Photo Challenge 247/365
#sunrise #flags #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge

Photo Challenge 234/365
I don't normally like black and white shots. They feel pretentious in my mind. Like who am I to be moody. Other's can do it who have more of an artistic eye. Today I was stumped on what to do with this one. I lined the shot up trying to get the center on the ally. I used a regular lens and put the aperture wide as I could get it for that good depth of field blur. #spiderweb #dew #morningvibes #foggy #depthoffield #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge

Photo Challenge 226/365
Instagram makes life hard. So this is cut off. This is a shot I took last year at the zoo. I thought this was a picture I couldn't bring back due to the light and the dark being too much. I was able to bring something back and may try again to clean this up. I was surprised what I could bring back. #photoshopedit #seal #2023photochallenge

Photo Challenge 223/365
On the other side of my view there were farm lands. Used this chance to snap some shots and work on shutter speed. Had to use low ISO, but used a smaller aperture and quicker shutter speed. It was a pretty under exposed shot. Used photoshop to try to bring it back a little. #summer #farmfield #roadtrip #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge

Photo Challenge 221/365
This is one of the non macro shots I was happier with. There is still a slight blur due to no tripod. Tried to compose the shot following the rule of thirds. Got some of that rust fence in too. Slider work to bring a little pop to it. Healing tool on the flower for the pollen. #morningglory #purpleflower #purple #photoshopedit #flower #2023photochallenge

Photo Challenge 219/365
Another macro of a morning glory. I think I went too hard on the slider trying to get the saturation you see with your eye. Tripod, low ISO, small aperture for that good depth of field, shutter speed to compensate for the small aperture. I did do some spot healing to get rid of the pollen on the flower petals. #photoshopedit #macro #macroflower #purpleflower #morningglory #2023photochallenge

Photo Challenge 217/365
On my morning walks I see these vining flowers and love em. Eevee doesn't like that I tried to get a clipping so I must enjoy them from a far instead. Used a tripod, tried to get a large depth of field in a sunny day. Low ISO and medium speed. Slider work done to try to recreate the saturation of the flower. #macro #macrophotography #macroflower #blueflower #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 189/365
This was another one from last week. There were power lines going between the trees and the sun was right between them. I used the healing tool to take it out while doing some slider work to expose the trees right while letting the sky stay hazy. #photoshopedit #trees #sunrise #hazy #sunrise #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 184/365
So this was a shot that tried to combined night time photography and macro photography. The spider was active at night and the movement plus trying to focus in the dark made me miss the spider but get the prey. I think I want to try this again. #photoexperiment #spider #nightphotography #macrophotography #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 176/365
One of my attempts this morning to catch the haze of the Canadian wildfires in Ohio. By the time I got home from the dog walk and got back out with my camera I missed my shot. Will try again tomorrow. Heavy slider work to bring the sun into some sort of unblownout circle. #photoexperiment #photoshopedit #sun #hazyday #canadianwildfire #summer #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 162/365
This is a little plant I wanted to get before the earlier buds wilted. The plant gave me one more chance. I used my body to block the sun instead of getting my diffuser. Used some sliders but think I could have done more on the red petals. #flower #redflower #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 159/365
Took a little trip a week back and caught a beautiful sunrise going 70 down the highway. Slider work to get the highlights to behave. Did do a spot heal on some glare from the window. #photoshopedit #sunrise #roadtrip #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 155/365
Had a good lunch before a work meeting at North Market in Columbus Ohio. Bubbles Tea & Juice Company made a great drink and Lan Viet Market kept me fueled for the long afternoon. There was spot healing done on some random objects in the shot and slight slider work. #photoshopedit
#northmarketcolumbus #northmarket #columbusohio #pho #bubbletea #lunch #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 154/365
Tried to find a shot to work on lighting and shadows. Felt like I might have gone a little crazy with the sliders. This feels a little more fake than I would like. #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 153/365
This was an interesting shot with the shadows and the bright sunlight. There was a decent amount of slider work to tame the shadows and highlights best I could. I like how it ended up and cropped for rule of thirds having the people on an intersection. #park #summer #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 147/365
Pretty happy with this one. Took some shots to make sure I got one in focus. Might have got a little overboard on the sliders but like the vivid colors. #roses #rosebush #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 123/365
I took this shot trying to find a unique angle instead of just taking a top down photo of the flowers. I think I got too lost in the slider sauce though. The plant feels like I got a flash on. #photoexperiement #photoshopedit #flowers #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 121/365
This was a super underexposed shot I took on a bright summer's day. I was just starting out in manual and forgot to adjust exposure for every different shot. I had been avoiding it almost 11 months now. Using the skills I have been growing was able to bring this back in some form. #photoshopedit #buttons #learningphotography #learningphotoshop #2023photochallenge

This was a shot from my night time photography. The assignment was either landscape or water, leaning to water. It is strange when you do night time photography cause you look kind of shady. A cop circled around and thought I wasn't a worry. There was a lot of slider action. #night #nighttimephotography #lake #water #photoexperiment #pier #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge

2023 Photo Challenge 119/365
Got to risk it for the biscuit! I am allergic to these little ones. Luckily it was more interested in the flowers than me. There were more than a dozen shots with various levels of success. There was slider work to get the image to pop a little. #macro #hornet #flowers #photoshopedit #2023photochallenge