Finally, after what seemed like an endless winter, the snow is almost gone and the first delicate crocus are pushing up through the bare earth.This flower shot isn't anything new on this blog but these flowers are only a few days old. And to me they stand as a symbol of good things to come.
Rain, Fog & Trees
in Nature, South Dakota
I drove up to what some people in Watertown call "Harmony Hill." It was a foggy morning and I was thinking that I would get an interesting shot of the ethanol plant down below, belching steam into the early morning fog. But when I got to the top of the hill, I couldn't even see the ethanol plant. But I did see this small group of trees, edged with the serpentine road that led to a nearby monastery.This shot is pretty seriously Photoshopped, in part because I've been learning a few new things and I wanted to practice them. This photo had 4 layers before I flattered it to publish it.Revision: I orignally posted a nearly square version but Jack's post inspired me to look again at the original crop. Jack's right: the full view is more "atmospheric."
Street Light
in Nature, Photography
Early yesterday morning, I went out on the deck, where Deb, my wife, was standing. She said it felt a little like Hawaii and I politely disagreed, since it was 46 degrees it didn't smell like the tropics. But it was hazy and humid.As she started to list the things I had to do, I said, "Wait" and I went in to get my camera. I may not be in Hawaii but that doesn't mean there is nothing exotic to photograh - such as our neigbors' tree silhouetted against a street lamp and the deep purple morning sky.Even though I liked what I saw when I framed this photo, the camera saw it very differently and that's what I like about photography. Sometimes my camera captures things that I make better with software. But other times I see something and my camera makes it better with it's own internal software. It's a good relationship. . .
Me & My Shadow
I was out looking for pictures of the flooding in our community and as I walked closer to the area I wanted to photograph, I noticed my shadow walking ahead of me. I pointed my iPhone on the ground and, with a little help from Instagram, this is the photo I got.
Underwater Frisbee
This is our town's Frisbee course, which is located along the now-flooding Sioux River.
Weather Related
Just when we thought spring had arrived, we got a snow. But this snow came down in clumps. Fortunately, the snow melted by the next day.
The Big Landscape Sphere
This landscape globe is in the lobby of the Fine Arts Theater at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. I think the artist is a South Dakota artist named Dick Termes, who calls his creations Termespheres.
iPhonography
I didn't make the word "iPhonography" up. It is a "school" of photography these days and you have noticed that several of my recent posts have a different look. That's partly because I've been use my phone quite a bit to take photos. It is also because I have been using an app called Instagram to edit and then post the photos.Of course, it's not the camera or the software that takes the photos. But in the case of these iPhone photography, both the hardware and the software are more prominent in the look the pictures have. Like it or not, I will be playing around some more with these cool tools and sharing a few of the products here.This photo, incidentally, is in the atrium of the Holiday Inn next to the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City, SD.
Chris At Work
Chris S is working on his lesson for the day in his mobile office in the Rushmore Civic Center in Rapid City. We love technology. And we're at a technology conference.
Iron Creek
I'm back at Iron Creek again, but this time with my cell phone camera and Instapaper.I made a short video of this place, which you can view here. The video was made with my iPhone and then edited and published (via ATT 3G) with my iPad 2. The movie needs more editing but it is testament to how fairly simple tools allow for creation and publication in the field (or in this case, in the woods).
Vortex
I'm still in the car wash.
Soaped
What do you do when you are sitting in a car wash? Take pictures, of course.Originally published to scottshephard.posterous.com