tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53152132024-02-18T21:52:15.779-06:00Digital JourneyMy Journey into Digital Photography and Image ProcessingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-52420701056612976842013-02-16T21:16:00.000-06:002013-07-07T00:03:30.282-05:00Cat NappingI found our black cat Minoit sleeping in a chair by the window. The natural light streaming in through the window provided plenty of natural light and produced a ton of contrast between her black fur and the white blanket she was laying on. Because of her dark black fur its difficult for the cameras auto exposure system to produce a "properly exposed" image and I also knew the high contrast of the scene and the back lighting of the windows wasn't going to make it any easy either. So, I switched the camera into manual mode in order to get the exposure I wanted. I found I had to under expose two stops below what evaluative metering suggested in order get the exposure I wanted.
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I'm pleased with the results, but she wasn't too happy that I woke her up from her cat nap.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-9383148210328548882011-12-29T17:51:00.000-06:002013-11-14T18:46:38.914-06:00Made the Magazine<div align="left">
As I stated in the Friday, November 18, 2011 post, one of my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielray/5462937756/" target="_blank">photographs</a> was recently selected as the winner of the <a href="http://www.tpwmagazine.com/" target="_blank">Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine</a>'s 2011 photo contest in the People/Activity category and was to be featured in the January 2012 print issue of the magazine. </div>
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The January issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine arrived and I quickly flipped through the pages looking for the article about the photo contest and there it was on page 14. </div>
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It is very gratifying to have one of your images selected as the winner of a photo contest and then to be published in a print magazine is just over the top.... I'm so happy!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-80085675795526358212011-11-25T16:00:00.000-06:002011-11-26T10:42:34.327-06:00Reminder of my Childhood<div align="center">
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This toy tractor and trailer truck is a fond reminder of my childhood. Not so much for playing with the truck, which I did, but more about how I acquired it and what it meant to me then and now. </div>
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My twin brother and I were raised for the majority of our childhood by our single mother. While my mother worked hard to provide for us we still didn't have a lot of money which meant that new toys were mostly received at Christmas or on birthdays. </div>
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As I recall, when I was about six or seven years old I received 25 cents a week allowance. I saved all my allowance money and any other money I received for months until I had about $6.00 in my piggy bank. I don't recall if my brother and I asked our mother or she offered, but we went to the near by five and dime TG&Y store which had the best toy department in town so we could spend the money we had saved up for so long. </div>
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I can still remember the feeling of standing in the aisle of the toy department and looking at all the shelves filled with toys and knowing I had enough money to buy just about any toy I wanted. The feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment that I felt at that moment has stayed with me my entire life. That simple and seemingly uneventful moment in my youth taught me that saving for future needs or wants is a good thing and I have my mother to thank for that.</div>
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As I grew older and found other interests I naturally played less and less with the truck but I could never bring myself to part with it. My mother suggested that I put it away and one day, in the future when I had children they could play with it. The truck has sat packed away in a cardboard box at my mother's house for over 30 years. Recently while visiting her I asked about the truck and she pulled it from the closet and we unpacked it and I brought it home for my children to play with it as I did so many years ago. Today my children play with it and I've told them this story in hopes that they understand what this toy represents to me and maybe some day their children will play with it as well.</div>
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I just found out this photograph I took during a plein air painting outing at Brazos Bend State Park was selected as the overall winner for the People/Activity category in this years Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Magazine photo contest. Photo contest winners from each category will be featured in the January 2012 issue of the TPW magazine. <br />
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In the photograph is Award winning plein air painter Tim Schneider (<a href="http://www.timthepainter.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.timthepainter.com/</a>) as he works along the shore of new horseshoe lake in the Brazos Bend Texas state park.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-27187347283725532572011-11-14T16:00:00.000-06:002011-11-14T16:00:00.931-06:00Hodges Garden - Nector SuckerFinally, I was able tp capture a sharp image of a beautiful butterfly sitting on a flower.... patience grasshopper, patience. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">All images copyright </span><a href="http://www.danielrayphoto.com/"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Daniel Ray Photography</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com0Cabrillo Memorial Dr, San Diego, CA 92106, USA32.684030579703425 -117.2450637817382832.670666579703422 -117.26480478173828 32.697394579703428 -117.22532278173829tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-28684316252543257042011-11-04T16:00:00.000-05:002011-11-04T16:00:03.170-05:00Point Loma CemeteryThe fog rolling over the hillside and blanketing the grounds of the Point Loma cemetery begged to be photographed. I stood looking over all the graves of the brave men who served our country and watched as a crow circled low over head. I was hoping he would find a perch among the many headstones that lay before me. He finally found a resting place after hoping and jumping between several headstones and provided me a moment to capture his image along with the final resting place of these many veterans. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielray/6284029443/" title="Point Loma Cemetery by Daniel Ray, on Flickr"><img alt="Point Loma Cemetery" height="332" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6110/6284029443_ed7528847c.jpg" width="500" /></a> <br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">All images copyright </span><a href="http://www.danielrayphoto.com/"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Daniel Ray Photography</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com01800 Cabrillo Memorial Dr, San Diego, CA 92106, USA32.6791180993732 -117.2438621520996132.6657525993732 -117.26360315209961 32.6924835993732 -117.22412115209961tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-87993546160523270942011-11-03T16:00:00.000-05:002011-11-03T16:00:00.804-05:00Polished and WornHow long do you think these rocks and stones littering the edges of this tide pool have been here in order to have their edges worn round and the surface polished too a smooth finish. