tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882451526735565132024-03-13T06:44:01.859-07:00Diana's Photography JourneyA blog where you can see the progress of a beginner photographer.Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-37154752787289261522012-05-09T21:19:00.004-07:002012-05-09T21:19:47.574-07:00TestDraw<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-75054877241427236032012-02-27T03:11:00.013-08:002012-02-27T05:10:46.072-08:00Old Women (Black and White)<div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span ><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rNl7Iy5uWj4/T0tnJB30rfI/AAAAAAAAARA/LjODHQMoqqw/s1600/Old-Woman-2.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rNl7Iy5uWj4/T0tnJB30rfI/AAAAAAAAARA/LjODHQMoqqw/s400/Old-Woman-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713773957068664306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; " ><br /></span></div><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; " ><span>I've been wanting to take picture for old people for so long, but never had the perfect lens and perfect people. Today, three sweet women allowed me to take </span>portraits<span><span> for them. They were happy knowing they will have copy of their pictures in their rooms :)</span><br /><br /><span>I used </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Canon-50mm-1-8-Camera-Lens/dp/B00007E7JU">Canon EF 50mm lens</a><span>. This lens is fantastic. I have </span>experience<span> with so many lenses but this one was so easy to handle and was perfect indoor. Of course I used a tripod because I was aiming for all wrinkles and details to show. I also used a dark black </span>poster<span> to put it behind them in order to have a less distracting background. I shot in RAW because JPG would have hide so many details that I would want them to appear.</span></span></span><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><span><span ><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><span ><span>I took my images to Photoshop first and </span>converted<span> the colored pictures to B&W. Then I took them to <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.topazlabs.com%2Fadjust%2F&ei=1WJLT-jDMonksQKMw_XqCA&usg=AFQjCNGBfAc6WO2aTzyhNoOT1K3rBHXRkg&sig2=jStWI63YMQ7SyRNla9H9sg">Topaz Adjust</a> and added the "</span> Portrait <span><span>Drama" on some images and "Crisp" on other images. It basically added some tone and darkness to the face. Too much of it made the pictures horrible (that's why I took hours to process this batch of pictures). Evetnurally, you will have so much noise and you need to reduce it. The nice thing in Topaz that it have an option where you can use </span><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CD8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.topazlabs.com%2Fdenoise%2F&ei=ZmNLT-DSFKmlsAK2mvzqCA&usg=AFQjCNFqAAPzZAPVcjvxlZT9uKyCerfz4g&sig2=ZyCw_ZRkpBtWG81fGFUNRg%22">Topaz DeNoise</a><span> in Topaz Adjust window. You would want to cry of how much noise the picture will have :P but by reducing the noise using Topaz; it will be so clean and neat.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><span><span ><br /><span>I don't edit my images (sharpness,lighting,shadows,highlights...etc) in Topaz. I take them to Photoshop again and add my touches. I added more </span>sharpness<span> this time because I wanted it to be dramatic and show their face's details even more. I also drew on their faces! by using s tiny soft brush, I went over their wrinkles and made them more visible (yes, it needs </span>patience<span> and an external mouse). I also added light and reflection to their eyes, as well as their hair. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><span><span><span ><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span >I love how those pictures are very deep and descriptive to what they feel. They show sadness even though they smile, and they show temper even though they are relaxed. I am looking forward to take picture to old men now!<br /><br />I don't know why Blogger doesn't allow my images to open in a different link when you click on them. If I found a way then I will come back and edit this post in order for you to open them and zoom in and out. </span></span></span></div><div><span ><span><span><span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LDPG5WOQAb0/T0tvp34cDMI/AAAAAAAAARY/uCx5nXaK6Vw/s1600/Old-Woman5.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LDPG5WOQAb0/T0tvp34cDMI/AAAAAAAAARY/uCx5nXaK6Vw/s320/Old-Woman5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713783317415595202" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a> </span></span></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ck2ai5Y3U2o/T0tvpKtQQyI/AAAAAAAAARM/H4LuJbfh_vk/s1600/Old-Woman4.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ck2ai5Y3U2o/T0tvpKtQQyI/AAAAAAAAARM/H4LuJbfh_vk/s320/Old-Woman4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713783305289089826" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></span></div><div><span ><span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-onTMvaNGNeU/T0t09F0pLpI/AAAAAAAAARw/2ogo6Bx7cJ4/s1600/Old-Woman6.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-onTMvaNGNeU/T0t09F0pLpI/AAAAAAAAARw/2ogo6Bx7cJ4/s320/Old-Woman6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713789145133428370" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a> </span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vir78zcOlYc/T0t3RrgjuBI/AAAAAAAAAR8/YoVxpBgR-Vg/s1600/Old-Woman7.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vir78zcOlYc/T0t3RrgjuBI/AAAAAAAAAR8/YoVxpBgR-Vg/s320/Old-Woman7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713791697870370834" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></span></div><div><span ><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bt8FZF5-5bk/T0t52HpVIoI/AAAAAAAAASg/Z506U7l82zU/s1600/Old-Woman10.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bt8FZF5-5bk/T0t52HpVIoI/AAAAAAAAASg/Z506U7l82zU/s320/Old-Woman10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713794522921902722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RzV9MgiOwVs/T0t51lVTbQI/AAAAAAAAASU/KMAmRYWKOuY/s1600/Old-Woman9.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RzV9MgiOwVs/T0t51lVTbQI/AAAAAAAAASU/KMAmRYWKOuY/s320/Old-Woman9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713794513711099138" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></span></div><div><span ><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GN1mET5aoog/T0t8Mb9B27I/AAAAAAAAAS4/aDRhWOfr_A8/s1600/Old-Woman12.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GN1mET5aoog/T0t8Mb9B27I/AAAAAAAAAS4/aDRhWOfr_A8/s320/Old-Woman12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713797105353612210" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5hQu9NQJzvU/T0t8MEew7gI/AAAAAAAAASs/N9g66plpoMA/s1600/Old-Woman11.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5hQu9NQJzvU/T0t8MEew7gI/AAAAAAAAASs/N9g66plpoMA/s320/Old-Woman11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713797099052658178" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a> </span></div><div><span ><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aRk3Fgm9w6s/T0t3SF-zyBI/AAAAAAAAASI/uAMxH1t8yfE/s1600/Old-Woman8.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aRk3Fgm9w6s/T0t3SF-zyBI/AAAAAAAAASI/uAMxH1t8yfE/s320/Old-Woman8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713791704976574482" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGD0kceDeDE/T0t-hPIl7sI/AAAAAAAAATE/JBSukMOklSM/s1600/Old-Woman13.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGD0kceDeDE/T0t-hPIl7sI/AAAAAAAAATE/JBSukMOklSM/s320/Old-Woman13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713799661712961218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BqKjuq0DLQA/T0t_xAHBMpI/AAAAAAAAATc/r5V-mQe2Q5U/s1600/Old-Women3.