Frisco Lake Park January 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
A couple of weeks ago the weather was warm and I decided to head out to take some pictures during lunch. Most of these were taken with my new zoom lens on auto or shutter priority, but they turned out pretty well. One thing about shutter priority is that it shifts the light to blue, so I did a lot of color correction on these photos to bring back in the warmth of the day.
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It was just warm enough after a cold freeze for the lake to have a sheet of water on top of the ice. The ducks* look like they're walking on water and the lake had a great reflective quality to it.
*As my good friend encephalophone pointed out, they're not ducks, they're Canadian Geese. Sorry, geese!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 6:53:00 PM CST
I see the link to the Kelby digital photo books on your sidebar. Would you recommend them?
Gorgeous, gorgeous pictures. Your timing was impeccable on a few of those shots!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 7:53:00 PM CST
Toniya: Yes, I would. The information is basic, but it's good. I picked up a lot of good information.
And thanks! :)
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 11:14:00 PM CST
What do you have your white balance settings on? Shutter priority is probably not the culprit for the blue cast. Also, are you shooting in Raw? If so, the white balance slide is a pretty easy fix!
You have a good eye!
Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 6:56:00 AM CST
Mamacita: I'm sure you're right. That makes much more sense. I think my white balance settings were set on Tungstein (which is what it was set to before I changed it just now). Ha! I forgot to check it completely.
And yes, I'm still shooting in JPG. *hangs head* I'm lazy! I'm sure that'll change with my first class assignment.