This is the magnificent southern Magnolia in the seed pod state. It looks like there are matches lying on the flower petals. Beautiful. Read more here
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Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest
These photos were taken on a trip to Utah a couple of years ago. We drove from Columbus and on the way back stopped at the Grand Canyon. The petrified forest was indeed fabulous.
Click on the link below the previews to see the whole gallery (45 Pictures). Read more here …
Savannah – The most beautiful city in the South
Savannah was established on February 12, 1733 when General James Oglethorpe founded Georgia. The city was named for the Savannah River, a local waterway. Oglethorpe carefully planned the city’s streets by using a grid pattern with 24 park-like squares. Savannah has the distinction of being the first city in the state of Georgia.
Savannah is also home to the USA’s 2nd largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a world class music festival, film festival and a few famous people like Johnny Mercer, Paula Deen, Flannery O’Conner and Clarence Thomas were born here! Read more here….
Comparison of images using the tilt/shift lens
The image on the top is taken with the tilt shift lens. You can see the vertical lines are correct. The image on the bottom is without the tilt/shift lens. Both were taken at the same location with the same settings, 24mm, aperture priority.
Experiment with Flypaper and Photoframes
Recently Katrin Eisman commented on Flypaper textures. I obtained them and here I tried a combination of three and then added a frame from Photoframes. Flypaper can be found at Flypaper textures and Photoframes at OnOne Software
Experiment with new tilt/shift lens
Just got a tilt/shift lens – Nikon 24mm PC-E. Trying a few things. It has a hefty learning curve, but the quality of the image is great. This is a view of the breakfast room at home. I am fascinated by the shadows and light created by the venetian blinds.
The Paper I use for Fine Art Prints
UltraSmooth Fine Art Print Media
I require true archival print media in a variety of weights and surface textures for my digital fine art and photography. Epson UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper is a 100% cotton hot press paper that is coated on both sides and is not only acid, lignin, and chlorine free, it is also pH buffered with calcium carbonate for a true archival sheet. This paper is engineered to give you the highest resolution and color saturation possible.
New Printer
I finally broke down and got the Epson Sylus Pro 3880 printer. Man, oh man, what a printer. This will take paper up to 17″ wide.
WhiteSmoke proof reading and editing tool
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