Another of the potted cyclamen at the Oakland City Center. Tonite was a late nite. I visited the Focus Gallery at Polk and Union. They had an abstract show of photography by four members. I have not done much abstract work so my goal was a better appreciation of abstracts. Art Levit’s work is beautiful and elegant even though his subjects are trash, graffiti, rust, etc. Eric Larson had intriguing idea for a collection that I will call “Commuter Art”. He shoots while driving his car and gets very interesting results. Of course, I tried while driving home. My result is a mishmash of squiggles (but fun).
Just for Grins
Cyclamen
This is a heavy crop of a planter at the Oakland City Center. I liked it better in B&W to that all the texture is more visible without the extremely bright pink and reds of the blooms.
Tis the Season
Today at lunch at the Oakland City Center, this choir sang like angels. It was a nice surprise to walk around the corner and find the performance. This image has been heavily fiddled.
Photo Friday – Imperfection
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
This morning, I dragged myself out of bed with a pounding sinus headache. I was zoning out on the BART train platform waiting for the train to let us on. I watched this blackbird looking shiny and perfect just hanging out on the roof. Every once in a while, the blackbird let out a half-hearted mellow chirp. It made me smile, then I realized it was a good photo op. For me, the imperfections of the caulk just add to the picture.
Photo Friday – Yellow
This is a quick grab shot from the lobby of our building. I heavily fiddled for this look. The lighting was atrocious.
Oakland Convention Center
This was a grab shot taken outside my office. The glass building is the Oakland Convention Center. The spire with the clock is the Oakland Tribune building.
Today, I attended a Photoshop seminar. I thought that I was taking Photoshop Creativity by Bert Monroy. Instead, I signed up for Photoshop CS2 Power Tips by David Cross. The seminar was excellent and I learned a lot. Here is one of the tips from the seminar.
Tip: For this image, I used the Image | Apply Image command. I chose Blending Mode of Multiply. This caused the colors and details to pop. Then, I changed the opacity to reduce the strength. The seminar recommends Overlay mode. Try both and see what works for you.
Good Guys
Tonite, Chip and I took in the movie, Zathura. Chip vetoed Pride & Prejudice immediately. In fact, we had a fun time and the kids in the audience loved it. Walking back to the car, I took a quick snap of the Good Guys store.
This is the first time that I tried out the Tiles Photoshop filter. Try it out under the Filter | Stylize | Tiles menu.
Downtown Oakland
Taken outside my work while returning from lunch in downtown Oakland.
Cherry Tomato
I just finished reading an article about using complementary colors in a photo to add movement (like red and green). The article showed a vibrant blue and yellow photo with everything out of focus. Well, here is my out-of-focus shot of complementary colors. Technically, not good because I missed my focus but somehow I still like it.
View from Bart
Every day, I ride the train to work. Earlier this week, I hopped on my train, sat down, and looked out the window. I loved the fog wisping down the hills. So, I took a quick snapshot through the train window before we started moving. I believe that my car is parked under the farther seagull.
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