Exploration Photography Daily View - December 21, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

In light of this being the first day of Winter I would like to share this somewhat (very somewhat) snowy view from Valley Forge last weekend.

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Yesterday's View...

Tuesday December 20, 2016

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Exploration Photography Daily View - December 20, 2016

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Today I am wrapping around and getting back to the birds. Basically I am sharing another bird shot from Sunday at the cafe instead of a squirrel. I could do both but it's getting late and I am tired.

This is very similar to Sunday's photo but a tiny but different. And I think I like this composition better.

It sure was a busy day.

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Yesterday's View...

Monday December 19, 2016

And that will do it for today my friends. Thanks for stopping by!

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Exploration Photography Daily View - December 19, 2016

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Although yesterday was cloudy and dark around here and I had a tough time shooting at the Cafe I still got a lot of good stuff. And like yesterday's offering my photo today is a bit soft for my taste. I love the composition though. Like many times before I would almost swear he was posing for me.

What do you think? Too soft or just "artistic"? Does the composition make up for it's flaws?

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Yesterday's View...

Sunday December 18, 2016

That's all for now my friends. Thanks as always for stopping by!

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Exploration Photography Daily View - December 18, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

So we went from a cold rainy/sleety day to a rather warm rainy day. But like the saying around here goes; It could be snow!

The warmer temperatures inspired me to set up in the Cafe and do some shooting. It went well overall but being kind of rainy I had to work around the darkness clouds bring. Photographing birds almost requires using a fast shutter speed. And to obtain the best detail I would like to use a low film speed. Two things that don't mix with dark. So I had to lower the shutter and raise the film. This resulted in photos that were not quite as crisp as I would prefer and there was definitely too much grain. But I was able to remedy a lot of this in post processing.

So for your viewing pleasure I present you with this... In color and black and white...

So my question for you is which do you like better? I have an opinion but I would love to know if we agree.

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Yesterday's View...

Saturday December 17, 2016

And that will do it for today my friends. But I'll be back real soon with more to share. Be sure to check back often because I have some really exciting new stuff coming your way just after the beginning of the new year. You won't want to miss it.

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Exploration Photography Daily View - December 17, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Well the "big" snowstorm has come and gone. But instead of snow we mostly got sleet and freezing rain. It was kind of rough early in the day but by around 10:30 am the roads were pretty much just wet.

In our journeys today I made some time to take a ride through Valley Forge to grab a few snow shots. There wasn't a whole lot of snow but I did  get some good photos. I didn't have my DSLR but I did use the best camera. The one I had with me ;) And that happened to be my trusty Samsung Galaxy S6.

I made this from four frames joined in Photoshop with the aid of Adobe Bridge. It was converted from color into black and white with Silver Efex Pro 2. Part of the NIK Collection provided courtesy of Google.

That light dusting is about all we got. No complaints here.

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Yesterday's View...

Friday December 16, 2016

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Exploration Photography Daily View - December 16, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

It's been very busy around here folks. And will be for a few more weeks. Oh I'll make time to shoot but just not as much as I would like. I can't say too much now but it will be so worth it in the end.

For today's photo I would like to share another shot from the Cafe the other day.

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Yesterday's View...

Thursday December 15, 2016

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Exploration Photography Daily View - December 15, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Tonight's post is going to be a quick one my friends. It's getting late and I have been busy.

After I published yesterday's post I kind of felt like something wasn't right. And after a little bit it dawned on me. This should be black and white! After all it is a World War 2 battleship. And all of the best wartime movies are in black and white, right?

So today I present you with a black and white and a little antiqued version of yesterday's photo.

Straight out of 1942. At least it looks like it.

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Yesterday's View...

Wednesday December 14, 2016

What do you think? Which version do you like better? You can let me know in the comments if you like.

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Until next time...