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BqKjuq0DLQA/T0t_xAHBMpI/AAAAAAAAATc/r5V-mQe2Q5U/s320/Old-Women3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713801032069362322" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-64047184864799740932012-01-08T08:25:00.000-08:002012-01-08T21:52:03.147-08:00Nameless Door<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Rm7oBufLLU/TwnDr-TbSXI/AAAAAAAAAQo/QtW-4jdN53s/s1600/Photoshop2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Rm7oBufLLU/TwnDr-TbSXI/AAAAAAAAAQo/QtW-4jdN53s/s400/Photoshop2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695298364012972402" /></a><div><br />I took this picture yesterday but I cannot remember in which park in San Diego! It had a weird name and I forgot to take a picture to the sign. I am getting so much better in HDR. Before, I used to use the Grunge affect and getting crazy with colors and affects, but now I am using HDR to make my picture realistic and nice in the same time. I seriously think this is one of the best shots I've taken, because HDR make the details of the door pop out. The reason it is in B&W it because the timing when this was taken wasn't dark nor bright so it didn't really look good. I added a B&W affect in Photomatix, and "Photo Pop" in Topaz Adjust. Then added the vignette that gave the picture so much more meaning. </div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-84011418273959317482012-01-01T23:39:00.001-08:002012-01-02T11:03:46.571-08:00Sunset in Seaport Village, San Diego.I went to Seaport Village today hoping I will get good shots to HDR during sunset time. I got below picture by combing 15 expousers together. I was kind of disappointed that I didn't get the smooth surfaced water. Apparently, I must have the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tiffen-58mm-Neutral-Density-Filter/dp/B00004ZCDI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325490251&sr=8-1">Netural Density Filter</a>. I have to buy it because wherever I go for photography; I am surround with bodies of water!<br /><br />To fix the problem, or make it a little bit better; I took my image to <a href="http://www.topazlabs.com/adjust/">Topaz Adjust</a>. There is an option called "Smooth and Flat" which worked for my advantage this time. It gave a smooth looking to the water, and also to the wooden house. I didn't care much for that flawless smoothness because I think it worked nicely in this photo. I also sharpened and added some saturation to make sunset colors pop.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x1xacTfdizg/TwFiGJCEPCI/AAAAAAAAAQc/NqdcEILLT4o/s1600/5-photoshop.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x1xacTfdizg/TwFiGJCEPCI/AAAAAAAAAQc/NqdcEILLT4o/s400/5-photoshop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692939261616340002" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px; " /></a>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-61141053055027465442011-12-30T16:00:00.000-08:002011-12-30T19:13:37.081-08:00HDR Your Shot!This will be a tutorial for any beginner HDR photographers. On May 30, 2011 I made my first HDR tutorial, using a brief step-by-step explanation on how to achieve an HDR image from 5 expousers or more. I suggest you take a look on <a href="http://dianaquest.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-first-high-dynamic-range-hdr-attempt.html">this tutorial</a> before you go on reading. <div><br /></div><div><b>The achieved image:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bMzGYQiltz8/Tv5UXjcavTI/AAAAAAAAAM4/V0_38A7PNFI/s1600/HDR2-Photoshop.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bMzGYQiltz8/Tv5UXjcavTI/AAAAAAAAAM4/V0_38A7PNFI/s320/HDR2-Photoshop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692079742671043890" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Software I use:</b></div><div>1)<a href="http://www.hdrsoft.com/order.php?reseller=pl">Photomatix PRo</a> (required)- You cannot do an HDR photography if you don't have Photomatix or other HDR software. Simply it combines all the exposures you took. You can try it out for free.</div><div><br /></div><div>2)Photoshop (recommended)- you don't have to use Photoshop, but I always use it for final adjustments to my image.</div><div><br /></div><div>3)<a href="http://www.blogger.com/here%20(but%20it%20leaves%20a%20watermark%20on%20your%20photo).%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%3E%3Cbr%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%3E2)Photoshop%20(recommended)%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%3E3)%3Ca%20href=" com="" reseller="pl"">Topaz Adjust</a> (optional)- I love Topaz Adjust because it pop out all the details and colors in my picture. You can buy the entire bundle because it comes with other software that can do only good for your pictures.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Now lets start:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>1. The first thing you need is a tripod. HDR image is basically many expousers for the same shot combined together. So if you didn't' have a tripod, and you have some objects moved, then your final image will look horrible. </div><div><br /></div><div>2. Focus your lens using the Auto switch on your lens, then lock it on Manual.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. Set your F-stop on 11. This is what I usually do because it gives me a sharp image.<br /><br />4. Using the Exposure Composition Scale (look into the eye finder on yoru camera) and you will find a ruler looks like (-2,-1,0,+1,+2). The first shot should be on the 0, it is the correct exposure.<br /><br />*Advice: I usually take 7 to 13 shots. It's always better to take more than 5 images because it will give your image more details, or perhaps, more places in your picture will be balanced in color. </div><div><br /></div><div>5. In the below images, I took 13 images (-6,-5, -4,-3,-2,-1,0,+1,+2,+3,+4,+5,+6). I don't really know the exact technique to decide how many exposures you need to take, but you need to reach as white as possible and as dark as possible. Which means, when you take the lowest exposure, it needs to be almost completely dark, and when you take the highest exposure, it needs to be almost completely light.<br /><br /><b>Here are my exposures:<br /></b><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5z9szVT-bn8/Tv5obX98rKI/AAAAAAAAANQ/De8EaDIe5Xk/s1600/_MG_0487.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5z9szVT-bn8/Tv5obX98rKI/AAAAAAAAANQ/De8EaDIe5Xk/s200/_MG_0487.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692101798542486690" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_x-Yvif6HcI/Tv5pn6FmgrI/AAAAAAAAANc/-09DkfV8Uwk/s1600/_MG_0488.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_x-Yvif6HcI/Tv5pn6FmgrI/AAAAAAAAANc/-09DkfV8Uwk/s200/_MG_0488.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692103113371452082" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a></div><div> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dYvnYC7P3Qg/Tv5qzvzQSaI/AAAAAAAAANo/I4TDV-0LtK8/s1600/_MG_0489.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dYvnYC7P3Qg/Tv5qzvzQSaI/AAAAAAAAANo/I4TDV-0LtK8/s200/_MG_0489.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692104416280201634" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BIeHA8gaud8/Tv5r0wNdtrI/AAAAAAAAAN0/lxegVd00x2M/s1600/_MG_0490.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BIeHA8gaud8/Tv5r0wNdtrI/AAAAAAAAAN0/lxegVd00x2M/s200/_MG_0490.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692105533081630386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P6i-3X_KjBw/Tv5s24Uf5NI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Gqgv5n73SCU/s1600/_MG_0491.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P6i-3X_KjBw/Tv5s24Uf5NI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Gqgv5n73SCU/s200/_MG_0491.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692106669129983186" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RS2JBjGCUdA/Tv5tdI-varI/AAAAAAAAAOM/Pp5TMrkJhpY/s1600/_MG_0492.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RS2JBjGCUdA/Tv5tdI-varI/AAAAAAAAAOM/Pp5TMrkJhpY/s200/_MG_0492.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692107326437157554" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-CODHkkbRk/Tv5ug-IlFoI/AAAAAAAAAOg/AQzrtrLg0TQ/s1600/_MG_0494.