SCATTERED STORMS POSSIBLE

I entered this composite image in the "open" category of the Bay Area Photo Club of Clear Lake's "Honors Night" program and was awarded a "Gold" award by the three judge panel.  It's a two shot composite, basically one shot with the "rain" and flower and one shot with the cloud in another, that have been blended together in Photoshop.  The "cloud" is a ball of poly filler available in the fabric section of Hobby Lobby.

THE MYSTIC

This was one of my shots for the Bay Area Photo Club of Clear Lake October Honor's Night assignment of "HANDS".  It's a composite of two images that I combined in Photoshop.  The base image is a shot of my hands that I warped slightly using a Topaz Lens Effects filter preset for a fish eye lens effect and then added the colors in Topaz Adjust 5/Stylized/Solarized Dreams preset.  The second image was a shot of the full moon with some fog effect added from Topaz Lens Effects.  The judges awarded the image a Silver award and 153 points, which was the second highest score for the night.

CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL CEMETERY

 

This is a seven shot composite, six stitched together for the background, taken on a cloudy early morning at the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Tennessee.  I entered it in the BAPC "Honor's Night" competition under the assignment of "Missing" and received a bronze award.

THE ULTIMATE FIELD TRIP

This was one of my entries in last Thursday nights Bay Area Photo Club Honors Night under the assignment of "Intersection".  It's a take on a classic "crossroads" shot with a humorous twist that is kind of an insider joke.  The names on the signs are all Honors Night topisc for 2014 and the idea behind "The Ultimate Field Trip" is finding one spot with multiple assignment topics readily available - much harder than you might think!

WINGS OVER HOUSTON #2

Here's another composite shot from this years "Wings Over Houston" show.

WINGS OVER HOUSTON #1

This is a composite shot from this years Wings Over Houston air show.  I didn't get a lot of shots I liked at the show so I had to piece some together.  It was my first time to attend the show so next time I'll a better idea of what to expect.

KALE RIDES OUT

Last night's BAPC assignment for the Honor's Program was "Composite."  I put this image together out of 7 or 8 different images, 40 adjustment layers, and about 5 hours of "tweaking."  It ended up drawing only a bronze award from the judges, but when it was all said and done I was happy enough with the image.

BUSY BEE

This shot is of a bee collecting pollen from a Crepe Myrtle in our backyard.

"ASCENSION"

This composite recently was awarded "Gold" and high for the night on Bay Area Photo Clubs Honors Night last month and a third place ribbon at the Baytown Photo Clubs recent show.  It's a nine shot composite with the background being a six shot HDR of an alley on Texas Avenue in Baytown.

BNC MOCKINGBIRD #2

I spotted this Mockingbird at the Baytown Nature Center last weekend. 

Field of Dreams

A rainy day composite of some shots from the archives.

Backyard Grasshopper

a My wife spotted this grasshopper in the yard this evening so I took the opportunity to photograph it - duh! The background was a little plain so I added in a blurry moon taken yesterday morning.

Bourbon Street Musicians

Street musicians playing on Bourbon Street in on our recent trip to New Orleans.

Dream Fisher

This shot is a composite of two images taken at the Baytown Nature Center a couple of week ago.

San Jacinto Monument_3

Here's another shot from Saturdays trip to the San Jacinto Monument.

Defiance

My second shot submitted for the BAPC Honor's Night program was "Defiance", a composite made up of 4 individual shots. The judging panel awarded the shot a "Silver".

Weird Science

The category for last night's BAPC Honors Night program was "Surreal Composition" and this was one of my entries. "Weird Science" in a combination of parts of 5 different images and was awarded a "Silver" by the 3 judge panel.

Flyover

Last shot from this past weekends fund raiser for disabled vets.

North Houston Tea Party Patriots

Saturday the North Houston Tea Party Patriots held a Tea [Taxed Enough Already] Party at the Sam Houston Race Park. Great weather played a role as thousands [no attendance numbers yet but I'm thinking easily over 10,000] came early and stayed late to the hear the speakers talk about conservative issues. Not on the list of featured speakers, this Uncle Sam character was on hand in costume to work the crowd.

Baytown Eagle_3

I swung by the Bald Eagles nest in Baytown Friday evening and took a few more shots. As my wife and I arrived I saw so many large lens equipped photographers grouped together that it reminded me of the view over the bow of the Battleship Texas! It's nice to see that after at least three years interest in these majestic birds is still holding strong.