Random Thoughts and Geekery
Extra photo from Seattle Day 2
Processing all the pictures I've taken in Seattle is tough since I have such affection for all of them. In the end they must be filtered, so I sift through them. First I mark out to "keepers" of the RAWs I take (most of the pictures I take are unprocessed). This gives me a high level guide on how much time to spend per photograph. Next I convert them from RAW to JPG format, taking the non-keepers from 16 MiB down to a much more manageable, archiveable 2.5 MB. The keepers then get the special attention, as they deserve the fine tuning to really make them pop.
An exception to this process is what I do for panoramas. For those each of the RAW images have to be processed in the same way and combined together, which I do in darktable and hugin respectively. Here's an example panorama using that process:
Another overview of Diablo lake
For this particular picture I'm happy to have spent the time processing all those respective images (there were five photos stitched together to make this one). Unfortunately you can't preview how the panos look beforehand, so what this does to my process is create a bunch of extra work. I need to get better at that by really appraising the vistas first instead of snapping away so much!
Morning Light
The morning light creates a pattern on the floor of the parking garage 
Flowers Near the House
I always walk by these flowers when I'm out with my daughter around the neighborhood, so the other day I decided to take advantage of the even lighting to grab some photos of them before they are gone. The colors really wow me and I think my extension tubes did a good job of capturing the stunning detail.
Little hearts! 
Stacked pink petals 
This one is reaching out to you 
Harper's Ferry at Sunset
Harper's Ferry is one of my favorite places to visit. I was in a rush to grab dinner before everything shut down the last time I was there, so I wasn't able to grab very many sunset shots. I went back out this weekend to get a few more.
One broken pane of glass 
Although I couldn't make it up to the top of Maryland Heights for the shot that I really wanted (that one will have to wait), I was able to capture some of the incredible light hitting the area as the sun went down.
The sun sets over the town 
180 degree panorama of the lower town 
The sun goes down over the Shenandoah River 
Suspended in the Rain
A leaf is stuck on a glass pane roof in Reston Town Center 
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