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Sam Bliss











 
Mark Aksoy
Cliff Banks
Dick Cotterman
Jim Lucadam
Sam Bliss
Mary Heiting
Ellie Webster
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June Image

Title - Late Spring Storm

 

How I did it - Set the camera to BW with red filter.  But, PSE loaded in color - convert back to BW, sharpen, set levels and contrasts.


COMMENTS:
Mark Aksoy A eye-catching storm shot!  The clouds are perfectly exposed and full of drama and depth.  I would crop a bit of the bald sky from the top to increase the impact of the clouds.  I would also lighten the landscape at bottom to bring out more detail. 
Cliff Banks Interesting technique you have used - the end result is fine. I shoot in raw capturing all the data and then convert to B & W.
Dick Cotterman Nice cloud image but the photo to me just seems to need a point of interest, maybe a lighter cloud area or a goose flying through. It's not always possible to find these additions, I know, but in this digital era nothing is impossible.
Jim Lucadam  
Sam Bliss  
Mary Heiting Good use for black/white but it seems so dark on the left side?
Ellie Webster Works well as a B&W image...just wish I could see the houses a bit better. Do you feel the need to keep all the sky ? The clouds are great.


Member Bio
Sam Bliss - Biography
sbliss72@cox.net

I started taking photos in high school.  They were black and white and I did the processing of the images as well.  I stopped taking them when I joined the navy (hospital corpsman – and never set foot on a ship) except for a few taken on backpacking trips in southern California and Japan .  The camera used at the time was a Canon Ftb. 

After the service, I spent time as an Electronic Engineer (8 years) and got tired of driving 50,000 (80,000 kilometers) miles each year, so I went back to school for software engineering.  With the advent of digital cameras I have renewed my interest in photography and am a new member to PSA.  I belong to 2 local camera clubs and am studying Phil Douglis’ web site (http://www.pbase.com/pnd1) for expressive photography.   


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