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Image-Stacking in Charleston

Posted on June 26, 2010 By Tom No Comments on Image-Stacking in Charleston
Photography, Travel

Guitarist

It’s been a very long, hard two weeks. Right after the funeral on Monday I drove straight down to Charleston for PowerSchool University – an intense training session on our new student database system. I learned some neat things I’m going to try when I get back to the office, but it was almost information overload. I did manage to sneak out for a couple of hours one evening to do some photography, and was keen to try out the new image-stacking techniques, as well as the content-aware fill tool in Photoshop CS5.

My friend Ken had given me the idea to use image stacking with crowd scenes. The idea was that there would be a blur of activity around a few static individuals. Since I was staying in the heart of Charleston’s tourist area, I figured I’d have ample opportunity to give this a try. Turns out it was a nice idea, but the process in Photoshop probably wasn’t the best choice of tools.

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Cone Flower with Texture

Posted on July 2, 2008 By Tom 2 Comments on Cone Flower with Texture
Photography

Cone Flower with Texture

Here’s my obligatory annual close up shot of a cone flower. It seems that just about every one of my Flickr photographer friends has a shot like this, most including some sort of insect – bee, etc. Here’s a small sampling…

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