Went For A Walk in the Early Afternoon

I went for a walk around 3pm today. Maria took Isabelle and Bobby to Six Flags and I stayed home and filled the dumpster. (Don't feel bad for me I did not want to go) Then I walked the same path that I walked in my previous blog called "Went For A Walk Late/Early One Morning." I took, in all, about 50 pictures. Here are the 15 that made the cut. Enjoy!

Flower by the Park

Don't know what kind of berry this is

Love the colors

Inside the one above this

Made the sky more blue

This reminds me of Christmas

These weeds don't look like they belong here

Same weeds, different processing

Somebody had this out front by their mailbox

At the park

Still can't figure out what F-Stop to use

The wind was blowing like crazy

The bridge on the way to the park

By the trail

My neighbor's yard

Went For A Walk Late/Early One Morning

I walked around my neighborhood one morning at around 4 or 4:30 and took some pictures. Then I came home and edited them in Lightroom and Photoshop. I'll show all three for this post. First picture is straight out of camera, second is after Lightroom and third is after Photoshop.

I hope you enjoyed this visual journey into my workflow. Until next time...

I Got A New Camera!

I got a Canon Powershot G11 with some random money that we got in the mail. (Both AWESOME events)


Here are the first pictures from my new camera.

Kids untouched in Photoshop

Colorized

Old West

Seventies

Vintage

I used the Photoshop actions from The Pioneer Woman's website. I love them all!

Chicago Trip

We just got back from Chicago. It was fun! We got some yummy popcorn from Garrett's and went to Navy Pier and the Children's Museum. Everyone is tired now, but we enjoyed ourselves.

Here are some pictures from our trip:

 

               

Most of these pictures have stories to go with them...

I'll cover a few here, starting from the top:

• Isabelle had the idea to pose like Juliet of Verona and she convinced mom to do it too.
• I took these two pictures of the same boat, we kept walking and I got much closer for the good shot.
• This little bird hung out with us while we ate. The concrete was normal colors, I changed it.
• I got distracted with this bee on a flower (ADD)
• More ADD with the flowers
• Some skyline shots of Chicago from Navy Pier.
• There was a "pirate" ship with a real skull and swords black flag. I wish I had gotten that in the picture.
• This is mom and the kids enjoying some of the best popcorn ever (Garrett's).
• Saw a balloon on a tether, I told Bobby that a giant was flying the balloon like a kite.
• We had to get a picture with this HUGE piece of macaroni.
• Isabelle and Bobby holding up the building.
• This camera is being used to film Transformers 3.
• The last two are the biggest and coolest looking parking garages ever.