RabidSnaps

[RabidAlien]

The wife and I went to the Dallas Arboretum today for their Pumpkin Fest (massively crowded!). We invited my wife's stepmom and sister-n-law and nephew to go with us....so, of course, the rest of the family invited themselves along. Rah. What a fun day of over-opinionated in-law time! I did manage to get a good shot or two (I think, at least):

 

[B-17engineer]

Awesome!!! Way to go 8)

 

[vikingBerserker]

Oustanding RA! You got more then a few good shots in. The B&W is awesome!

 

[RabidAlien]

BEHOLD....THE POWER OF PHOTOSHOP!!! (read with thundering Thor-voice) The color version wasn't all that inspiring. After flipping it to B&W...I'm very tempted to go back and play with the other two from the same plant. Textures are so much fun to try to capture!

 

[GrauGeist]

Great colors!

Also good Bee shots, very nice!

B&W is alot of fun to work with, it really shows textures and contrasts far better than color, well done!

 

[RabidAlien]

The other two leaf-shots...original image, plus B&W with some brightness/contrast editing (I like my B&W's with a bit higher contrast and lower brightness):

 

[RabidAlien]

(stupid double-posting....the voices in my head made me do it, honestly!)

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Inspirational photograph RA

 

[Wayne Little]

Mmm..they DO look rather good.. well done sir!

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Most excellent sir!

 

[RabidAlien]

Different pumpkin patch today. Hopefully the wife doesn't want to go to any more!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Your little girl is a cutie. Great shots RA!

 

[diddyriddick]

What a little cutie, RA! Did you get any pics of the old DeGolyer house while you were there? It really is a lovely place.

 

[evangilder]

Nice shots!

 

[RabidAlien]

I've gotten pics of the house in the past, but not this time. To me, architecture looks better when photographed in B&W infrared....nobody makes infrared film anymore, since 99% of the population has gone to digital (its easier to use a Photoshop add-on to flip-flop your images, instead of having to have a small modicum of talent prior to snapping the picture), and infrared filters for your lens are still pretty expensive. I know Cokin makes a filter, and I've seen instructions on modifying a Cokin to fit in a circular filter housing so that you can screw on the filter instead of having to deal with all the Cokin stuff (nice filters, BTW, don't get me wrong, I just quit using all but the basic filters years ago...have a cheap haze filter on my lens to protect it, and occasionally pop a polarizer on when needed, but all the extra color filters and holders were just too much of a hassle for me to bother with them much anymore...again, I prefer to get the colors/shots that I need BEFORE I snap the pic). Mod a Cokin P007 to fit into a screw-in filter

 

[GrauGeist]

Great pix of your daughter...she looks like she was having a blast

I hear ya' about the filters, and I'm still kicking myself in the arse for letting all of mine go. I had quite a collection back when I was into 35m/m...

 

[RabidAlien]

I think I eventually Craigslist-ed mine.

 

[RabidAlien]

The Spruce Goose:

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk133/rabidalien/Spruce_Goose_Panorama.jpg (image size was too large to post on the forum here)

 

[RabidAlien]

Some more (heh....last pic included to show why we didn't spend much time roaming around the tanks and planes displayed outside):