Music Makers

This shot was taken in very low light, which lead to the graininess. The ISO of this shot is actually 3200.

I personally like grainy black and whites for some reason. I can’t really put my finger on a reason why, but they appeal to me.

Before and After

A friend of mine took the original shot and asked me to work it up for him. When I opened the shot, the color really leapt out at me. Unfortunately he’d taken the shot as a jpeg instead of a RAW capture, so I was a little limited. I wish I’d had more data to work with.

I really enjoyed working this shot. The bright color of the petals made the black and white conversion quite a challenge.

Storm Boundary

Taken 6/17/2009 at about 7:30pm, seconds before the storm broke loose on top of us. The storm produced one tornado that passed about 10 miles from the house according to news reports.