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Photo Friday: Hawai’i

deirdre — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:14:45 +0000

Taken at the Hawai’ian Tropical Botanical Garden, just north of Hilo, on my trip last year.

Photo Friday: Pug Dog In Chair

deirdre — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:50:33 +0000

Taken at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, 2008.

Photo Friday: Antipodean Flower

deirdre — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:17:06 +0000

Taken at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum

I took this photo in 2010 when Rick and I visited the UC Santa Cruz arboretum, which specializes in southern hemisphere plants, specifically plants from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.

I used Nik Color Efex Pro to modify the photo from the original found here. The effects I used were Pro Contrast, correcting the color cast and brightness (with as little detail loss as possible given the great detail on the flower), followed by Vignette Blur to de-emphasize other elements. Nik’s products have rapidly become my favorite for photo editing.

“A Landscape of Ruins” Show Opening

deirdre — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:17:04 +0000

Today, the show with my photo “First Man” opens, though the reception is tomorrow.

Date: Tuesday, September 27
Time: 5-7 pm
Place: Foothill college, building 6100, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA. Closest freeway exit is El Monte exit from I-280.
Parking costs $2 (in quarters) in marked spaces; handicap parking is free with appropriate handicap placard/plate. Parking logistics below.

Campus map here.

For handicap parking, lot 8 is your best bet (two elevators required), followed by lot 3-A, which is fairly level. However, campus construction may make 3-A impractical. Everything else is hilly or farther away.

Coolest Video I’ve Heard in a While

deirdre — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:06:07 +0000

Sound designer Diego Stocco plays a dry cleaner as an instrument.

Diego Stocco – Music From A Dry Cleaner from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

Urban Ruins Show

deirdre — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:03:33 +0000

My photo, First Man, has been accepted for Foothill College’s Urban Ruins exhibit, which runs from September 26 – November 2nd.

I used two programs for this: Apple’s Aperture, which I used for straightening and cropping the image, and Nik Color Efex Pro, specifically the saturation stylizer effect.

My thanks to Mung and Digit, whoever they may be, for such photographable street art.

Early Plum Blossoms

deirdre — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:15:40 +0000

Usually we have plum blossoms sometime between mid-March and early April. This year, we’ve got them in early February.

Bellingrath Gardens: Two

deirdre — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:58:04 +0000

So I turned a corner and saw this. Makes my sealife-loving self happy.

Bellingrath Gardens: One

deirdre — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:26:38 +0000

Beautiful annual light display. I walked for hours.

Fulton Street, Palo Alto

deirdre — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:55:40 +0000

Christmas Tree Lane

For the past 70 years, Fulton Street in Palo Alto has had an annual holiday light display. Rick and I walked the street for the first time, and I got a few shots I’m happy with.