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-CODHkkbRk/Tv5ug-IlFoI/AAAAAAAAAOg/AQzrtrLg0TQ/s200/_MG_0494.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692108491756738178" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zk6IOwrsSTY/Tv5ugg7vg1I/AAAAAAAAAOY/I_amE1RJN9U/s1600/_MG_0493.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zk6IOwrsSTY/Tv5ugg7vg1I/AAAAAAAAAOY/I_amE1RJN9U/s200/_MG_0493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692108483918267218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-txmTBoIQNDg/Tv5vau3rInI/AAAAAAAAAO8/QRXD8gQjG78/s1600/_MG_0496.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-txmTBoIQNDg/Tv5vau3rInI/AAAAAAAAAO8/QRXD8gQjG78/s200/_MG_0496.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692109484091712114" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-behCMoOYcbU/Tv5vaQP0YtI/AAAAAAAAAOw/hyyh2nfwD3c/s1600/_MG_0495.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-behCMoOYcbU/Tv5vaQP0YtI/AAAAAAAAAOw/hyyh2nfwD3c/s200/_MG_0495.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692109475871482578" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zLrEvf_pVC4/Tv5waG_6v4I/AAAAAAAAAPg/efHkIm5KFeI/s1600/_MG_0500.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zLrEvf_pVC4/Tv5waG_6v4I/AAAAAAAAAPg/efHkIm5KFeI/s200/_MG_0500.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692110572900499330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dgg09vfpXTo/Tv5wZ1rle2I/AAAAAAAAAPU/nwD9AaTCwCc/s1600/_MG_0499.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dgg09vfpXTo/Tv5wZ1rle2I/AAAAAAAAAPU/nwD9AaTCwCc/s200/_MG_0499.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692110568251816802" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a></div><div> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NClRgVg5l4k/Tv5wZhJRqBI/AAAAAAAAAPI/PMtzn6PuaDo/s1600/_MG_0497.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NClRgVg5l4k/Tv5wZhJRqBI/AAAAAAAAAPI/PMtzn6PuaDo/s200/_MG_0497.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692110562739202066" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Now once you are happy with your exposures, you go back home and eat some yummy food. OK I am kidding. <b>Photomatix Pro</b> comes in, and here where the fun and magic starts.<br /><br />6. Open Photomatix. Browse all the images together and click OK like below. Another dialog will show up. I don't usually care about it a lot. It is self-explanatory. Click OK once again.<br /><br /> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nNnvYeWTll8/Tv5xRlChqbI/AAAAAAAAAPs/L1Lmwk8wST0/s1600/Capture.PNG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nNnvYeWTll8/Tv5xRlChqbI/AAAAAAAAAPs/L1Lmwk8wST0/s200/Capture.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692111525857307058" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 153px; " /></a> </div><div><br />7. It will ask you to highlight any ghosts (<b>Deghosting</b>). Ghosts are any moved object. For example, you want to take an HDR image for an electrical stair in the airport...people will be moving. The picture will be blurry because remember you combined 13 images together. So the Deghosting helps you to freeze on shot in all of these 13 shots. Instead of having a person moving in 13 diffeent position in each picture, you will have it only in one. After circling your ghosting areas, you can preview you then click OK.</div><div><br /></div><div>8. On the top left, click on "<b>Tone Mapping/Fusion</b>".</div><div><br />9. Now it is your eyes that will decide what is nicer to enhance your image. There is no "right way" to pull those sliders, it is just you who judges what is good enough to enhance. For this image, I used "<b>Fusion Adjusted</b>". Do NOT use the Grunge enhancer. It is very common and make your HDR image horrible and not realistic. I usually use "<b>Fusion Adjusted</b>" or "<b>Compressor-Deep</b>".</div><div><br /></div><div>10. I pulled the <b>Saturation</b> slider to the right because the place was very pale and had light colors. Saturation made the yellow and blue pop out. Do NOT over saturate, HDR is about light not over-saturated colors. Do a reasonable saturation in order to pop your colors for your advantage.<br /><br />11. I pulled the <b>Black Clip</b> to the right as well. It make the color black of the bridge darker and more interesting. It doesn't work for all images, for this images I needed it because I wanted the bridge black color to be darker.</div><div><br /></div><div>That's all I usually do in Photomatix. Again, you can pull sliders and enhance your image more. Don't stick to one rule, always try and see what comes out better.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p3rlpMrqONQ/Tv55zdEGAyI/AAAAAAAAAP4/RFnWUl4ZmbM/s1600/Capture2.PNG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p3rlpMrqONQ/Tv55zdEGAyI/AAAAAAAAAP4/RFnWUl4ZmbM/s200/Capture2.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692120903924974370" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 103px; " /></a><br /><br /><b>This is the resulted image:<br /></b><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-teXhNYTo3Ao/Tv56I2WJLsI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/68fkLASisX4/s1600/HDR2-Photomatix%2B%25281024x680%2529.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-teXhNYTo3Ao/Tv56I2WJLsI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/68fkLASisX4/s320/HDR2-Photomatix%2B%25281024x680%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692121271488818882" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>You can say you are done here but for me I go into two more steps. Photomatix is not enough, it sometimes mess up parts of your images. So I take my picture to Photoshop and edit it using Topaz Adjust as well.<br /><br /></div><div>12. I take my image to <b>Topaz Adjust</b>. It is such an awesome software that worth the money! there are so many different labs of Topaz, but I usually use Adjust only. You wouldn't understand what I did if you don't have this software. Briefly saying, I used the "<b>Exposure Color Stretch</b>". The nice thing about Topaz is that it has a small viewer window on the top left. There is so many types of enhancer and you can literally skim through them in 2 minutes and pick your favorite one. </div><div><br /></div><div>There are sliders also in Topaz. I either use the Saturation, Detail Boost, and Sharpness or leave it as it is. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G0hGHI4kdB4/Tv55z8CXgGI/AAAAAAAAAQE/kNuGZxtM3XE/s1600/Capture3.PNG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G0hGHI4kdB4/Tv55z8CXgGI/AAAAAAAAAQE/kNuGZxtM3XE/s200/Capture3.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692120912239231074" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 108px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>13. I always use<b> Smart Sharpness</b> in Photoshop because usually in HDR, the details become kind of blurry. Use the reasonable amount of sharpness and apply it to the picture. I then straighten the picture if it is crooked, and burn and dodge some spots. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now we are officially done. You took your expousers, you combined them in Photomatix, you took your image to Topaz and enhanced it, then finally you edited your image using some smart Photoshop techniques. I hope this tutorial was useful to you, and if you have any questions, please contact me or leave a comment :)<br /><br /><b>Final Image:</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bMzGYQiltz8/Tv5UXjcavTI/AAAAAAAAAM4/V0_38A7PNFI/s1600/HDR2-Photoshop.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bMzGYQiltz8/Tv5UXjcavTI/AAAAAAAAAM4/V0_38A7PNFI/s320/HDR2-Photoshop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692079742671043890" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px; " /></a> </div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-38439214486794798592011-12-20T20:14:00.000-08:002011-12-20T20:18:10.632-08:00وَفَـــكَّرُوا واكَـــماَ أَنْتَ مُفَـــكٌــــرٌ<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bGmLAwJUBNE/TvFdSe5_PaI/AAAAAAAAAMg/S8X6nHiJYmI/s1600/1-co-ps.