Posted on November 5, 2010 in Painting Effect, Street, Topaz
Hmmm…..signs are often interesting if you read them closely. In this image you’ll see that the Marketplace has two floors of fine shops that sell gifts, antiques, foods, fine linens, jewelry, bath and body care products, etc. BUT….were the items sold in the stores all a result of the escapades of the “Dumpster Diva”? I don’t know about you, but I’m not so sure I want to buy food or body care items that potentially came from someone who was dumpster diving! Eeeckkk! I didn’t venture into the store, but I think I will next time I’m in town…I’ll bet there are more photo ops inside! The same image with a watercolor effect is below.
Posted on October 18, 2010 in Black and White, Fall, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature, Soft Focus, Topaz
I stopped by a local park yesterday to see what was left of Fall color. Not much, to be honest. There were some splashes of red & yellow, but also trees that had completely lost their leaves already. Still I found plenty to photograph and I’ll post a few images over the next couple of days. In one area of the park, the ground was completely covered with pine needles. These always make a nice simple composition. This image was shot with the Lensbaby Composer and soft focus optic. Processing was done in Photoshop and Topaz Adjust.
Posted on October 13, 2010 in Fall, Nature, Painting Effect, Topaz
The Fall color in my area this year has not been consistent. It seemed vibrant several weeks ago, then became very drab, spruced up for a couple days with bright reds and yellows, and now seems to be headed straight to brown. I’ve not had much interest in going out to photograph the colors, but I did snap these 2 images recently at the Lake. The leaves had gathered near the beach in the shallow water and there was quite a variety of shapes and colors. I think these images would make fun {and difficult!} jigsaw puzzles! Both were processed with Topaz and the one below followed up with a painted effect.
Posted on August 30, 2010 in Architecture, Street, Topaz
Jim Thorpe, Pa. is filled with beautiful Victorian architecture. Several years ago I photographed this exact same home and it ended up being part of a newspaper article that featured my photography. What a surprise to run into a neighbor who told me that they owned several properties, this being one of them! The house is beautifully maintained and decorated and is always eye-catching. I photographed the home again recently and processed this image with several layers of Topaz filters to achieve the effect I was after.
Posted on August 15, 2010 in Architecture, Street, Topaz
Big Creek Vineyards is a wine shop on Race Street in Jim Thorpe that seemed to be doing a brisk business when I wandered past the other day. I was lucky this day….it was after 5:00 PM when I got into town….I found a parking space right by the train station where there are parking meters….and the meters don’t need to be “fed” after 5:00. Whoo hoo! The parking meters only take quarters and most often I don’t have quarters when I want to park there. That results in either trying to find a free space way up the street or parking in the lot that charges for the day. I processed this image with the Topaz Spicify filter, then tweaked back on the saturation a bit.