This gallery is a complete chronicle of my 40th year, starting on my birthday in 2008. I posted one photo each day for a year. The photo-a-day project continues in this gallery here.
April 28, 2009; Day 361.
Ice out.
Today I had sufficient time and strength to do a job that comes around twice each year…swap the tires on my car. It’s sad that a regular chore is a highlight but there I am. Today the General Arctic snow tires were pulled and replaced by the General Exclaim performance tires. The ride should be noticeably quieter and firmer tomorrow. I was happy to see that I had more than a half-inch of tread left on the snows which should get me through another winter. After that, I’ll probably be ready to replace the car.
Since this indeed was the highlight of my day, I naturally had the camera on hand to take a few shots. If anyone thinks that I’m actually making an adjustment to this metal thing, great. The camera lies. I’m actually trying to keep my shutter finger clean, but I’m happy that there’s a little dirt on my arm.
This is late evening mostly-shaded sunlight. The camera is in aperture priority and is trying to balance the black tire well against the very bright sky, and did a fairly even split. I’m correcting for the shadows in post processing, allowing the highlights to remain blown. The car is lost against the sky, but I'd rather you were looking at it's underbelly anyway. I’m also finally trying the “copper” action from Thom Hogan’s D700 set.
Here’s the original image in color.
Raw: Color Temperature: 7000K; Tint: 9
Raw: Fill Light: 20
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Hue/Saturation: Colorize; Hue: 10; Saturation: 30; Lightness: 0 (copper)
PS: Curves adjustment for additional contrast
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Ice out.
Today I had sufficient time and strength to do a job that comes around twice each year…swap the tires on my car. It’s sad that a regular chore is a highlight but there I am. Today the General Arctic snow tires were pulled and replaced by the General Exclaim performance tires. The ride should be noticeably quieter and firmer tomorrow. I was happy to see that I had more than a half-inch of tread left on the snows which should get me through another winter. After that, I’ll probably be ready to replace the car.
Since this indeed was the highlight of my day, I naturally had the camera on hand to take a few shots. If anyone thinks that I’m actually making an adjustment to this metal thing, great. The camera lies. I’m actually trying to keep my shutter finger clean, but I’m happy that there’s a little dirt on my arm.
This is late evening mostly-shaded sunlight. The camera is in aperture priority and is trying to balance the black tire well against the very bright sky, and did a fairly even split. I’m correcting for the shadows in post processing, allowing the highlights to remain blown. The car is lost against the sky, but I'd rather you were looking at it's underbelly anyway. I’m also finally trying the “copper” action from Thom Hogan’s D700 set.
Here’s the original image in color.
Raw: Color Temperature: 7000K; Tint: 9
Raw: Fill Light: 20
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Hue/Saturation: Colorize; Hue: 10; Saturation: 30; Lightness: 0 (copper)
PS: Curves adjustment for additional contrast
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
April 28, 2009; Day 361.
Ice out.
Today I had sufficient time and strength to do a job that comes around twice each year…swap the tires on my car. It’s sad that a regular chore is a highlight but there I am. Today the General Arctic snow tires were pulled and replaced by the General Exclaim performance tires. The ride should be noticeably quieter and firmer tomorrow. I was happy to see that I had more than a half-inch of tread left on the snows which should get me through another winter. After that, I’ll probably be ready to replace the car.
Since this indeed was the highlight of my day, I naturally had the camera on hand to take a few shots. If anyone thinks that I’m actually making an adjustment to this metal thing, great. The camera lies. I’m actually trying to keep my shutter finger clean, but I’m happy that there’s a little dirt on my arm.
This is late evening mostly-shaded sunlight. The camera is in aperture priority and is trying to balance the black tire well against the very bright sky, and did a fairly even split. I’m correcting for the shadows in post processing, allowing the highlights to remain blown. The car is lost against the sky, but I'd rather you were looking at it's underbelly anyway. I’m also finally trying the “copper” action from Thom Hogan’s D700 set.
Here’s the original image in color.
Raw: Color Temperature: 7000K; Tint: 9
Raw: Fill Light: 20
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Hue/Saturation: Colorize; Hue: 10; Saturation: 30; Lightness: 0 (copper)
PS: Curves adjustment for additional contrast
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Ice out.
Today I had sufficient time and strength to do a job that comes around twice each year…swap the tires on my car. It’s sad that a regular chore is a highlight but there I am. Today the General Arctic snow tires were pulled and replaced by the General Exclaim performance tires. The ride should be noticeably quieter and firmer tomorrow. I was happy to see that I had more than a half-inch of tread left on the snows which should get me through another winter. After that, I’ll probably be ready to replace the car.
Since this indeed was the highlight of my day, I naturally had the camera on hand to take a few shots. If anyone thinks that I’m actually making an adjustment to this metal thing, great. The camera lies. I’m actually trying to keep my shutter finger clean, but I’m happy that there’s a little dirt on my arm.
This is late evening mostly-shaded sunlight. The camera is in aperture priority and is trying to balance the black tire well against the very bright sky, and did a fairly even split. I’m correcting for the shadows in post processing, allowing the highlights to remain blown. The car is lost against the sky, but I'd rather you were looking at it's underbelly anyway. I’m also finally trying the “copper” action from Thom Hogan’s D700 set.
Here’s the original image in color.
Raw: Color Temperature: 7000K; Tint: 9
Raw: Fill Light: 20
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Hue/Saturation: Colorize; Hue: 10; Saturation: 30; Lightness: 0 (copper)
PS: Curves adjustment for additional contrast
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