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bGmLAwJUBNE/TvFdSe5_PaI/AAAAAAAAAMg/S8X6nHiJYmI/s320/1-co-ps.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688430376460959138" /></a><br /><br />"وَفَـــكَّرُوا واكَـــماَ أَنْتَ مُفَـــكٌــــرٌ, ثُمٍ رَدًهُـــمْ اخِــــرُ ذاِلكَ الَى اُلأَخْــــذِ بِـــمَا عَــــــرَفُوا وَ الإمســــــَاكِ عَـــــماَّ لَمْ يُــــكَلَّفُــــوا." -نهج البلاغة<br /><br />Think like you are a thinker, then their response to the introduction of another piece, including constipation and knew what did not trouble”- (Naheg El-Balagha)<br /><br />(Sorry if the translation is not exact; I tried my best)<br /><br />A picture taken under a lamp light using Canon Macro Lens EF 100mm. I got interested in the quote and the font printed on the paper.Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-40767864409489849482011-10-11T23:13:00.000-07:002011-10-11T23:14:57.521-07:00Please Vote!Please vote for me through this <a href="http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/a654211dcd5e0a7402fbb95cec45d245/315?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150315555626366_18551207_10150318992721366#f2ff44c7a">link</a> by clicking "vote". You will help me to win a photography contest called " Every Second Counts ". Thanks!Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-28210327003396699172011-08-17T02:42:00.001-07:002011-08-17T02:42:59.733-07:00Oakes Garden Theater<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052560948/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#1 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6052560948_3761b67b29_s.jpg" alt="#1 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052560596/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#2 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6052560596_63c83d0ce1_s.jpg" alt="#2 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052009433/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#3 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6052009433_3a2c26ebdf_s.jpg" alt="#3 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052008785/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#4 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6052008785_7dcf6efd32_s.jpg" alt="#4 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052558874/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#5 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6086/6052558874_c9f2f1df71_s.jpg" alt="#5 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052558662/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#6 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6185/6052558662_f5ef0dc9f3_s.jpg" alt="#6 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052007799/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#7 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6084/6052007799_654be4af80_s.jpg" alt="#7 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052007319/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#8 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6089/6052007319_5a3bfc054d_s.jpg" alt="#8 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052556438/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#9 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/6052556438_33cdc3f76c_s.jpg" alt="#9 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052005541/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#10 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6052005541_3df0c7c2af_s.jpg" alt="#10 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052555524/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#11 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6052555524_e66d2149ac_s.jpg" alt="#11 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052554698/in/set-72157627453776014/" title="#12 Oakes Garden Theater" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6197/6052554698_9cccb82106_s.jpg" alt="#12 Oakes Garden Theater" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/sets/72157627453776014/">Oakes Garden Theater </a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div><p>Oakes Garden Theater in Ontario, Canada. </p>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-9089813632365899572011-08-17T02:21:00.001-07:002011-08-17T02:22:11.304-07:00Canada's Photography<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052353434/in/set-72157627453598490/" title="Canada, Toronto " style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/6052353434_663b60602b_s.jpg" alt="Canada, Toronto " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6051800257/in/set-72157627453598490/" title="Camping Shop (1)" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6089/6051800257_31f02e223d_s.jpg" alt="Camping Shop (1)" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052350178/in/set-72157627453598490/" title="Camping Shop (2)" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6052350178_f25427789d_s.jpg" alt="Camping Shop (2)" style="border:none; 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height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/6052344948/in/set-72157627453598490/" title="Skylon Tower" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6052344948_c2731e8481_s.jpg" alt="Skylon Tower" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/sets/72157627453598490/">Canada</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-22862555562402189562011-07-24T22:03:00.001-07:002011-07-24T22:05:49.693-07:00Balboa Park<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5972473979/in/set-72157627150208419/" title="Suspension Bridge in San Diego" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; 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padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6137/5973066050_b6c6833b65_s.jpg" alt="Balboa Park, San Diego- CA" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><div style="padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></div> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/sets/72157627150208419/">Balboa Park</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-85724292364577164602011-07-13T01:36:00.001-07:002011-07-13T01:37:55.754-07:00Old Town San Diego State Historic Park<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932401805/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Temple Beth Israel (1889)" style="display: block; 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height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932406057/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Christian House (1889)" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5932406057_a2e6b38acf_s.jpg" alt="Christian House (1889)" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932407039/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Christian House Window" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5932407039_a9e55e3524_s.jpg" alt="Christian House Window" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932408381/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Senlis Cottage (1896)" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5932408381_c0a7dcd6c8_s.jpg" alt="Senlis Cottage (1896)" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932967154/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mormon Battalion Hall" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5932967154_85d4c756f4_s.jpg" alt="Mormon Battalion Hall" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932412721/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mormon Battalion Historic Site" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5932412721_ebf0059d06_s.jpg" alt="Mormon Battalion Historic Site" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932972370/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mormon Battalion Wall" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6126/5932972370_d588ba66db_s.jpg" alt="Mormon Battalion