First!

Alright, now it's time for my first official post.

So until I can afford the Nikon D40, I've been using my brother-in-law's camera. He's got a Sony Cybershot DSC-H2. I haven't had a whole lot of time with the camera, and I'm still getting the hang of the manual mode. It's been a while since I've had a Photography class, so I get to re-learn about ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed, Etc.

A couple of days ago I went for a short stroll around the block and took some pictures. There wasn't a lot of great shots, or interesting subjects. I had decided pretty early on that I'd need to do some post production on some of them and see what I could do about the look and feel of some of the more mundane shots. Below are some of the shots from that session.

This is a shot of a rad fire hydrant I saw on my walk. Unfortunately, I don't have a tripod to work with atm, so it's a completely manufactured HDR-type image. It's not nearly as good as a real HDR shot, and way more contrast-y but I still dig the final picture.

I sat under this tree for a while to enjoy the morning. It's positioned in the island running the length of the road. Even with the cars running by it was quite peaceful. This one has very little PS work done to it. A little bit of color correction and some resizing, but nothing like the first.

Another "HDR-Style" image. I like the way this one turned out more than the hydrant. I took it primarily because I thought the sign had some character and I really like railroad crossing signs for some reason.

So I decided to follow the railroad tracks and found this cool, decrepit train station. There's just something about trains. Like, it's one of the few remaining links to the past that we actively use. Something that's been around since the days of Cowboys & Indians! Just makes me feel like a kid again I guess.

Anyways, that'll be all for now. I have more but I need to adjust them a bit before I post 'em up.

Ciao!