A New Try At Sharpening

 Recently, I listened to a video on YouTube done by Blake Rudis of F64 Academy.  In the video he went through a process of making the layers into a group, making the blend mode to be Linear Light, making the Fill slider to be at 30%, the desaturating the layer. He then used the High Pass filter, made a black mask and then brushed the areas that he wanted to be sharpened.

In this photograph, I sharpened the wood, and the water, but left the bushes alone.  I did not use the Blend If like he did.  I think that the picture turned out well.

If you have an interest in Photography, Meditation or Mindfulness, you are welcome to contact me and I would be very happy to set up a day and time for us to meet and talk about it. 

Tree Roots

 Scientist say that you can tell the age of a tree by the number of rings that are in the trunk of the tree after it is cut down.  I am not sure how many years of a tree's life each ring represents (I know that it is claimed that for each of our years, a dog's years is equal to seven).  

Through my meditation and mindfulness, I have discovered that tree roots have interesting patterns in them as well.  I am not sure how the appearance of rings happen.  Whether it is from people walking over them or the erosion of the ground, but sometimes I discover depressions in the roots and other times I discover rings.

That was the case with this picture, it appears that there are rings in this tree root.  I could it fascinating and decided to take a picture.

What do you discover on your walks?  If you would enjoy learning more about photography, meditation or mindfulness, you are welcome to write to me and I would be very happy to set up a date and time for us to meet.

Looking Forward To Black Friday

 I have seen several YouTubers that are saying that Sony will be releasing the Sony a7c shortly.  I am hoping that this is more than rumor because the price point is very close to what the a7III is selling for as well. What my hope is since the two cameras are nearly at the same price point, I am hoping that the a7III will come down in price.  If that is the case, I will get one.  I am currently shooting an a7 so going to the III, will be a nice increase in functionality.  Ohhhh, I know that I could get the II, but I don't feel that there is that much difference between the original and the II.  

Anyway, we will see what happens on Black Friday or close to there.