Wall" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932968578/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mormon Battalion Historic Site" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5932968578_da71a231b9_s.jpg" alt="Mormon Battalion Historic Site" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932975460/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mormon Battalion Hall" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5932975460_f2f41f7c2f_s.jpg" alt="Mormon Battalion Hall" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932976638/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mormon Battalion Hall" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6126/5932976638_952113121b_s.jpg" alt="Mormon Battalion Hall" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932415791/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Vintage Carriage " style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5932415791_3fb65b8939_s.jpg" alt="Vintage Carriage " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932978066/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5932978066_c8567a933b_s.jpg" alt="Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932420601/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Old Town Big Door" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/5932420601_c0be92bb50_s.jpg" alt="Old Town Big Door" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932425779/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mexican Resturant (1)" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/5932425779_61381d067b_s.jpg" alt="Mexican Resturant (1)" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932980934/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mexican Resturant (2)" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5932980934_f9c0c5fc4a_s.jpg" alt="Mexican Resturant (2)" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932423423/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mexican Resturant (3)" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5932423423_6d3548b579_s.jpg" alt="Mexican Resturant (3)" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932983668/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Dusty Stairs" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5932983668_567988cb2b_s.jpg" alt="Dusty Stairs" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932985386/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Old Town Streets" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5932985386_5e358b1441_s.jpg" alt="Old Town Streets" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932987184/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mexican Band (1)" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5932987184_343f239816_s.jpg" alt="Mexican Band (1)" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932986250/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Mexican Band (2)" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/5932986250_8410a73ffc_s.jpg" alt="Mexican Band (2)" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932431765/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Bazzar Del Mundo" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5932431765_9ca6877730_s.jpg" alt="Bazzar Del Mundo" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5932988758/in/set-72157627059384519/" title="Accessory Shop" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5932988758_a252815fe9_s.jpg" alt="Accessory Shop" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/sets/72157627059384519/">Old Town San Diego State Historic Park </a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-5319916407835303582011-06-29T23:14:00.001-07:002011-06-29T23:18:46.102-07:00Santee Lakes Regional Park<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5886449365/in/set-72157626957380275/" title="#7 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5274/5886449365_cfaffb891e_s.jpg" alt="#7 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5887028772/in/set-72157626957380275/" title="Rebirth" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6044/5887028772_2b79246d77_s.jpg" alt="Rebirth" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5887026394/in/set-72157626957380275/" title="#1 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5035/5887026394_d1fddb8117_s.jpg" alt="#1 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5887023852/in/set-72157626957380275/" title="#3 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5887023852_5b74498f8d_s.jpg" alt="#3 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5886459139/in/set-72157626957380275/" title="#2 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5061/5886459139_d9ea59575f_s.jpg" alt="#2 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5887022804/in/set-72157626957380275/" title="#4 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5887022804_b66fb0ac73_s.jpg" alt="#4 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5886454491/in/set-72157626957380275/" title="#5 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6051/5886454491_cdc1b34c74_s.jpg" alt="#5 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5887017618/in/set-72157626957380275/" title="#6 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5887017618_7b0d94f828_s.jpg" alt="#6 Santee Lakes Regional Park " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><div style="padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></div><div style="padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></div><div style="padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></div><div style="padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></div> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/sets/72157626957380275/">Santee Lakes Regional Park</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-65691520498121943122011-06-24T01:06:00.001-07:002011-06-29T23:20:21.341-07:00HDR Auto Shops<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5866040090/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Car Interior" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/5866040090_8c70ab1f11_s.jpg" alt="Car Interior" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5866039912/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Red Car Interior " style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5075/5866039912_2ce521f7e0_s.jpg" alt="Red Car Interior " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5866039700/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Broken Car Glass" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/5866039700_28ec088eab_s.jpg" alt="Broken Car Glass" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5865485583/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Hard Rock" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/5865485583_3b294f2004_s.jpg" alt="Hard Rock" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5865485397/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Auto Shop" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5269/5865485397_a1e031d16c_s.jpg" alt="Auto Shop" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5866039070/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Old Car " style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/5866039070_8878123575_s.jpg" alt="Old Car " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5865484887/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Junk Car" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/5865484887_826cf2dee8_s.jpg" alt="Junk Car" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5866038584/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Broken Car" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5271/5866038584_65276109c6_s.jpg" alt="Broken Car" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5865484511/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Auto Shop" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6046/5865484511_9175c3513e_s.jpg" alt="Auto Shop" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5866038342/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Guitar Building Class" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/5866038342_b5c58b0bf4_s.jpg" alt="Guitar Building Class" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5865484367/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Guitar Builder " style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/5865484367_2f49c19556_s.jpg" alt="Guitar Builder " style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5866038190/in/set-72157627034802658/" title="Dirty Sink" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5320/5866038190_3633f04a9c_s.jpg" alt="Dirty Sink" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/sets/72157627034802658/">HDR Auto Shops</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div><p>A guitar building class, and an Auto car class in my high school was a perfect place to try for HDR shots.