A deciduous tree against a crisp blue sky, two days before Christmas 2005.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/526, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-12-23T15:31:27-05, 2005-12-23_15h31m27
Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL 32174-7227
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Small white flowers in our yard, with the sun behind them. These are considered weeds, but they look nice.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/769, F4.7, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-12-23T15:26:30-05, 2005-12-23_15h26m30
Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL 32174-7227
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Sunshine behind evergreen leaves.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/238, F4.7, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-12-23T15:21:00-05, 2005-12-23_15h21m00
Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL 32174-7227
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This was a sign at Wal-Mart that apparently means “no trucks,” but I thought it looked funny. The truck on the picture looks more like a box with four wheels. So I’ve decided to title this “No Wheeled Boxes.”
This photo is from 2005, but the source image is dull and ugly. Using the curves tool, I added a lot of contrast, making the sky a bright blue and the colors white, black, and red on the sign very vivid. Then, I selectively desaturated the blue in the sky to prevent color banding when I make prints of this photo. The red will look fine, but blue is a particularly vulnerable color for some reason.
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Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/286, F4.7, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-11-21T09:17:57-05, 2005-11-21_09h17m57
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A view across the lake. The water was in fact quite green, but I corrected that by changing the white balance.
This is a new edit of a photo I took in 2005. The original was quite dull, but with a simple contrast enhancement it became a memorable photo.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/1429, F4.7, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-10-27T12:18:46-04, 2005-10-27_12h18m46
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One of my early photos from Dec. 2004. In the beginning, I made the mistake of setting my 2MP Fujifilm FinePix 2650 to 1 megapixel resolution, which was 1280×960 instead of 1600×1200. At the time, I had a computer with a 4GB HDD and monitor with a resolution of 1024×768, so I saw no reason to take higher quality photos. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
This is newly edited with Photoshop CS5. I added a lot of contrast and made the white balance warmer. Every version of Photoshop gets easier to use, at least in my opinion. The auto contrast and auto tone functions work better now, and I find myself using them rather than curves more often than ever. However, the auto color feature still sucks.
I will only be posting photos from 2005 for the rest of November 2010 and some of December. I will also get into the 2006 photos next month. For a preview of what’s coming, look at the photos I posted on deviantART in late 2005 and early 2006. I will be reposting them here, but with different descriptions, titles, and much better editing.
Fujifilm FinePix 2650, 1/1400, F8.7, 6mm, ISO100, 2004-12-12T10:51:01-05, 2004-12-12_10h51m01
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I took this picture of raindrops falling at night, and my camera’s flash reflected off one of the raindrops. It looks like a star going supernova.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/30, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO400, 2005-11-28T18:28:20-05, 2005-11-28_18h28m20
Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL 32174-7227
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The same tree from Autumn Leaves, three weeks later in November of 2005. The leaves have gotten more orange and deader!
Not to be confused with Autumnal Leaves from September of 2007.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/67, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-11-25T17:10:35-05, 2005-11-25_17h10m35
Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL 32174-7227
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The fountain in front of Riverside National Bank in Orange City, in November 2005. I’m not sure if it’s still there.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/769, F4.7, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-11-23T13:20:52-05, 2005-11-23_13h20m52
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A purple morning glory flower against the morning sunshine.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/1429, F4.7, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-11-23T10:04:18-05, 2005-11-23_10h04m18
Location: 1985 S. Carpenter Ave., Orange City, FL 32763-7334
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