on my catch-up days.
Day 74 brought more rain. Some folks around here have taken to complaining about the wet stuff; I still enjoy it. Does that make me weird? This photo was a little experiment with the raindrops on my truck window. While I wish the focus had been just a bit sharper, overall, I'm pleased with the result.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, border addition.
15 MAR 09
Two things have become abundantly clear to me. First, taking my Project 365 photos has become a habit. I like that. It means there's a good chance I'll be sticking with the project.
Second, I'm not very good at updating daily. While I'm taking photos daily, I'm not downloading them daily. I'm not processing photos daily. I'm not posting photos daily. What I am doing, however, is often playing catch-up. Just not daily.
I hope you'll bear with me on my catch-up days.
Day 74 brought more rain. Some folks around here have taken to complaining about the wet stuff; I still enjoy it. Does that make me weird? This photo was a little experiment with the raindrops on my truck window. While I wish the focus had been just a bit sharper, overall, I'm pleased with the result.
Post-processing: noise reduction, sharpening, curves adjustment, border addition.
Monday, March 2, 2009
House. Upside Down.
DAY 49
Day 49 brought more much-needed rain for drought-stricken Atlanta. Sometimes it seems like we're always getting rain, but the news only presents more doom and gloom with regard to our drought condition. While I'm not complaining about the rain, I am getting tired of hearing how horrible conditions are.
Could just be my mood, though.
At any rate, during a break in the rain, I came home from my daily errands. As I got out of my truck, I realized one of the trees in the front yard had little bitty raindrops hanging off each and every branch. It almost made the tree look diamond-dipped, and that was way cool. I tried to capture what I saw, but the picture didn't work, darn it all. It just looked like a big, wet tree. So I decided instead to try concentrating on the individual drops.
I was pretty excited when I downloaded this photo, because I saw something that I couldn't see in the LCD when I took the picture -- a reflection in the drop. It's my house! Upside down! How cool is that?
Yes, I'm easily entertained.
Post-production included sharpening, noise reduction, curves adjustment, and border addition.
18 FEB 09
Day 49 brought more much-needed rain for drought-stricken Atlanta. Sometimes it seems like we're always getting rain, but the news only presents more doom and gloom with regard to our drought condition. While I'm not complaining about the rain, I am getting tired of hearing how horrible conditions are.
Could just be my mood, though.
At any rate, during a break in the rain, I came home from my daily errands. As I got out of my truck, I realized one of the trees in the front yard had little bitty raindrops hanging off each and every branch. It almost made the tree look diamond-dipped, and that was way cool. I tried to capture what I saw, but the picture didn't work, darn it all. It just looked like a big, wet tree. So I decided instead to try concentrating on the individual drops.
I was pretty excited when I downloaded this photo, because I saw something that I couldn't see in the LCD when I took the picture -- a reflection in the drop. It's my house! Upside down! How cool is that?
Yes, I'm easily entertained.
Post-production included sharpening, noise reduction, curves adjustment, and border addition.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Raindrops Keep Falling
DAY 33
Yup. Rain's still exciting to us North Georgians. As long as we have drought, we'll happy dance at the sight of rain. This shot in particular is the one I was going for on Day 28 when I got the reflection shot instead.
I like the circles. I like the puddle. I like the hint of concrete in the foreground. I like the out of focus What the heck is that? reflection in the water. For me, this shot just works.
Post processing on this one included conversion to black & white in Adobe Camera Raw, noise reduction, sharpening, a curves adjustment and contrast boost, and the addition of the filter "Anvil" in Virtual Photographer. And my usual simple black border, too.
02 FEB 09
Yup. Rain's still exciting to us North Georgians. As long as we have drought, we'll happy dance at the sight of rain. This shot in particular is the one I was going for on Day 28 when I got the reflection shot instead.
I like the circles. I like the puddle. I like the hint of concrete in the foreground. I like the out of focus What the heck is that? reflection in the water. For me, this shot just works.
Post processing on this one included conversion to black & white in Adobe Camera Raw, noise reduction, sharpening, a curves adjustment and contrast boost, and the addition of the filter "Anvil" in Virtual Photographer. And my usual simple black border, too.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Upon Reflection...
DAY 28
Rain, rain, and more rain! In a drought-stricken area, all that water falling from the sky is exciting, even if the rain is sparse enough to avoid the drops by stepping to the right.
On Day 28, I came home from...somewhere...and went into the backyard. I had to enter the house through the back door since my dogs were in the garage (they're old and they don't like getting wet). Anyway, as I walked across the patio, I saw a couple of great puddles. My plan was to see if I could capture a raindrop hitting the puddle, the splash of explosion of water on water. But when I pointed the camera, what appeared in my viewfinder was much, much better.
I still got those raindrops, but even better, I got an amazing reflection. The images of some great naked wintertime trees stared back at me from the water's surface, and I knew I had my Project 365 shot.
Post-processing on this one was minimal, just my usual noise reduction, sharpening, and curves adjustment.
28 JAN 09
Rain, rain, and more rain! In a drought-stricken area, all that water falling from the sky is exciting, even if the rain is sparse enough to avoid the drops by stepping to the right.
On Day 28, I came home from...somewhere...and went into the backyard. I had to enter the house through the back door since my dogs were in the garage (they're old and they don't like getting wet). Anyway, as I walked across the patio, I saw a couple of great puddles. My plan was to see if I could capture a raindrop hitting the puddle, the splash of explosion of water on water. But when I pointed the camera, what appeared in my viewfinder was much, much better.
I still got those raindrops, but even better, I got an amazing reflection. The images of some great naked wintertime trees stared back at me from the water's surface, and I knew I had my Project 365 shot.
Post-processing on this one was minimal, just my usual noise reduction, sharpening, and curves adjustment.
Droplets
DAY 26
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!
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!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Rainy Night in Georgia
DAY 4
Much-needed rain falling on my back patio. Looks like this photo serves two purposes; it's also a much-needed reminder to clean my windows. *sigh*
04 JAN 09
Much-needed rain falling on my back patio. Looks like this photo serves two purposes; it's also a much-needed reminder to clean my windows. *sigh*
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