Re: GESO (8) - Rittenhouse Square

2022-07-06 Thread Alan C 

Rick

I showed the image to my wife - she said they had something similar in 
Salisbury, Rhodesia, when our kids were small. The outings were known as 
"play dates".


Alan C

On 06-Jul-22 09:58 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

Thanks, Alan!

There were 3 organized play groups scattered around the park that morning. I’ve 
passed through that park many times (though usually before 9am) ahd haven’t 
seen them before.

Rittenhouse Square, as well as the park near our house and the nearby cemetery, 
are maintained through the energies of “friends” organizations that hold 
periodic cleanup days, lobby the city government, and raise money.  They were a 
mess when we moved here 40 years ago.

Rick


On Jul 6, 2022, at 2:08 PM, Alan C  wrote:

Rick, I always enjoy your exposès. The parks, cemeteries & gardens in Philadelphia 
always seem to be so beautifully manicured & clean. You won't see that in Africa 
any more. I was particularly intrigued by the image showing a bunch of young mothers 
with their babies on a tarpaulin. I have never seen anything like it!

Alan C

On 06-Jul-22 12:28 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

Rittenhouse Sq. is a beautiful park in central Philadelphia. A friend of I 
wandered around it shooting last week.


https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2022/June-2022/Rittenhouse-Sq/


Comments always appreciated!

Rick





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Re: GESO: Alaska

2022-07-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola 
Wonderful gallery!  I especially enjoyed the whale images.

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On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 10:07 PM Stan Halpin 
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> We had a recent short trip along the Southeastern coast of Alaska, here
> are a few images…
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Re: GESO: Alaska

2022-07-06 Thread Paul Sorenson 
Nice gallery.  Almost a shock to see the tall buildings at the end after 
so many wilderness scenes.  


-p

On 7/6/2022 9:07 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:

We had a recent short trip along the Southeastern coast of Alaska, here are a 
few images…

https://zenfolio.page.link/4Yt6Y

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Re: 2nd quarter faves

2022-07-06 Thread Paul Sorenson 
Both very nice, but especially the first one.  Really like the side 
lighting as it brings out the texture of the bark and evergreen 
needles.  The bright area in the upper right corner does tend to draw my 
eye in that direction.  Perhaps you could tone that down some or just 
add a little vignette.


-p

On 7/6/2022 2:41 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

Small album this quarter, only two photos, both from the same day, both have 
been shown here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720299208163

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GESO: Alaska

2022-07-06 Thread Stan Halpin 
We had a recent short trip along the Southeastern coast of Alaska, here are a 
few images…

https://zenfolio.page.link/4Yt6Y

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Re: GESO (8) - Rittenhouse Square

2022-07-06 Thread Rick Womer 
Thanks, Alan!

There were 3 organized play groups scattered around the park that morning. I’ve 
passed through that park many times (though usually before 9am) ahd haven’t 
seen them before.

Rittenhouse Square, as well as the park near our house and the nearby cemetery, 
are maintained through the energies of “friends” organizations that hold 
periodic cleanup days, lobby the city government, and raise money.  They were a 
mess when we moved here 40 years ago.

Rick

> On Jul 6, 2022, at 2:08 PM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Rick, I always enjoy your exposès. The parks, cemeteries & gardens in 
> Philadelphia always seem to be so beautifully manicured & clean. You won't 
> see that in Africa any more. I was particularly intrigued by the image 
> showing a bunch of young mothers with their babies on a tarpaulin. I have 
> never seen anything like it!
> 
> Alan C
> 
> On 06-Jul-22 12:28 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
>> Rittenhouse Sq. is a beautiful park in central Philadelphia. A friend of I 
>> wandered around it shooting last week.
>> 
>> 
>> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2022/June-2022/Rittenhouse-Sq/
>> 
>> 
>> Comments always appreciated!
>> 
>> Rick
>> 
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Re: 2nd quarter faves

2022-07-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola 
Both are also very nice.
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On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 3:41 AM Larry Colen  wrote:

> Small album this quarter, only two photos, both from the same day, both
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Re: PESO: An old country graveyard

2022-07-06 Thread John Sessoms 
Added an exposure adjustment layer to make the whole scene brighter and 
masked it with black, then painted in with white on the mask to reveal 
the brighter image on just the headstones.


