The Rivah

I took a mid-week mini vacation to the rivah (more accurately, the bay).
It was hot & clear; perfect conditions for a serious sunburn
that I'm still paying for 2 days later.

[I've seemingly lost all knowledge of html I'd amassed during the days of Myspace,
so until I reeducate myself, all camera setting info will be listed below,
as well as any edits if it's not SOOC(Straight Out Of Camera)]

SOOC
f/13
1/160 sec
ISO-200

SOOC
f/13
1/200 sec
ISO-200

SOOC
f/10
1/400 sec
ISO-200
[this one is a little washed out, but I haven't had time to fool with it yet]

f/13
1/160 sec
ISO-200
bumped up contrast & saturation.
[I like the way the sand looks :)]

f/13
1/200 sec
ISO-200
Bumped up the contrast just a little.
My blue dog ended up loving the water!

f/13
1/160 sec
ISO-200
Upped the saturation a little to enhance the gradient in the sky.

I'll go back and add post dated entries as I have time.

July 5th

The usual 4th of July fireworks displays around Richmond
were postponed this year due to some crazy thunderstorms.
I was supposed to work at the fairgrounds,
but ended up being trapped in the back of a box truck
for 3 hours waiting for the storm to pass!

They rescheduled the show at Dogwood Dell
for the evening of July 5th.
There's no way I was missing that one;
Fireworks are my favorite :)

f/5
1/250 sec
ISO-400
I used Picnik to edit these--
I don't remember everything I changed,
but most noticable is the temperature,
which I "warmed up" to make the sky look more like dusk :)

f/11
3 sec
ISO-200
I know, the ISO is crazy low,
but I wanted smooth lights & very little noise.
I sharpened & added the "cross process" filter to this.
f/11
3 sec
ISO-200
Cropped, slight contrast bump, & "blur" filter,
to smooth out the light trails.

f/11
3 sec.
ISO-200
Bumped contrast to get rid of stray sparkles.
This one looks like some sort of crazy
black hole supernova ferriswheel. Or something.
;)

f/11
3 sec.
ISO-200
Slightly blurred.
I like this filter on fireworks;
it gives the appearance of a longer shutter speed
(which is nice because I didn't use a tripod,
& 3 seconds was as long as I could hold still!)

f/11
3 sec.
ISO-200
I added the "cross process" filter to this,
as well as some sharpening & blurring
(yes, both. yes, it made a difference).
This is my favorite shot of the night--
probably because it's pink :)

I can't wait until the next time I get to photograph fireworks.
I am already enamored with them,
& now I'm a little obsessed with capturing them on camera.