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I had to reach back pretty far for this one. We don't have birthday parties. Typically, the boys comes home from school and open their gifts and cards. It's pretty low key but important.
This was the first time I attempted to straighten up my buildings using photoshop's distort feature. Because there are 3 separate planes, it was hard to eliminate all of the distortion. Besides, some is OK and the eye adjusts for it. Well, that's my theory anyway.
Almost all of the cars had their hoods opened so we could see the engines. Some had nice shiny parts which looked kind of cool but meant nothing to me. I had deleted most of my engine shots but not this one. It's not very good but when I saw it I thought visual noise. There is too much going on and if you aren't a car buff or mechanic it just looks like shiny entrails.
I might have missed this cheetah if I didn't see someone else taking a photo. He used his flash and woke the poor guy up. The cheetah didn't look happy and I was glad for the bars blocking my view. I wonder if he wanted some Cheetos?
I really liked the shadows on this and decided to add some grain to fit with the theme.
The seminar was great! Now I just need to apply what I learned. No time this morning. ;)
I know. An iPhone as a camera? Ugh! I used to think the same thing. But you know what? It's a camera. Sure it's not the best camera. And it is not going to take the place of my dSLR. But sometimes it's all you have. And there is nothing wrong with it. Sometimes you just want to take a photos and not have to go get your big dSLR... check the memory card... check the settings... take the photo... upload the image... process the image... Sometimes less is more.
Still not sure? Check out The Best Camera Is The One That's With You: iPhone Photography by Chase Jarvis (Voices That Matter)
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Yes, I know I cut off the pretty (girl) handling the eagle. But I was focusing on the bird! So I attempted to distract the viewer even more with a texture.