Had to burn in the inscriptions to keep them legible.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/52197461757

You can click back & forth between the two images to compare them.

I still like the original better, but might go back to that exposure 
adjustment layer & tone it down a bit. Try to find a happy medium in 
between the two images.


On 7/6/2022 12:51 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

Thank you.

I don't use Lightroom, and I haven't done much Photoshop in the last 
couple years, so some of my skills are really rusty.


I did use layer masks on curves & levels to make the headstones pop  & 
NIK filters to push contrast as far as I could to try and make the 
headstones more readable.


The original RAW file had almost no contrast between the stones & the 
inscriptions.


I'll take another look & see if I can bring the stones up a bit more, 
and maybe post a substitute if I think I can do better.



On 7/6/2022 9:02 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

I like this; particularly the colors and the texture of the headstones.

One might use the brush in LR to brighten the headstones a stop or so.

Rick



On Jul 4, 2022, at 9:31 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/52194803449

Been kinda' saving this one for the Fourth of July.

My mom used to live up near Roxboro, NC and there was a back way I 
could drive up there from Raleigh that avoided most of the major 
traffic.


I passed this old graveyard along the way whenever I'd go up to visit 
her.


It's just a simple place with rocks for grave markers and simple 
crosses made from PVC pipe. Nothing to mark it out as special, but 
then one day I noticed the three headstones and stopped to look at 
them more closely.








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Re: GESO (8) - Rittenhouse Square

2022-07-06 Thread Alan C 
Rick, I always enjoy your exposès. The parks, cemeteries & gardens in 
Philadelphia always seem to be so beautifully manicured & clean. You 
won't see that in Africa any more. I was particularly intrigued by the 
image showing a bunch of young mothers with their babies on a tarpaulin. 
I have never seen anything like it!


Alan C

On 06-Jul-22 12:28 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

Rittenhouse Sq. is a beautiful park in central Philadelphia. A friend of I 
wandered around it shooting last week.


https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2022/June-2022/Rittenhouse-Sq/


Comments always appreciated!

Rick



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Re: PESO: An old country graveyard

2022-07-06 Thread John Sessoms 

Thank you.

I don't use Lightroom, and I haven't done much Photoshop in the last 
couple years, so some of my skills are really rusty.


I did use layer masks on curves & levels to make the headstones pop  & 
NIK filters to push contrast as far as I could to try and make the 
headstones more readable.


The original RAW file had almost no contrast between the stones & the 
inscriptions.


I'll take another look & see if I can bring the stones up a bit more, 
and maybe post a substitute if I think I can do better.



On 7/6/2022 9:02 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

I like this; particularly the colors and the texture of the headstones.

One might use the brush in LR to brighten the headstones a stop or so.

Rick



On Jul 4, 2022, at 9:31 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/52194803449

Been kinda' saving this one for the Fourth of July.

My mom used to live up near Roxboro, NC and there was a back way I could drive 
up there from Raleigh that avoided most of the major traffic.

I passed this old graveyard along the way whenever I'd go up to visit her.

It's just a simple place with rocks for grave markers and simple crosses made 
from PVC pipe. Nothing to mark it out as special, but then one day I noticed 
the three headstones and stopped to look at them more closely.





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Re: PESO: An old country graveyard

2022-07-06 Thread Rick Womer 
I like this; particularly the colors and the texture of the headstones. 

One might use the brush in LR to brighten the headstones a stop or so.

Rick


> On Jul 4, 2022, at 9:31 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/52194803449
> 
> Been kinda' saving this one for the Fourth of July.
> 
> My mom used to live up near Roxboro, NC and there was a back way I could 
> drive up there from Raleigh that avoided most of the major traffic.
> 
> I passed this old graveyard along the way whenever I'd go up to visit her.
> 
> It's just a simple place with rocks for grave markers and simple crosses made 
> from PVC pipe. Nothing to mark it out as special, but then one day I noticed 
> the three headstones and stopped to look at them more closely.
> 
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2nd quarter faves

2022-07-06 Thread Larry Colen 
Small album this quarter, only two photos, both from the same day, both have 
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720299208163

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