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Week 13 Good to WOW SOOC “Up” ~ Edit

For the edit of the SOOC images, I am linking up with Ashley from “Ramblings and Photos“. I know I am a little late on getting this up; but honestly, I am late on everything these past two weeks. Can you believe I forgot to pay our power-bill on time (never happened before). I really need to get back on track with everything, with life in particular…

At any rate, here is my edited photograph from this week’s SOOC challenge “Up”, hosted by my friend Jill Samter from “Jill Samter Photography“. Jill has been of lately a huge encouragement to me regarding my photography, and I want to thank her for that (thanks Jill!!!!).

I did like how my American Flag reflection shot came out; all I did on this photograph was a boost to the color (helped the red come out of the American flag stripes), sharpened it and added a light vignette. Let me know what you think 🙂

Thanks for stopping by today. This upcoming week’s theme is “Faith”…hm, wheels in my head are turning 😉 .

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Week 13 Good to WOW SOOC “Up”

This week I found time to participate in Jill’s weekly SOOC (straight out of camera) challenge. This week’s theme is “UP”.

My hubby and I went yesterday afternoon down-town Tempe and Tempe Town Lake. Actually it is one of our favorite spots to take photographs in the Metro Phoenix area.

I usually challenge myself to photograph with one particular lens on our weekly photography outings. This week I went with my very slowwwwww kit-lens (18-55mm/3.5-5.6). The only thing I added to the lens was my circular-polarizer filter; this was a good investment with the harsh light we have here in the Valley of the Sun 🙂 .

So, for this week I am entering the below photograph: a reflection of the American flag in a window. I had to look up in order to take this photograph 😉 .

To see a larger version of the above photo, please visit my Flickr Page. I have a couple of ideas on how to make the photograph “WOW”, but not sure if I will get the result I am looking for.

To find more “Up” photographs for this week’s challenge, please visit Jill’s website “Jill Samter Photography“.

Thank you for stopping by today; remember: sometimes we need to look up to see ‘treasures’.

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Week 5 Shoot & Edit SOOC Heart

I started following Jill’s photo-blog “Forever n Ever n Always Photography”. I wish I would have followed her blog earlier (like 3 years ago); she has some really neat tutorials posted (could have used the “Aperture Tutorial” when I started my photography 😉 .

This week I am joining Jill in the SOOC (straight out of camera) challenge; the theme this week is “Hearts”. So here is what I came up with (first my settings):

The only thing I did with the photo is convert from RAW to JPG; reduced the size to 2400px x 3600px (8 x 12). You can see the larger size on my Flickr page:

Check our Jill’s post to see other photographer’s photographs for this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by – until next time with a new photography challenge 🙂

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I Heart Faces ~
Photo Challenge Week 49

This week is ‘pets only’…How could I resist in sharing a shot of Corky, our ‘rescued’ Chihuahua? This is my personal favorite shot thus far of Corky…We were playing, me with camera in hand (he was not happy about the camera part – lol)

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To visit more pet shots, click on the icon on top of the post. Thanks for stopping by.

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