</p>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-44812632296564756152011-06-01T01:33:00.001-07:002011-06-25T23:54:56.472-07:00My First HDR Collection<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5785127861/in/set-72157626858338962/" title="Messy Carriage" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3094/5785127861_88b5bf0652_s.jpg" alt="Messy Carriage" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5785133139/in/set-72157626858338962/" title="Kitchen" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2289/5785133139_398d79a13a_s.jpg" alt="Kitchen" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5785130161/in/set-72157626858338962/" title="Drawing Studio" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/5785130161_54cac5b560_s.jpg" alt="Drawing Studio" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/5785777982/in/set-72157626858338962/" title="Living Room" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/5785777982_cd15c5976c_s.jpg" alt="Living Room" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></a><div style="padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></div><div style="padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;" /></div> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alsindy/sets/72157626858338962/">HDR first attempt</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-15654977020744843362011-05-30T12:10:00.000-07:002011-05-31T09:38:16.931-07:00My First High Dynamic Range (HDR) Attempt<div style="text-align: left;">I started getting interested in HDR photography. It adds so much more fun for shooting in anywhere you go, and you start looking at things in a different way. Now anything I look at, I test it in my eye seeing if it work for HDR or not. I feel I can't do any more photography unless I use this technique. So yesterday I was in our carriage with the tripod, and a wide angle lens... I tried to look for a good compositions to take as many exposures I can. I catched a spot where my dad paint and draw... there was many details in that composition, canvas, painting colors..etc.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I took 5 different images with different exposures. It was hard the first time because it is needs accuracy and good focus. </div><div style="text-align: left;">- First, I set the tripod still and I focused the lens by Auto then locked it on Manual.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Put the F-stop on 11, it will give you the sharpest image.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Then I looked at the Exposure Composition scale, it will look like a ruler with (-2,-1,0,+1,+2). This is where you can set each shot on different exposure. This is the general set of exposures you usually take, for my first attempt, I went with the general rule, You can take +3,-3 or whatever. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Put it on self timer (10 secs are good ). You don't want your camera to move, it needs to be freezed in order to take the same exact shot in those 5 exposures. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As a result, this is what I got...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Li7nsTASkLg/TePv8ja4LdI/AAAAAAAAALw/0gTUR2EXO8E/s1600/_MG_9699.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Li7nsTASkLg/TePv8ja4LdI/AAAAAAAAALw/0gTUR2EXO8E/s320/_MG_9699.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612593384212934098" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fr9RjzytkiA/TePvWC3ZwnI/AAAAAAAAALo/7X9pmMPOxYk/s1600/_MG_9698.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fr9RjzytkiA/TePvWC3ZwnI/AAAAAAAAALo/7X9pmMPOxYk/s320/_MG_9698.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612592722639176306" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fr9RjzytkiA/TePvWC3ZwnI/AAAAAAAAALo/7X9pmMPOxYk/s1600/_MG_9698.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-guZGX0GG0Wc/TePu7Lyw3BI/AAAAAAAAALg/jrprUXbQzlM/s320/_MG_9697.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612592261179169810" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VzhD9SuIBjw/TePuip7HXqI/AAAAAAAAALY/4fWlI1UT5RQ/s320/_MG_9696.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612591839770533538" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After that, you need a software to combine the images and add some effects. You can use Photoshop, but it is not focused on HDR. There are some Softwares like <a href="http://www.hdrsoft.com/download.html">Photomatix Pro</a>. This is what I used. You can play with the sliders after combing them, and it will look much nicer than you expected.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The result of my first attempt is this:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T7xFefOGBQ8/TeP0m6SHUkI/AAAAAAAAAL4/xq-cQzjJ8h0/s1600/Carage%2BSet%2524%2BHDR_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T7xFefOGBQ8/TeP0m6SHUkI/AAAAAAAAAL4/xq-cQzjJ8h0/s320/Carage%2BSet%2524%2BHDR_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612598509951210050" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I took other compositions... and this was the result:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OA-2Jr7rNv0/TeP1Umz_BrI/AAAAAAAAAMA/4a8jDGfFE4k/s1600/Garg1_Post.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OA-2Jr7rNv0/TeP1Umz_BrI/AAAAAAAAAMA/4a8jDGfFE4k/s320/Garg1_Post.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612599294998546098" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-8036030792910786292011-03-03T10:07:00.000-08:002011-03-11T09:36:28.152-08:00Learning and ApplyingIts been forever until my last post, but I just didn't have time to give some thoughts to write. I have been busy in school and college, but I still have so many ideas to write. I am still on my promise to write the last basic post for Visual Basic and then I may dig deeper into more learning. I am trying to find a good book for people in my age and beginners about programming or software engineering in general, just for the sake of knowledge. I know there are many references in the internet, but I like to have the book with me all the time rather than going to the website and read.<br /><div><br /></div><div>This quick post is only about few pictures I enhanced few days ago in Camera Raw and Photoshop. I just felt I didn't posted my photographs since months, and I needed to do that. I have more pictures to share but I need to fix them first. Here are few images I like to share:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_n1Ffu-pknI/TXEhCcdy5ZI/AAAAAAAAAKI/0punVW6B_zc/s1600/drop.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_n1Ffu-pknI/TXEhCcdy5ZI/AAAAAAAAAKI/0punVW6B_zc/s400/drop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580277739173373330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div>I love the drops on the flower. I sharpened them and used different blending modes to have this result. I used macro lens and without a tripod! I got this image by my luck laying down on the ground in a rainy day.<div><br /><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a3wukfO9Buk/TW_ZRWIjtTI/AAAAAAAAAJg/RZuZAMhvSGM/s1600/blackwhite-canvas.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oLh_GhM0_Cs/TW_ZRHBk7JI/AAAAAAAAAJY/HKNLnHO8mM0/s1600/tree.