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#16/52: My Favorite Country Barn, Edited with Lightroom

April 30, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

I love country barns  (okay, it’s really a corn crib) in Nebraska is one of my favorite photography subjects, yet this shot is my favorite. I pass it at least twice a day and it sits in the middle of a field with nothing around it, solitary, no trees, just in the middle of a field with either corn or soybeans growing on all sides. It has different moods depending on the light and looks different in the early morning and at night with the sun setting behind the western sky.

My favorite barn gets my attention every time I drive past and have often taken photographs to capture the mode. They never come out exactly how it looks in real life though. But with the help of Adobe Lightroom this has changed, I can actually say that this is truly what the barn looked like that day.

Photographing Country barns
Barn against a Cloudy Sky

From what I understand in reading various photography blogs and sites a camera has difficulty collecting all the dynamic ranges of lights and darks. In simple terms you expose for the sky or your subject. That leaves the other parts of you picture over or under exposed.

The newest version of Lightroom 4 has an amazing capability of pulling out shadows, highlights, whites and blacks without leaving artifacts in the image. This was shot in RAW and I’m very impressed, puts my Photoshop CS2 to shame. The later versions of Photoshop do have more advanced algorithms that achieve the same thing, but I can only compare the programs I use.

I will still keep using Photoshop, Lightroom is only another tool to use and does not have text or graphic design capability. I still love adding drop shadows, borders and creating custom layouts.

Stay tuned for more Lightroom 4 examples, and possibly redo’s of previous photos as a comparison.

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Country Roads and Friday Finds – Keeping With The Times

A Drive in the Country, barns, country, country living, keeping with the. Later in the day I visited Star Lake and ran into this fellow who was pretty much minding his own (business) … A Drive in the Country, barns, country, …

Barns along Polling Station Road | Hoof Beats and Foot Prints

Drive along with me on a windy country road. Polling Station Road in Harwood, Maryland offers views of a variety of country barns. Most of them from a past era of tobacco farming in southern Maryland and stand in the …

D.L. Marriott » Blog Archive » Living in a Fairy Tale

It draws up images of pumpkins and scare crows, hay bales and country barns framed in russet leaves. I grew up in the city, and although my husband and I have spent all our child raising years in the suburbs, pretty far out in …

Filed Under: Project 365 Tagged With: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Systems, barn, clouds, country, country barns, Elmwood-Murdock, Lightroom, midwest, Photography, Photoshop, rural, sky

#13/52: Sun’s So Bright, Gotta Wear Shades

April 12, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Blinding Sun in Nebraska Big Sky Country

Whoever called Nebraska a boring fly over state has never really opened their eyes. I see such spectacular scenery every day driving home from work it takes my  breath away. Made me think of the One Hit Wonder song.  “Futures So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” by Timbuk 3.

Enjoy this video blast from 1986, back when MTV actually played music videos. Can anyone remember where they were when they heard this song?

Filed Under: Project 365 Tagged With: clouds, country, farm, music, Nebraska, rural, scenery, sky, Timbuk3, video, YouTube

Photoshop Friday: Sunset Silhouette

March 9, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

I’m starting a new series, Photoshop Friday. In one way I miss my 365 Project and blogging on a more regular basis, and between picking just one photo per week it leaves me little room to experiment with Photoshop. So I’ll be choosing photos which I think I can improve with post production. So here is week one of Photoshop Friday.

Photoshop and Raw through Gimp

Filed Under: Photography, Photoshop Friday Tagged With: country, gimp, horizon, Nebraska, Photography, Photoshop, RAW, rural, scenery, silloutte, sky, sunset, trees

#3/52: My Commute, Sunset in Nebraska

January 20, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Week 3: Project 52 Nebraska Sunset
Week 3: Project 52 Nebraska Sunset

I think I’ve found a theme for my Project 52. My commute to work. Some people hate the commute into work, it’s stressful fighting traffic and dealing with road rage. I love my commute, it’s relaxing and inspirational.  The vista of the open sky throw colors and clouds that can just take your breath away.

The first fifteen minutes of my drive takes me on rural roads and highways where I might see a dozen cars in a twelve mile span of road. When I can see four tail lights in a three mile stretch of road ahead it’s considered rush hour in the country.

In my mental preparation for work I think of the day ahead and at the end of the day the images I’ve seen from various photographers inspire me to look for my next great image. I’m hoping to develop a better eye, and learn more about my new camera.

So, be prepared for lots of Nebraska scenery, wildlife (deer, turkeys), livestock (mainly cows), fences, barns, and some trees (yes Nebraska has trees). Throughout the year I will deviate from my theme, as family activities and events take place. But my goal this year is to improve my photography to the point where I can create framed art and canvases for my new house. 

Filed Under: Project 52 Tagged With: country, grass, Nebraska, Project 52, rural, rural america, scenery, sky, sunset

Summer Days Gone By, Days 248-250,

October 26, 2011 by info@3QuartersToday.com

August continues with some photos from Sunken Gardens in  Lincoln Nebraska just before a storm and a few Nebraska sky images.

Summer sunset west of Lincoln Nebraska
Summer sunset west of Lincoln Nebrasa

 

Lincoln Sunken Gardens
Lincoln Sunken Gardens
Koi Pond at Sunken Gardens
Koi Pond at Sunken Gardens, Post production with Poster Edge in Photoshop
Rain clouds in Nebraska
Rain clouds in Nebraska

Filed Under: Photography, Project 365 Tagged With: clouds, garden, koi, lake, Nebraska, ponds, project365, sky, storms, summer, sunset, sunsets

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