sepia photos

A break with tradition…

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That is, these are not from my daily load of shots of Grand Central/details on buildings/blurry shots taken from some moving vehicle/people’s feet. These were taken with the Canon AE-1 all manual fun fun fun camera of wonder.

I was going to keep these under wraps until I was ready, but I realized that there are shots I really like and want to share them with people. Or, should I say person. Well, ok, people.

You gotta click on these to get the full effect. They are coming across small. I don’t know why.

Enough with the blah blahs, here is the work:

I was going for an Alfred Stieglitz/Georgia O’Keefe 1930’s in Mexico kind of feel. I loved the shadows in it and the sort of off-ness of the whole composition. Some disagreed, but a friend reminded me that photography is very personal.

Here is a photograph that I think is ok, but a lot of people like:

And the pièce de résistance:

As soon as I saw this tree, I knew this was going to be special. I walked around it and took a scant three shots at an f8 and an f11. I like the small apertures because I like my photos dark. Ok, photography lesson over.

The Olympics of the photo manipulation

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I used to not alter my photos because, well, they were always perfect. Yeah. Right. I had neither a computer, a digital camera or the patience to do all of that. But now that I have some time on my hands and a little more patience, I’ve decided to post several versions of the same photo for me to see which one I like best and of course, which one my HUGE reading public likes. By HUGE I mean all three of you.

This is a picture I took on the T, public transportation in Boston. I know, right? Natalia on public transportation, but stranger things have happened.

Anyway, here goes:

I think its a nice photo, but its missing that extra special something. Ok, here it is cropped:

Cropped more and in sepia, an old favorite of mine:

Cropped even more, black and white:

Cropped even more, in sepia:

To all you haters out there, I can take pictures, see?

Monoliths or immitating the greats?

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Another altered photo from my post work motor drivin’. Yes, the little square on the photo is the light from the inside of the train. Well, I can’t say I am not immitating someone again. This time its Margaret Bourke-White. You have to click on it because the thumb nail doesn’t really give you the full effect.