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oLh_GhM0_Cs/TW_ZRHBk7JI/AAAAAAAAAJY/HKNLnHO8mM0/s400/tree.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579917351301999762" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oLh_GhM0_Cs/TW_ZRHBk7JI/AAAAAAAAAJY/HKNLnHO8mM0/s1600/tree.jpg"></a>This is heavy processed. I took it to Camera Raw and played with the temperature, then into Photoshop with using different blending modes and blur too.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M37a17GSYDo/TW_ZQz4w2LI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/yEnQd5vZxPk/s1600/eye.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M37a17GSYDo/TW_ZQz4w2LI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/yEnQd5vZxPk/s400/eye.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579917346164758706" /></a></div><div>My sister look like an old lady after editing with wrinkles under eyes ( sorry sofie! )</div><div>The pupil had the most attention in this picture. I kept using different sharping to get a little bit of reflection. I am still not very satisfied with it, but I just chose to share it.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-ddPi88s4w/TXBSdR1NRPI/AAAAAAAAAKA/FR6_QqkPuE0/s1600/blackwhite-canvas.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-ddPi88s4w/TXBSdR1NRPI/AAAAAAAAAKA/FR6_QqkPuE0/s400/blackwhite-canvas.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580050601268298994" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M37a17GSYDo/TW_ZQz4w2LI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/yEnQd5vZxPk/s1600/eye.jpg"></a>I learned this trick of Black and White from <a href="http://maclab.guhsd.net/blog/?page_id=18110"> The Mac Lab Video Tip of the Day</a> from my Digital Arts class. I liked it and it is so easy... it gave a whole lot meaning to the picture.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thats all I wanted to say for now. Hopefully this weekend I have another update for programming or photography.</div></div></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-28057510411840608202010-11-26T10:58:00.001-08:002011-04-25T09:12:27.774-07:00Programming- Lesson #6 ~ Creating Your Own Classes<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">“Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves.”- </span></span></i><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Alan Kay</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">I did not write any post about programming since long time ago and I keep delaying because it requires time because I read, learn, then write about what I've understood. Here is one post about Lesson #6, and there should be one more post to finish up the basics.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">So what is Classes? and are we able to build them our own? Yes, you can. <b>Classes </b>are the structure of your program. The Hello World program is simple and small, you would find your way around even if it wasn't organized, but when you start doing more complex programs, you probably want your codes organized in classes so you find them easily. So it is important to understand how to create those classes. There is no right or wrong in making your classes.. Imagine you are in the library, and there are so many books...you want to find a specific novel... the librarian may organized the books collection based on the alphabetic names, or the most recent books. So you can organize your program in any way you like.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">In our small Hello World program, we will create a greeting class (just like how we greeted Diana, Hannah and Alex </span><a href="http://dianaquest.blogspot.com/2010/08/programming-lesson-4-looping-and_10.html" style="color: black; "><span style="color:blue;">here</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Here is how you create a class in your program:<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;tab-stops:350.25pt"><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TPAEFLNeYRI/AAAAAAAAAHY/2MpXAOwpLNM/s1600/CLASS.PNG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TPAEFLNeYRI/AAAAAAAAAHY/2MpXAOwpLNM/s320/CLASS.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543935628248244498" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px; " /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">My application called " MyFirstApplication " , so whatever you names your file name, go to<b>Solution Explorer </b>window, right-click on the project you have then point at <b>Add</b>, then click<b>Class</b>. Name it anything you like, I named it " Greeting.vb " then after that, you would see a window opened with the a class called " Public Greeting Class. "<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">For now, copy below to your new class and then we will explain it later on and why it looks this way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Also, Modify your SubMain as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TPAEgmOGjeI/AAAAAAAAAHg/JtQt9pDYStM/s1600/submain.PNG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TPAEgmOGjeI/AAAAAAAAAHg/JtQt9pDYStM/s320/submain.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543936099355102690" style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 102px; " /></a></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">When you run th program, you will see that nothing it changed, it is just this boring Hello Eric greeting, but the way we does this greeting is completely different as you noticed. We wrote the code in a very different way. This is how it will looks like:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TPAEEsU_7iI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/nxrXijODNx0/s1600/helloworld.PNG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TPAEEsU_7iI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/nxrXijODNx0/s320/helloworld.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543935619958304290" style="cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 98px; " /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">As you saw in the code above, there is Dim theGreeting As Greeting. This is our new Main Sub. So now you are wondering " whats the difference between this type of greeting and the ones we did before?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">In this line of our class<b> Dim theGreeting As Greeting</b> the difference is the type of variable. Remmeber in the previous lessons</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> <a href="http://dianaquest.blogspot.com/2010/08/programming-lesson-4-looping-and_10.html"><span style="color:blue;">here</span></a> </span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and </span><a href="http://dianaquest.blogspot.com/2010/08/programming-lesson-5-fornext-loop.html" style="color: black; "><span style="color:blue;">here</span></a> </span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">when we talked about Strings and Integers? Our variable here is Greeting not string or integer, there is no numbers or anything, right? It can't hold anything except the Greeting value, therefore; the 'slot' is empty and we have to fill it with something after the ( = ) sign like we did above. Here is what we add</span></span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">ed:</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style=" font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;color:#FF99FF;">Dim theGreeting As Greeting</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">. </span><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This is an object that identify the greeting and what type it is. It is a class of an object. Our new object called <b>instance </b>of the greeting class. So when you want to use this term in VB, you call it <b>instantiation</b>. So we are instating a class here. See the module below.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TPAUF-rzO3I/AAAAAAAAAHo/skHZOqJvafw/s1600/moudlre.PNG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TPAUF-rzO3I/AAAAAAAAAHo/skHZOqJvafw/s320/moudlre.