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Solarized ride

April 11, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

Today, at the end of my commute, I stopped in town and wandered the streets for 20 minutes or so looking for stuff to photograph. I happened upon this cool looking, but rain dirty 1953 Buick Roadmaster. The surrounding scene wasn’t so great, but the look of the car (especially the front end) got me snapping. Once home, I loaded the images into Photoshop, picked the shot I liked the best and proceeded to do my usual Nik Silver Efex Pro tweak. While clicking through the Nik presets I chose “solarized” (an effect I usually ignore) and BINGO! I don’t tend to go “cartoony” with my photo manipulation, but the strong solarizing effect worked magic on the image.

1953 Buick Roadmaster solarized

For reference, here’s the image straight from the camera.

1953 Buick Roadmaster

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 22mm. 1/160 second at f/11, ISO 200.

Canon T2i catching a ride.

Out and About, Photos

Trolley lines

March 31, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

A short post because I’ve got a cold. Simplicity.

Muni lines

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 85mm. 1/250sec at f/16, ISO 200.

Canon T2i taking in the lines.

Out and About, Photos

Studio impressions

March 30, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

From our recent recording sessions, impressions from two different cameras. The first is from the T2i. I took the image through a double glazed soundproofing window with the lens fully zoomed. The reflections off the window glass were very cooperative, as were the musicians.

Johny Blood and Adrian playing

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 85mm.
Settings: 1/8 second at f/5.6, ISO 800.

This image of the tuba was taken with the G11. The G11’s articulating LCD screen makes high and, as in this case, low angle framing super easy. For dramatic effect, in post-production I added a bit of vignetting in Nik Silver Efex then overlayed the black and white layer with the original using the layer palette’s “Color” menu selection.

Tuba in studio

Settings: 6.1mm, 1/60 second at f/2.8, ISO 400.

Canon T2i and G11 making impressions at the studio.

Out and About, Photos

Old bone

March 28, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

Like I said in my last post, we had a busy weekend in the studio recording songs for our next album. While the horn players were working their magic inside, I was out and about in the overcast, drizzly weather grabbing images. This old skull hanging on the wall outside the studio caught my eye. I took several shots of it, but this straight on, close-up view was my fave.

Old bone