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Ed does post behind a cut sometimes
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one exposure multiple layers multiple blending modes some layers turned this way and others turned that way adjustment layers added some layers were moved sideways a little all that you see was in the one exposure


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hey Ed, a quiz, do a quiz
ok, (unlike my other quizzes, you can skip the questions and look at the comments for the answers)

©Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com

©2007 Ed Book

©Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com

©2007 Ed Book

©Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com

©2007 Ed Book

Poll #948685 what's common about these images?
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what do these images have in common?

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They were all three made in Oklahoma where I shivered, parked beside a mud hill. (ok, it's all mud in OK)
1 (4.3%)

I haven't the slightest idea where/what they are (I just ran across them in my files this morning lazin' in bed)
2 (8.7%)

I photographed them at the urging of a friend - lateral thinking
1 (4.3%)

'seemed like the thing to do at the time - I was bored
3 (13.0%)

all the answers are only half true and three are all true
6 (26.1%)

looking upward, looking differently at bridges
12 (52.2%)

two subjects on the same coast what's the point Ed?
0 (0.0%)

you may not have seen them before - because they were posted in alpenglo
2 (8.7%)

two scenes, two takes
2 (8.7%)



Poll #948686 where?
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Where?

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Anderson Creek, Kitsap - I95 Richmond, Virginia
4 (25.0%)

OKC, OK - Key (something) now gone
2 (12.5%)

Yellowstone (really?) - Oakland Zoo
1 (6.2%)

beside the Bocce court (or whatever the place you play Bocce is called - ditto
2 (12.5%)

on my wall - in the old garage in Port Deposit, beside the Susquhanna, where I lived in the late '60s
0 (0.0%)

in the shipyard - guarding the shipyard
2 (12.5%)

nowhere, made up on my computer all three, believe it or not
3 (18.8%)

huH?
2 (12.5%)



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out for a walk and some images yesterday evening...
Green Forest digipainting Anderson Landing Preserve, Kitsap Peninsula, Hood Canal, Puget Sound, WA ©2006 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://EdBookPhoto.com
Anderson Landing Preserve - Kitsap Peninsula/Hood Canal/Puget Sound -Washington       ©2006 Ed Book


On the way home from an appointment in town, I stopped by Anderson Landing Preserve to walk a little and scout for some compositions carrying the Pentax S40 in my pocket vice the Canon system and pack...

While concentrating on making an image, a gentle voice startled me, I hadn't seen or heard someone approach. It was a nice lady who lives nearby out also for an evening walk and gliding along the trail, she didn't want to startle me.

I introduced myself and asked if I might include her in an image of the trail. I told her that I'd send her a photo if she found me via google or whatever 'didn't have a card or model release in my pocket like I do in the pack that I wasn't carrying... here she is continuing her walk...



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large file of last post (unabridged)
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Cormorants lifting off one at a time
cormorants flying from a rock in Deception Pass, Puget Sound, WA  ©2006 Ed Book (all rights reserved DO NOT COPY)  http://edbookphoto.com
Cormorants                                                                     ©2006 Ed Book


I watched these cormorants for a long time waiting for them to fly wanting to get them in the air. They thwarted my efforts by flying one at a time. I wanted a few in the air at the same time.

I was able to photograph them in the air one at a time. How did I get more than one in the air at the same time in the image? (no selections were made)

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how did I do this?
Dave and I were standing beside each other in a parking lot when I made this image. How did I do it?

Dave standing in a parking lot from above  ©2004 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com


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quake-y bridge (my 2000th Live Journal entry)
There's a photo over in [info]alpenglo that this poll refers to...

Poll #678545 Where's the bridge
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Where is this bridge

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it's the bridge across the Beaver River in Beaver Falls, crossing to Eastvale where my Uncle Stan had a boat named Nosmo King
1 (7.1%)

this isn't really a bridge, I manufactured it in Photoshop from parts of other images
1 (7.1%)

if you knew the person in the vehicle in front of me, you might know that this isn't in Kansas any more
3 (21.4%)

I made it quake-y because it fell in an earth quake
1 (7.1%)

it's the original Galloping Gertie
0 (0.0%)

it crosses the Mississippi... way way upstream
0 (0.0%)

no, it's not the Mississippi, it's the Missouri
1 (7.1%)

neener neener, it's neither, it's the Tenneessee
1 (7.1%)

it's a toll bridge and I do know the guy in the vehicle on the bridge
2 (14.3%)

the first time I crossed this bridge, I was on a motorcycle, the second time I photographed the tallest waterfalls in two states on the same day, the third time I crossed, I had been awake for way too long...
4 (28.6%)

there's a photo of this bridge in Erin's LJ It's at McConnel's Mill
0 (0.0%)

Dave should post a photo of this bridge in his journal, I think he may have a photo of it--he likes to photograph bridge types of mechanisms
2 (14.3%)

this is the first crossing of the Snake, so it's called "first crossing"
1 (7.1%)

believe it or not, this bridge was replaced by a covered bridge
0 (0.0%)

I'll bet my Uncle Stan crossed this bridge on his motorcycle
3 (21.4%)

this isn't where I met the three 'festive' Santas
1 (7.1%)

Delaware Water Gap
1 (7.1%)

Union Gap across the Yakima River near Dan Dornick's hometown
0 (0.0%)

this bridge made history when Bonnie and Clyde were apprehended in the center of the bridge and Bonnie jumped off into the water and was caught by a K9
0 (0.0%)

this bridge across the Sacramento River was the first condemned bridge in California
1 (7.1%)

now, I'm really confused, or is that you who's confused
2 (14.3%)

I got a ticket on this bridge for going 20mph, 30% over the speed limit
2 (14.3%)

this bridge was built from aluminum scavenged from the superstructure of decommissioned US Navy guided missle frigates
0 (0.0%)

Hood Canal Bridge
1 (7.1%)

Agate Pass Bridge
0 (0.0%)

Deception Pass Bridge between Canoe Island and Fidalgo Island
0 (0.0%)

none of the above
2 (14.3%)

it crosses between Keystone and Port Townsend
0 (0.0%)

between Moab and Arches... the mighty Colorado... deep and narrow
0 (0.0%)



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long ago but fairly near
ohhhh, look at all the bad merges... a "merge" is where an element in the foreground crosses over the edge of elements in the background or the image edge... sometimes, they detract from the image like in this one where the trees at the top are cut off unnaturally by the top of the frame. another bad merge is the far left piling and where the seagull crosses the edge of the trees in the background. Not all merges are bad though like where the merges look natural because they stand out from the background or leave the frame as expected. There are other bad merges... can anyone name a few... or one? class? class? the offending merges in this image can be fixed in Photoshop by cropping and cloneing but the photographer should have noticed them when the camera was at his eye and moved the camera to eliminate them... he (I) wasn't always careful in composing images...
Dewatto rain  Kitsap Peninsula, WA  ©1976 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com
Dewatto rain  Kitsap Peninsula, WA  ©1976 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com
Dewatto rain - Kitsap Peninsula, WA                    ©1976 Ed Book



Bruce B sometimes posts images from a location in Massachusetts with pilings similarily arranged... anyone notice? neener neener, Bruce, I was first ;)

I should mention that close examination of both images shows that the first images is much sharper... because I was taking a break from other work and was playing, I downloaded the online low res JPG image to modify instead of trying to find the master file TIFF or PSD to work on... had I been seriously been interested in producing something to use, I would certainly have used the high res master... or scanned the film again... so much of my journal images are just side play and don't give a representative idea of my volume of work.



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