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Bill Pador > "Fading But Not Gone" Today was a so so day here in good 'Ol New Jersey, the weather is rapidly changing to a winter feel needing a heavy jacket and warm shoes to walk about but even so our fall colors are fighting to stay around even after our first snow storm yesterday of 6" which just about wiped out what little leaves are left but melted just as fast as it came, but you can still find glorious colors scattered about the forest & mountains. I didn't have to go far for these remnants of Autumn, just a 30 second walk down the street from my house which presented this scene which shows the light shades of browns in the grass that has gone into hibernation already, gray sky with a tad of blue for teasing purposes and some fading colors fighting to stay alive if just for one more week. These trees survived the pounding of mother natures winter fury yesterday so I thought it would be nice to capture & preserve the last memories of the best Autumn colors I can remember in recent memory here in NJ. So say good bye (MAYBE) to my glorious colors of days gone by, winter is finally here my friends! Enjoy your day everyone, the weekend is almost here ;) ~Bill~
Bill Pador > "Shades of Grey" Today's image comes from an old idea with a new twist. The classic side by side crystal glasses filled with water with my flair added. The idea of this capture was to somehow manage multiple SHADES OF GREY through out the entire image. I wanted to challenge myself with this one, it took quite a while to figure out how I was going to complete it (about 4 hours) but I succeeded and quite happy with the results. Study the image and you will see that I accomplished my project by having shades of gray blended into black in all quadrants. The glasses, water, stems, background and even the frame reverse the shades from side to side and top to bottom. Even the top of the water line is shaded different on each side. I would love to explain the set up but it is so detailed that I would be here forever, but let it be known that there are NO Photoshop tricks in this image, it was ALL done with lighting techniques along with Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO settings. The background is 4 different sheets of poster board (2 white 2 black) laid out side by side on the wall and table surface. Lighting was provided by a single 60 watt fluorescent desk lamp positioned high above and slightly off center and then angled into the background to change the shade of the poster board. Then various home made reflectors were placed around the set to properly utilize light bouncing off the glasses & backdrop get the effect I was striving for. The framing contains 4 samples of color taken with the eye dropper directly off the image and then the final out side frame being created in OnOne Pro Frame 3.1 generator plug-in software. Nikon D300 Tripod mounted Shutter Speed: 1/6 Sec. AP: f/32 ISO 800 The image was originally shot in RAW format and then converted in PS using Camera RAW with only small adjustments made to the total black levels and then a few dust spots removed on the right glass from the paper towel lint I missed while cleaning the glasses prior to the shot LOL. *(TIP: When photographing glass close up be sure to use a LINT FREE cloth for cleaning, you'll be surprised at how much a small amount of lint will screw up your shot causing timely processing adjustment being needed to correct the flaws.) Once in CS3 I used Alien Skin Exposure 2 B&W Film filter for the conversion using the ILFORD HP5 Plus 400 (Grain Off) Black & White Film Push filter. *PS: (2) Other color images that were shot during this project can be seen in my DAILY 'EXTRAS GALLERY' HERE
Bill Pador > This is one of the squirrels that visits my best friends house on a daily basis. He comes right up to you for a hand out of peanuts and then chows down.
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