A Perfect Weather Day

[Kraellin]

these are pretty rare. we had one this last monday, june 30, 2008. a perfect weather day (to me) is one which is quite bright and sunny, warm but not real hot. there's a good cooling breeze blowing and it's just a pleasure to be outdoors. on top of that the sky has to be pretty much perfect also. it can be clear or cloudy, the big billowing type of clouds, but not overcast. the sky color also has to be that deeper blue, not the paler blue. the blue in these pictures i'm posting is the actual color of the sky that day; it's not photoshopped. it was just an amazing sky and an amazing day. so, i thought i'd share a bit of it with all of you

[amica999]

Craig, whis looks absolut perfect...wish we had more of them over here, same ol' thing: or too hot or raining, or chilly and hazy...etc. Would love to have a play, but getting a bit tired now :-) maybe tomorrow

[lkroll]

Looks like a perfectly pointillistic day to me Craig. Very saturated too.

[MatthewMarshall]

you guys should come to provo utah, everyday is like that up the canyons. but a very nice photos

[palms]

Thank you Craig for sharing such lovely photo's,
on the second photo is that someone leaning up the tree ?
I wish we had a smilie of blowing a raspbery for Mathew, who should he ever want a photo of a grey and wet sky,we can provide plenty of

[amica999]

Nice work every one. Here's my play

[Kraellin]

oh, very cool, lyle!

thanks, MM. never thought of Utah that way. always thought, salt lake, rockies, and somewhat bleak, barren and hot. just shows how much i know.

palms, no, not a person against the tree. just an old stump or log bit or something. there used to be a fence row along there but it was bulldozed out this spring to clean things up and there's lots of bits like that one along there.

and what did you do to that pic, palms? each general element seems to have been defined more, separating things out more clearly. like, the field is much more clearly NOT the surrounding elements. there seems to be a very sharp division now between things. quite interesting. a sharpening type thing, maybe?

amica, very nice

but, you seem to have turned that farm field into a desert and i'm not sure the neighbor farmer would approve

[amica999]

LOL Craig, yeah maybe the field lost too much definition. Attached another try, giving them back the harvest :-)

[palms]

Craig not sure what i done first but something (can't remember what) but what really made the difference was Mike Warrens embossed glow action

Palms

[alexmeta]

Nice pics, Craig.
And nice work everyone.

Two AHB attempts

[Kraellin]

hehe, it looks fine, amica

thanks, palms. it's the emboss part of that that did it, i'm guessing.

very nice, alex! i especially like the 2nd one

[alexmeta]

Thank you, Craig

[palms]

Originally Posted by alexmeta

Nice pics, Craig.
And nice work everyone.

Two AHB attempts

super Alex I agree with Craig the second one has it

Palms

[alexmeta]

Thank you, Palms

[0lBaldy]

Field in a Bubble

[Kraellin]

that's a little odd, OB. spherize type filter?

[0lBaldy]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

that's a little odd, OB. spherize type filter?

Yep sort of a spherize.. tis one of the "Toadies 2" filters called "Turn Your Inside Out"... can be downloaded here
(after installing... it is found in the filter menu under "Distort")

I ran it a few times but decided to just use the center part over a fast and crude painting..

The middle came from this hubcap looking picture made from yours

[Kraellin]

ah, like a polar coordinates filter. cool

[Kraellin]

a bit of colored edges and some painting.

[Steve Conway]

Looks like time for a picnic.

Steve C.

[Kraellin]

that's gorgeous, steve! really, really good

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

that's gorgeous, steve! really, really good

You made my day again Craig. But that is a nice shot to work from. so it was fun to do.

THNX.

Steve C.

[Kraellin]

well, you're welcome, steve.

and thank you like i said, it was a perfect day and i think the camera agreed with me

[Janet Petty]

Thank you for a ray of beautiful weather!

I had different visions for this when I began than the actuality of this finished picture. Nevertheless, here tis.

Janet

[Kraellin]

nice, janet.

[LonK]

Beautiful shots, Craig -- so serene. Rather than a painterly, I opted to do just a photo enhancement.

[Swampy]

Well, I just had to jump in and see how much I could mess up Craig's great photos.

Watercolor with PST and a little help from OnOne PhotoTools for some color adjustments

[Joeven]

A different season.


Joe

[Kraellin]

i see you removed the corner of the barn, lonk. very nice

nice, swampy. glad to see some watercolor here and nice framing

joe, that's really cool. i like that. totally changes things around and adds some drama. nice

[Swampy]

Thank you, Craig. For some reason this was hard to get the right luminosity for a watercolor, but it's such a great photo.