Unretouched Photos
These images are just as they came out of the camera. Other than some light sharpening, since reducing them from my massive scans and original digital images softens the fine details, these are just how the camera sees things. An image that is not included in this set may not necessarily be altered, especially an older one. This was mainly created as a challenge to myself on one "spring cleaning" day to try to take more spontaneous shots since recently I have been working on some massive panoramas that have taken quite a bit of my creative time.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Beet Salad at the Rhumb Line
More beautiful food from the Rhumb Line Restaurant in Ventura. This is the Beet Salad. I'm told it's one of their most popular dishes, and if it tastes as good as it looks I can sure see why! Once again this is right out of the camera, no fakery, and no inedible food here. This was right out of the kitchen, and ready to eat!
Saturday, August 18, 2012
I'll have the Pork
This made me hungry! Sam, the very creative chef at the Rhumb Line restaurant in Ventura shared a work of art with me yesterday. This is something new he is working on, and let me tell you the aroma was enough to make me want to put my camera down and pick up a fork.
Now we've all heard the stories about inedible food used for photography. After the shoot the staff at the restaurant ate this dish to try the new item. No trickery here, and no Photoshop work either. Other than a few specks of dust, this is right out of the camera.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Mission Carmel Bell Tower
This is from the inner courtyard at the Carmel Mission. I believe the tree with the white blossoms is a Flowering Pear Tree. This is thier time of year. There are some around here that are pure white with so many blossoms you can't see their leaves.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
High Speed Fountain
Today was a day of relaxation. Well, after the morning
of spring cleaning it was anyway. (Yeah, spring comes
early in California and it's not always a good thing.)
One of our stops today was at Terra Sol Nursery on Patterson
Avenue. We spend a LOT of time there for people who live in a
place with a 10' x 25' back yard. But there is always room
for one more plant. And there is always room for quite a few more
cool plant photos.
We were trying to think of something
nice to put in a newly cleaned space hoping it would discourage us from
collecting junk... er, I mean, important things that have yet to find
a permanent home. Today it was the fountains that caught our eyes.
But those are more of an outside thing so we left uncharacteristically
empty handed. Well other than for a few really cool shots of
the water flowing from the fountains. This one is particularly interesting
because just looking at the fountain the stream was a perfect column
of water. But at 1/640th of a second you can clearly see individual pulses of the
motor driving the pump. Usually the pumps pulse at 60hz (60 times per second)
same as the electricity that supplies them.
In the spirit of simplifying things, and since the photo of the day
has been a little behind lately, I have created a new category on the site:
"unretouched". This image is just as it came
out of the camera. Not to say that all the other images are heavily altered.
But I am far from a purist when it comes to either recreating the
scene as I remember it, or just having fun with a creative image.
And recently I have been working with some massive panoramas that
take days to get just right. So it will be nice to take some more
spontaneous shots.
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