Little photographic windows into my life

Ah heck I give up here are some clouds

canadiangosling — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:54:55 +0000

The actual picture looks better than this of course but it seems I will never be able to solve the firefox washed out photographs mystery, so I concede. Enjoy.

Should I get a new computer?

canadiangosling — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:23:04 +0000

I suspect maybe, possibly, the color saturation and highlights being lost thing has something to do with my mac. And I just can’t post a picture here until this problem is solved because what appears on the blog will not be indicitave of the work I put into each photograph.

Should I just buy a new computer (remember my hard drive crashed so I’m essentially working off a blank shell of a computer)? A Dell? As far as I’m concerned every computer is going to explode within a year anyway, so I might as well just get a Dell full of amenities (big hard drive, tons of ram, etc) that will still be cheaper than the cheapest Macbook. I miss the PC world, honestly. What would you do?

Serious help needed from the internet!

canadiangosling — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:56:29 +0000

Hi Internet (photography bloggers particularly),

I really need your help. About half the time I take a photograph, photoshop it, then post it to the web, the detail and colors are totally washed out. It’s as if I didn’t photoshop it at all.

I already tried: assigning the sRGB color profile. I already tried save for web on high quality settings. What Am I Missing?!

Oh, I will add that the color change is most prominent when I use photomatix to make an HDR photo. The HDR qualities are completely lost when I open the photograph in firefox. I use a mac, and I’m using the trial version of photoshop (I know, don’t judge). I shoot with a Canon Rebel xsi.

Can someone please tell me what I’m missing? I’d be so very grateful. Until then I’m too embarrassed to put up any of my pictures because let’s face it without photoshop they’re pretty crappy.

Ever yours,

Take Two: Tree in Pink

canadiangosling — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:29:22 +0000

I decided to have fun with the curves function. The colors were too bland before, so I made it peenk!

Dial M for Murder

canadiangosling — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:54:19 +0000

I love how I doctored my jewlery stand to resemble something ominous. He’s right behind you!

(I’m trying out a new theme; click to make it large).

The Incredible Canon EOS 5D MKII

canadiangosling — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:06:20 +0000

Still no pictures for you, terribly sorry; coping with the loss of my harddrive. Umm getting a lot of hits from the pingback I guess I left. My my. Hello strangers, please view my totally sub par photographs.

Anyway so, you should check this out. Pretty lovely…No, understatement. Totally amazing.

http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2008/09/22/without-further-ado-reverie/

Dead, gone

canadiangosling — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:11:30 +0000

My harddrive officially crashed last night along with all my photographs so I’d say it’ll be about over a week before I’m able to post again. I don’t think I’ll be able to recover any of my data (unless someone wants to donate $1000 for a clean room recovery).

Having no computer is an indescribably weird feeling, like I’ve reverted to my past when I only had a desktop that I’d occasionally use and when my life lied in things other than my electronics. It’s good to get away from the radiation and laziness I suppose, but I feel so disconnected from the world. What if I get an urgent email?? And I’m not able to respond until the next day?! Yeah okay maybe this crash is good for me after all. Til then,

Yours,

-T-

Child at the Lake

canadiangosling — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:49:48 +0000

This has a delightful old feeling to it. The kid’s outfit kind of tricks me into thinking its one of those full body suits of the early 20th century. All he needs is an adorable little sailor hat. Speaking of which, how do you feel about hat girl in the right corner? Necessary or distracting?

P.S. (I sat up straight and this photo looked so washed out, but when I sat back in my chair and slouched it looked the way I meant it to–darker, more shadows). So the lesson today is, utilize bad posture while viewing these photos)

All out of good ideas

canadiangosling — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:25:12 +0000

So instead here’s some close up shot of something probably not too enigmatic. I’ll bring you a better picture next time, promise.

My Actual HDR #2

canadiangosling — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:24:38 +0000

when i convert to PNG all the intensity is lost. here’s a PDF (i Know, i know) of what it should look like

Yes this is the PDF file