Sep 27, 2008

downtown Bastrop.....






i am normally to nervous with my camera to get it out in public like this to take these kinds of pictures, but last weekend i through caution to the wind and had a good time taking these.
i did edit these a lot, it was fun. but for the record, they did start out as good exposures and i did a little cropping. i upped contrast to exaggerate the colors, i dodged and burned(again to exaggerate the colors) and i clones out some unsightly stickers/signs on the doors. now that i look at it on here i should have straightened the red door. unfortunately when i uploaded them her, blogger sucked all the color from them(okay, so maybe i over sharpened which can do that also!).
i try really hard to keep an image as real and honest as possible when they are of people, but with fun landscape/urban shots it was fun to edit like this!
i could stay in that little town for hours taking pictures, these are just a handful of opportunities i saw, but with two kids in tow and shopping with other people, me taking pictures was not that important.

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Stef said...

Very cool pics, as usual.

randi said...

You got some neat pics, I like what you did to them. I guess i'll have to look at mine:)

randi said...

You got some neat pics, I like what you did to them. I guess i'll have to look at mine:)

Homegrown Living said...

Love em!