John (300m) > Sept 29:  Curiosity
I did my usual walk at lunchtime today caught some late flower and this little bird running through the flower bed.  I took several shots but this one caught my eye as I really liked the look on his/her face in this shot.  This shot was done in Lightroom with very little adjustment.  Have a great day everyone

Thanks to Gail for the idenity of this mocking bird!
John (300m) > Sept 24:  Working Class Ducks
I did not get a chance to walk again at lunch and I was a bit desperate for a shot.  I saw this glass paperweight that one of the ladies in my office had.  I liked it and she gave me permission to shoot this.  I did and when I returned the paperweight to her cabinet I saw these ducks on her desk and thought they were cute and took a few shots.  I could not resist the construction ducks as the shot appealed to me.  I tried this black & white conversion and liked the results.  To add a chuckle the writing on the poster in the back says "Spearhead Attack",  Ducks on the attack.
Thanks to everyone for all the comments on my office panoramic shot.
John (300m) > 5 shot pano of my work area.  Done with available light.
John (300m) > Overcast sunrise
John (300m) > Shot I took while talking to my good buddy Bill Pador on the phone.  I was leaning my arm on this table after my walk and when I tuned I noticed the reflection.  I turned the camera back on and took two shot of this table and the reflection of the sky.  We were under a concrete porch on the gym so I was impressed with the reflection.
John (300m) > Sept 22:  Water Colors
I captured this shot first thing in the morning.  I had been at work about 1.5 hrs when I went out to close the outside doors as the air was working again.  (Yes we still have out AC on)  It was ~ 7:30 and time for the sun to come up but the heavy clouds were not letting us see the sunrise.  However the sky was really blue and looked cool so I ventured down to my car and got the camera and snapped a few shots.  This was taken off the second floor balcony where I work.  I cropped out the parking lot as that was a bit boring in the shot. I could not frame the shot without parking lot as this balcony sits over the lot.  It was either parking lot or concrete pillars so I opted for lot that I could remove.  I drove the blacks to +10 in LR to give me the silhouette effect I was looking for at the bottom and went into Photoshop and added a film effect to get this look.  I used the Kodachrome 64 effect and it drove the saturation of the blue really deep to what I would term a watercolors – painted look.  I liked the shot so you get to see this as my POD.  The edge effect is something I learned from a Dave cross lesson last night and I wanted to give a try.  Done in Photoshop with a set of masks. 

This is the  contender shot I did for today when I was talking to Bill Pador on the phone at lunch.  Reflections off a table  Table  Reflections 
Have a nice day
John (300m) > Sept 19:  Indecision!
I captured this shot on my walk today at lunch.  I walked inside the moat as I was hopeful there were some flowers still blooming in this area no with the cooler weather.  The shot on the right I took first.  I was actually standing in the flower bed to capture this shot.  I worked my way around the back to get the lighting down on the front so I could back light the pedals in the shot.  I got good lighting and saturation on the shot.  The left shot I converted to B&W using a with a lean toward the high contrast.  I pulled both shots into Photoshop, dropped the bit depth and size to ½.  I filled the background with the lt blue off the right shot with the inner 2 bands of the frame coming from the pedals of the flower.  The outer 2 bands are the pedals and the foreground color and added a bevel effect to the outer white layer.  Have a great weekend everyone!
John (300m) > Sept 18:  Heron on the moat wall
I caught this heron just as I was getting ready to go back into the gym from my walk.  I had the macro mounted on the camera so I used the 105 as a prime lens to get this shot.  The light was good for a change and he just sat there looking at me while I took this shot..  I liked the lighting and the way it lit his crown.  I used a vignetting effect to make the frame.  Happy Friday!
John (300m) > marina shot from yesterday Edit suggestion as per the Dailies.
Cropped the bottom right and added some black vignette to the the lower right.
Sept 29: Curiosity
I did my usual walk at lunchtime today caught some late flower and this little bird running through the flower bed. I took several shots but this one caught my eye as I really liked the look on his/her face in this shot. This shot was done in Lightroom with very little adjustment. Have a great day everyone

Thanks to Gail for the idenity of this mocking bird!
John (300m) > Sept 29:  Curiosity
I did my usual walk at lunchtime today caught some late flower and this little bird running through the flower bed.  I took several shots but this one caught my eye as I really liked the look on his/her face in this shot.  This shot was done in Lightroom with very little adjustment.  Have a great day everyone

Thanks to Gail for the idenity of this mocking bird!
Sept 29: Curiosity
I did my usual walk at lunchtime today caught some late flower and this little bird running through the flower bed. I took several shots but this one caught my eye as I really liked the look on his/her face in this shot. This shot was done in Lightroom with very little adjustment. Have a great day everyone

Thanks to Gail for the idenity of this mocking bird!
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