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielray/6284549048/" title="Polished and Worn by Daniel Ray, on Flickr"><img alt="Polished and Worn" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6107/6284549048_fe5d67c96a.jpg" width="500" /></a> <br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">All images copyright </span><a href="http://www.danielrayphoto.com/"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Daniel Ray Photography</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com0Cabrillo Rd, San Diego, CA 92106, USA32.669003318508942 -117.2454071044921932.655637818508943 -117.26514810449218 32.682368818508941 -117.22566610449219tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-87093021567329343502011-11-02T16:00:00.000-05:002011-11-02T16:00:00.589-05:00TextureI like this image because it almost allows me to feel the course surface texture of the rock. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielray/6284028967/" title="Texture by Daniel Ray, on Flickr"><img alt="Texture" height="331" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6046/6284028967_2948928051.jpg" width="500" /></a> <br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">All images copyright </span><a href="http://www.danielrayphoto.com/"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Daniel Ray Photography</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com0Cabrillo Rd, San Diego, CA 92106, USA32.6700148481287 -117.2450637817382832.656648848128704 -117.26480478173828 32.6833808481287 -117.22532278173829tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-70293076082373563262011-11-01T16:00:00.000-05:002011-11-01T16:00:03.177-05:00Just for scaleI took this image not because I know this person but to provide scale as to the size of the boulders in this image. Also of interest to me was the rectangular structure of the rock surface she is standing on. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielray/6284028793/" title="Just for Scale by Daniel Ray, on Flickr"><img alt="Just for Scale" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6239/6284028793_d9f512edd8_z.jpg" width="420" /></a> <br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">All images copyright </span><a href="http://www.danielrayphoto.com/"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Daniel Ray Photography</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com0Cabrillo Rd, San Diego, CA 92106, USA32.669147823441449 -117.2450637817382832.65578232344145 -117.26480478173828 32.682513323441448 -117.22532278173829tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-7246052773466173942011-10-31T16:00:00.000-05:002011-10-31T16:00:00.785-05:00ErosionThe abundance of moisture from fog and sea spray provides an ample amount of moisture to erode the steep hillside into natural sculptures that reminded me of the giant termite mounts found in Africa.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielray/6284028577/" title="Erosion by Daniel Ray, on Flickr"><img alt="Erosion" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6284028577_b6e9911f51_z.jpg" width="426" /></a> <br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">All images copyright </span><a href="http://www.danielrayphoto.com/"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Daniel Ray Photography</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com0Cabrillo Rd, San Diego, CA 92106, USA32.672326872829686 -117.2443771362304732.658962372829684 -117.26411813623046 32.685691372829687 -117.22463613623047tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-75193680218447527912011-10-30T16:00:00.000-05:002011-10-30T16:00:03.476-05:00Natural BalconyMany of the ledges look as if they were carved by man from the rocky cliffs of the tide pools. Here the way action coated the rocks with sea water and gave them the look of polished stone. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielray/6284028399/" title="Natural Balcony by Daniel Ray, on Flickr"><img alt="Natural Balcony" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6096/6284028399_d4c4c1e37a_z.jpg" width="425" /></a> <br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">All images copyright </span><a href="http://www.danielrayphoto.com/"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Daniel Ray Photography</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com0Cabrillo Rd, San Diego, CA 92106, USA32.669870344598394 -117.2452354431152332.6565038445984 -117.26497644311523 32.68323684459839 -117.22549444311524tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-64542920795279587642011-10-29T16:00:00.000-05:002011-10-29T16:00:02.998-05:00LayersI was drawn to the many layers of rock and sediment that made up the rocky coast. How long must the sea batter these cliffs to turn the rocks into sand. As solid and unchanging as this scene appears, the truth is that it is in constant motion and it has never look like this before and will never look like this again.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielray/6284547892/" title="Layers by Daniel Ray, on Flickr"><img alt="Layers" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6284547892_358972615b.jpg" width="500" /></a> <br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">All images copyright </span><a href="http://www.danielrayphoto.com/"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Daniel Ray Photography</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com0Cabrillo Rd, San Diego, CA 92106, USA32.669003318508942 -117.2460937532.655637818508943 -117.26583475 32.682368818508941 -117.22635275tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5315213.post-69529878966883962452011-10-28T16:00:00.000-05:002011-10-28T16:00:03.707-05:00Two BouldersStanding here I was imagining how these enormous boulders found their way to be positioned on the edge of the cliff over looking the waters of the Pacific. Did they roll down the hillside behind the camera? That did not appear to be the case as there were no comparable boulders on the hill side. It occurred to me that similar boulders were scattered in the waters below so I think these boulders were deposited on this ledge from the waters below buy heavy surf conditions and waves. It's hard to fathom the power it would take to move these huge boulders upward from the sea floor to their current resting place.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielray/6284547696/" title="Two Boulders by Daniel Ray, on Flickr"><img alt="Two Boulders" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/6284547696_309edc68dd.jpg" width="500" /></a> <br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">All images copyright </span><a href="http://www.danielrayphoto.com/"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Daniel Ray Photography</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814855365167241057noreply@blogger.com0Sylvester Rd, San Diego, CA 92106, USA32.670592859912858 -117.2383689880371132.657227359912859 -117.25810998803711 32.683958359912857 -117.21862798803711