In the warm glow of the evening light on the way to the George Lepp keynote speaker.

Tom was walking ahead of me so I photographed him while he was photographing the tower. I kept my aperture open to keep him sharp and the background soft.


At the fine arts center I just liked the way that this sculpture frame the flag.

The brick building made a pleasing background against the petunias. That evening light was just wonderful!

OK, I just had to play around with black and white and color...
same photo, cropped and then a B&W adjustment layer and then a mask painting back in the colors of the flowers.

I just love the color of this flower.

I had to try it with black and white and color as well, here are two variations, one painting with black and the second with 50% gray.


Sunday morning the horses were very handsome. There were lots of people around so I tried to create some tight images.

converted to B&W

This young lady was with her father and the Caballos de Paso.
The "Caballos de Paso" is a group of Paso Fino horses that travel all over New England giving
demonstrations and parades. The Paso Fino horse is a Spanish breed known as the
"smoothest riding horse in the world" due to their unique four-beat gait.
http://www.pasofinos.com/ has further breed information if you are interested.



She needs a red flower in her hair to balance this image, but I love her dress.

We have lots more and will post some more horses later this week. Tom got some good ones of the horses galloping towards him.
1 comment:
Hello, Tom and Lisa,
Thanks for posting some photos from NECCC.
It appears to me that these photos are good examples of "White Reveals and Black Hides".
I also got a CD from you for the Action file. My plan to practise these steps to make good use the Layer Mask functions.
I will look forward to seeing more of your posting on your website.
Sherm Shiao
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