48 in 24

Keeping things in my 50mm was an exercise in and of itself. Most everything was coming out over or under exposed. I kind of like the resulting images in some cases. Well, after I turned the exposure up or down, anyway.


This is a picture of the Krishna statue that I keep in the livingroom. It's a good two feet tall. I have it tucked against the wall and the barrister's bookcase to keep it safe from rampaging children and animals (and hey, in this house, sometimes adults). I believe that my uncle obtained it sometime in the 1970's.

First I converted this image to grayscale, then increased the exposure and increased the contrast to bring more of the noise to the surface. You loose some of the detailing on the piece itself, but I like the texture.





This is Sol Skugga. We call her Skugga. My wife and I took the horses out for a nice two hour trail ride before it got too hot today, then turned them out while we mucked stalls. We left them there while Amanda exercised Eagle. I snapped this shot of Skugga foraging between shots of the Eaglebeast.

This image was clearly overexposed. It was so bad that even the horse looked mostly white. I brought the exposure down and left it that way. I like how it bleached the color out of the dirt and rails.

I'm looking forward to class tomorrow, but before that I need a nice long night's sleep. Target on the last weekend before summer? What was I thinking?!?!

I guess I was thinking I had to get all the school supplies I'd just found out about. Yeesh. I wish those elementary teachers would tell us sooner!