Photo Manipulation - Civil War Reenactment

I pride myself on the fact that I don't "photoshop" my images (I don't even own photoshop!).  I will do some manipulation in the digital darkroom - things like adjusting the exposure, changing the white balance - or making a color photo black and white.  I recently visited a civil war reenactment and did some minor changes to make them look more like they came from that era -  Here are some of them:

     

      So, what do you think?

Wordless Wednesday

Time Flies!

I've really neglected this blog - putting a lot of focus on the 365 day project and Pleasures of the NW.  I'll be trying to keep this one up too - at least a couple of times a week.  

Seems like time really does fly these days.  I work full time, am in my last term of course work before I begin my Master's thesis, and I'm trying to keep up with three blogs.  What was I thinking?  But here I am, plugging away at it.  

 

This last weekend we went hiking with my grandson in Silver Falls Park - And I mean HIKING!  Almost four miles around waterfalls (one full mile was ALL UP hill - my old body barely made it!).  But it was worth the blisters from wearing the wrong shoes - and here are some photos to prove it!  

South Falls

 

There were salmon berries everywhere!

PHOTO BOMB!!

 

Easter Sunday at the Tulip Festival

Even though it was raining, everyone came to the festival in their Easter best!

 

Waiting for the ponies!

 

 

 

 

 

Bouncing Bunny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tulip Festival Coming up!!

Come see me at the Woodburn Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival this weekend!!

 

 

 

What's New

Trying to keep up with the 365 day project has turned out to be far more than I expected.  But give up - Heck no!! I'm staying on it!  Check it out and tell me what you think!

365 Day Project

I'll have a booth at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival again this year - April 5th and 6th and again on Easter weekend, April 19th and 20th.  You can come out, photograph your own tulips and take some home!  Here are some shots from last year - 

 

 

 

 

Check it out - Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon!

And come visit my esty site - there are some new pieces out there (and I'm working on some cards that will be offered after the Tulip Fest - introducing them there!)

Helen Fern Original Photography

Lots Going ON!

My new blog is hopping - By the end of the year there will be 365 photographs!  Check it out and tell me what you think!

365 Day Photo Project

  

 

 

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Freezing Fog

Last week the cold temperatures brought freezing fog to our neighborhood.  From a distance it looked like a dusting of snow, but close up you could see really interesting ice formations!  Check it out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The wonders of nature never cease to amaze me.

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