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543953234251692914" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 195px; " /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This module shows the class we created and in what we will fill it. The property of the greeting is Recipient. So in order to do that we have to set he recipient to greet Eric like this</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;color:#FF99FF;">theGreeting.Display()</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;font-family:Arial;font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span">There should be one more post and we will finish the first part ( and basics ) for Visual Basic.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-68127876900330821602010-10-08T10:29:00.000-07:002010-10-10T16:46:37.692-07:00The MoonSuddenly I was interested in taking pictures for the Moon. It was pretty fun; running from room to room to see which spot is the best to capture a clear picture for it. In the beginning; it wasn't easy for me to figure out the setting and where to stand to capture the entire circular moon. My friend had experiment it before and told me which is the exact setting for such images. I wasn't sure which one of those below pictures are the best, so I decided to post the best three.<div><br /><div><b>The setting are:</b></div><div><div><div>Lens- Canon 70-300 IS</div><div>F-stop- f/22</div><div>Exposure time- 1/100 sec</div><div>ISO speed- 100</div><div>Focal length- 263 mm</div><div>White Balance- auto</div><div>Exposure program- manual</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TK9VLXe4z6I/AAAAAAAAAG4/EhAZHg5fc0E/s1600/pic33.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TK9VLI9YqbI/AAAAAAAAAGw/HCGZG-xzR14/s1600/pic22.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TK9VLI9YqbI/AAAAAAAAAGw/HCGZG-xzR14/s320/pic22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525728917678762418" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TK9VLGMAUtI/AAAAAAAAAGo/KADtnFv_N2s/s1600/pic1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TK9VLGMAUtI/AAAAAAAAAGo/KADtnFv_N2s/s320/pic1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525728916934775506" /></a></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TLJPnQ4tXTI/AAAAAAAAAHA/_Zhfhn2uz3M/s1600/pic33.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/TLJPnQ4tXTI/AAAAAAAAAHA/_Zhfhn2uz3M/s320/pic33.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526567228703333682" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 205px; " /></a></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-765039001012004462010-09-09T09:33:00.000-07:002010-09-22T21:47:00.894-07:00A New Year MacLabingWohoo ! a new year in the mac lab, what a great year it would be. I almost thought I wont be in this class for this year but <a href="http://maclab.guhsd.net/blog/%22"> Mr.Skocko </a>saved my life and got me in :)<div><br />I'm ready to whatever the Mac Lab will throw at me, I'm sure there will be many cool stuff that we will learn especially we have <a href="http://cs5.org/">Photoshop CS5</a> and other programs that would make designing so much easier and creative. I'm willing to work on Photoshop more than anything else because it makes art pieces rich of colors and improvements. Also photography will take first priority from my time, I will be borrowing different type of lenses to capture amazing shots.<div><br /></div><div>From Last year, I did the same thing and I took many pictures throughout the year. Some of them were worth looking at and my teacher added it to his <a href="http://maclab.guhsd.net/blog/?page_id=11472">Photography Gallery</a> in the <a href="http://maclab.guhsd.net/blog/"> blog</a>. One of them had been in the District Art Show. Well, I didn't win but I was happy that it was there for people to see. <a href="http://maclab.guhsd.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diana_sofya.jpg"> Click here</a> here if you want to see it.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Different topic. I said I will be posting two more posts ( Lesson 6 and 7 ) about programming but I didn't have time for that. I hope I will be writing those posts sometime soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>That's all I wanted to say. I hope this year in the Mac Lab will have students that create amazing art . Fun begins!</div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688245152673556513.post-86482518836624404672010-08-18T22:37:00.000-07:002011-04-25T09:12:03.880-07:00Programming- Lesson #5 ~ The For...Next Loop"<i>Good code is short, simple and symmetrical -the challenge is figuring out how to get there"</i> - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Sean Parent</span><div><br /></div><div>Good programmers will choose the best path to complete a program. It's a good practice if you write concise or minimal code to achieve. This can be achieved by mastering the language features and learn by experience what the most efficient approach to achieve results is. But the problem is here; sometimes we can't know how to make it easy and simple to get the results we want, so we take the hard path and get to complicated steps. By experience and skill, it will be easy to figure out how write codes in a simple, short and symmetrical way.</div><div><br /></div><div>The previous lesson is how to repeat or lets say " loop " the code block for many times. What if we want to repeat this block code only 2 times or for a certain number? Let's modify the Main method and greet 4 people only ( which means , the loop will be repeated 4 times only ). Look at the image below:</div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/THQmH0l-FlI/AAAAAAAAAFI/Qs4nBgjk9q4/s1600/loop2.PNG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/THQmH0l-FlI/AAAAAAAAAFI/Qs4nBgjk9q4/s400/loop2.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509070159999800914" style="cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 143px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Let's link to the previous lessons and see how this example worked.</div><div><br /></div><div>The counter variable i to the start value which is 1. VB will test it and see that it is less or equal than th end value, which is 4 here. If the start value is less than or equal the end value then the loop will work and the block code will be executed. When you press Enter ( after running the program ); VB will add 1 to the counter variable i and this way the For Loop will continue working and printing the certain number of statements on the screen. And the program will do the same steps again, see the block code if it is equal than or greater than and print the next statement and so for and so on.</div><div><br /></div><div>The counter variable (i) is the tool that makes the loop repeat for certain number of times. If it is 1 time then it do it's own work, if it was 2 then it will do it's work also. Here is a table of the value variable (i) for the For Statement to check if it will loop again or not.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/THQuYeOBZTI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/xpK58F_dlSI/s1600/table.PNG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXqZVr1KjM/THQuYeOBZTI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/xpK58F_dlSI/s400/table.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509079242144572722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 208px; " /></a></div><div> You can use any numbers you want for the start and end value. That was just an example of how many times you want the statement to stay looped or repeated.</div><div><br /></div><div>School will start soon and I'm willing to write two more lessons and then I will try to keep giving lessons of the things I'm reading although I know I will be busy in my senior year and won't have that much time like now. The next lesson will be about classes and how to create your own.</div><div><br /></div>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789164366926517172noreply@blogger.com0