After Effects

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Breeonne

One of the downsides of using a low-end point-and-shoot is that in unfavorable light conditions, the shots can be… uninspiring. In past I tended to let it slide; focusing instead on high-light days to take pictures.

Recently I started poking around with Flickr’s photo editor (of course, four months before the service will be discontinued), and churned out these two retouches:

Red Light

Broadway and Ash, at twilight. Used Piknik’s 60s filter.

Green Light

Same as above, using the lomo filter.

The originals (best seen big)

versus

#Ikeahack

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Breeonne

From a recent Ikea trip:

Mmm, Hasselhof is a side sleeper

Wok This Way

And while I’m at it…

Brussel Sprouts are really, really freaky

In a Graveyard, grace

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Breeonne

It’s that time of year again. Today’s favourite graveyard pictures from Flickr users (links to the photo landing pages)

El Petó de la Mort (Barcelona) by EudaldCJ

Untitled by Doug LINY

Señora muerte / Lady Death by Nutbcn

St Mary's Church, Eastham by Shertila Tony

Hands by Ulf Bodin

Canada Day 2011 Long Weekend

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Breeonne

The number of unfinished posts in my Dashboard is truly sad. Here’s one now.

Looking back, I tend to do a thing on Canada Day (2008, 2010). This year, I made a weekend of it.

Highlights

On Friday (an overcast day), I biked around the Richmond Dyke. One word: Noseeums.

This thistle was the only sign of colour for miles.

Belted Galloway cattle grazing on the Richmond Dyke

Then then there's this dude who grazes his Belted Galloway cattle on the Richmond Dyke. How's that for random?

He even has a WARNING BELTED COWS warning sign on the path.

Then in Steveston, there is this on a hill

Up Close and Red

I ended the day on the False Creek seawall.

Tree in a bag

Then in Saturday, I took the Seabus to the North Shore. Because. Not a lot of interesting shots.

Exit This Side

And a dorky little video of a seaplane coming in for a landing past the Port of Vancouver

And Sunday. I went downtown.

Abandoned Pants

DANGER SHARKS

Sun over Alley

Full Gallery of the shots

May photos

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Breeonne

I need to blog more.

But in the meantime, have some pictures!

A Sunlit Afternoon

Koerner Library in the afternoon

UBC Clock Tower & Main Library

Fern!

Ceiling, Reflected in a Sky Train Button

Hungry Car is Hungry

Nitobe Gardens, Reflected

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Breeonne

Figure this one out:

Full Nitobe Garden set on Flickr.

Camera saga

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Breeonne

End of the story: new camera Canon SD1300 does this omg yay:

Beginning of story: Old Canon PowerShot 460 died in a graveyard.

Middle of story: Last Sunday, I went to a local big box electronics store with a buddy to look for a new camera. I walked out with a Sony camera (it had a good rating on CNET) and took it for a test drive on Monday at the graveyard.

Gotta say, it didn’t do what I wanted it to.

I tend to do a lot of odd sun shots, and what I ended up with (combined with some test macro shots and other situations with saturation and colour) made me less than 100% sold on the camera.

I took it back and got a Canon SD1300. Low-end model, sure, but I was am more interested in high saturation shots that deal well with direct sun, as well as low light issues.

Now I have a camera that can do this:

Low-light:

Crazy macro

Zoom

and

Crazy sun shots

It’s not perfect, but it’s what I need for the price I wanted to pay.

I love me a good Canon.

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