Air Show Part 2

A few weeks ago I went to an air show in Great Falls Montana. For this post I wanted to share some more pictures from the air show. This time the pictures are some of the static displays from the show including the B-1 Bomber. It is always fascinating to get to go to events such as this. With this event they made it so that we could see military equipment from the Army, Air Force, and Navy.

So if you have an opportunity to go to any type of military show or air show these are great places to be able to take pictures. Other festivals and events that may be occurring in your area including fairs if there is still any going on near you are also fun places to practice taking pictures.

So when you have a chance go out, take advantage of what is happening around you for opportunities to take pictures, and be sure to have fun while doing it. Photography is all about having fun, especially if you have family that you can take with you, and enjoying the outdoors.

Army

Navy

Air Force

Wonders for editing

Can you believe it's already August. That means fall is just around the corner and a whole new world for pictures with the wonderful variety of colors. But that is not for a little while yet.

Today we are going to look at editing once again. There has been one program that since I have started writing this blog I have learned a lot about how to use and it can make large differences in the finished images. These pictures are not some examples of some of my better stuff but it is a good example of what Light Room can do. This is a program that I checked out a text book from the library to help better learn the program. Below is some before and after edit examples to show what can be done. 

For those without access to Adobe Light Room other free editing programs can do similar stuff but I can't say to how great an effect. 

So till next time continue to enjoy your summer and be sure to take your camera because you never know where that next great picture may be.

Before - Under exposed image                                                            After - with corrections

 Before - again Under exposed Try to find the dragon fly.

                                                                                          After - Cropped and exposure adjusted                

                                                                                                  unfortunately the dragonfly is blurry. Try photographing one sometime its a challenge. 

Before - some areas under exposed some over exposed                

    After - Able to adjust different    

                                                                                                      area while brightening the shadows        

So as you can see a bad picture that you take does not mean it is destined for the recycle bin. It may take some time and little work but images can be salvaged.