31/365: Water Under the Bridge

French Broad River Greenway. A different perspective of I-240. The highlights and shadows were adjusted, as was the color balance.

20/365: Original

Here is the original photo from day 20. I had to lighten the graffiti reflection in the water and then took out a couple of sticks from the water. I also made parts of the graffiti in the reflection black and white so the reflection isn't an exact copy of the wall graffiti. There is a filter in Photoshop under "noise" that is called "dust & scratches" that I used to create a slight roughness to the photo. Then I fooled around with the brushes in Photoshop - I had downloaded some free brushes and used that to paint parts of the picture to give it the cracked look that sections of the photo has. It sound like work than the final result looks, but it was fun to just play around.

30/365: Berms After Berms

Warrior Creek Trail. First attempt in mountain biking shots. A lot to learn, work on, and try. We usually just ride and that's it, but this may be the year that I'll start bringing my camera with me on rides. Keeping my fingers cross that I don't crash and break the camera. Although I can't decide which is worse: me, the bike or the camera.

For whatever reason the series of photos I took on this section all came out too dark. I had to adjust the shadows a bit so you could actually see Drew.

29/365: Last Light

Spivey Mountain.

28/365: River

French Broad River Greenway. Nothing special about this picture. But I like the lighting on the tops of the trees and the reflection. I wish there were less branches on these trees, but there's no way in hell I'm going to Photoshop them out.

27/365: Overwhelmed

River Arts District. There's just so much there to photograph. It's hard to stay away. Even after make random turns I still end up there. The contrast was increased to darken the bricks and the highlight was adjusted so that there's a slight more definition in the light coming through the top right window panes.

26/365: The Story of the Droplets

Taken from the inside of my car. I guess rainy days are good for something...