August 9, 2011

What I Did on My Vacation #1

Looking at today’s photo, I am sure that no one has any idea of where JD and I went on our vacation.  A few of you probably guessed:  Disney World.  Nope, that’s where the grandchildren went.
Machu Picchu is a place that I have wanted to visit ever since I first saw a photo of it in National Geographic when I was about twelve years old—it has taken me 53 years to get there, but the wait was worth it!  For the most part, I am disappointed when I finally get to see the great wonders of the world.  Machu Picchu was not a disappointment.  It was everything that I thought it would be and more.
Over the next few weeks, I will show various photos that I took both at Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands where we also went on our vacation.Today’s photo is JD in front of Machu Picchu.  Not a lot of fancy camera work here—exposure compensation dialed back one f-stop, flash pointed a little above and to the right of JD’s face, and the sun used as a hair light.
Enjoy.
Camera settings:  Nikon D3, Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 at 36mm, ISO 900, f/8 and with shutter speeds 1/180th of second.
Post Processing:  
Lightroom 3—set white and black points, added clarity and vibrance, and adjusted hue and saturation of various colors.
Photoshop CS5—used nik Color Efex Pro glamour glow filter to add

2 comments:

  1. Nice photo of JD. She is a real looker. Wish that parts of the background had a little more light on it.
    Debbie

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  2. Look forward to you pix. Nice pix of JD.
    Ted

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