Depth of field

Back to the Canon XSi with the 70-200 mm lens and a 2x extender.

I see that I need to dig out the monopod.

This was taken on a cloudy after-the-rain day from about 50 feet away fully zoomed.

Processed in LightRoom 3 to brighten it up a bit.

Gregory's birthday and 1st Communion

A few shots from the party -- with the Canon and ISO 800 to eliminate the flash.  I did have some noise that I had to deal with.

Here's Gregory playing with the balloons --
he said "Watch this!" as he punched a balloon.

 

Something about the half-hidden face that I like.

 Opening presents

 Oh, how he loves his hot wheels!

 And a toothy little kiss-kiss for me.

 

Singing "Happy birthday, dear Gregory"

Kayla

Kayla's growing up!  This was at her brother's 1st Communion and birthday party.

Derek loves his Grandma

Actually, this is 2 photographs combined in photoshop.

One was a better shot of Derek and the other was a better shot of Grandma.

apple blossoms

Another shot with the P100 -- and although it looked pretty good out of the camera I played in Photoshop a bit -- cropped a little and played with adjustments trying to cut the glare from this rare sunny day.

I find that the P100 is iffy on focus.  I throw out more than I keep because they are blurry, and I haven't figured out why I can't get them all in focus.

magnolia

This was taken with my P100 -- carried in my bag when I'm driving around.

Another CS5 attempt -- turning a layer into a smart filter layer so you can go back and adjust the filters if you decide to do so.

tulips

It really is Spring!

It's been awfully wet here in NE Ohio, but it's good for the plants, I guess.
This was taken with my Canon and processed in CS5.

I've been plowing through some CS5 tutorials on http://www.lynda.com

and I discovered how little I know about Photoshop!

For starters I didn't appreciate how powerful Bridge is.
or what a cool browser mini-Bridge is!
And Camera Raw has more to offer than I realized.