Thursday, September 8, 2011

SkyWatch Friday: September begins


So far September has had a lot of gray skies but we did have a little blue coming through during part of some days.
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I like clouds against blue but grew tired of the solid wall of gray.
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I always like to photograph my neighbor's weathervane.
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I photographed the church steeple on a gray day. The first shot below was taken in full color but it's not very colorful.
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I decided to work on removing the power lines from the picture and for those versions I changed it to monochrome.
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Even though there isn't much difference in the color and monochrome ones, I found it was easier to do a clean job of getting rid of the wires if it was monochrome.
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I had to remove the wires from 3 separate shots because the quality of the zoomed in ones was better than just cropping out of the wider shot after removing the wires. Also the zoomed in ones had the bird in slightly different postures. At least with the zoomed in shots there were only 2 wires to remove unlike the first one which had 7 wires.
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I did a fast and dirty job of removing the wires but I think they turned out o.k. Click for the home of SkyWatch Friday.
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30 comments:

  1. DeniseinVASeptember 8, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    It's impressive how you removed all those wires. Love the sky shots too and your neighbor's weathervane.

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  2. Cezar and LéiaSeptember 8, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Wonderful and different sky in these pictures.I like most that close up church steeple and the gray sky!
    Léia

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  3. Penelope NotesSeptember 8, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    I can see why you wanted to remove those wires, Carver. You did a fantastic job and now the picture so beautifully highlights the bird sitting on the cross at the top of that steeple.

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  4. Gillian OlsonSeptember 8, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    I like the weathervane on your neighbours house. I've never tried removing wires, you did a good job and it improved the picture.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 8, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    You removed the wires? Didn't know you could... Love those blue blue skies.

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  6. LizSeptember 8, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Good job on the wires. Loved your sky shots.

    Happy sky watching!

    Liz @ A Simple Life

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  7. RajeshSeptember 8, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Wonderful shots of blue sky and the church.

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  8. SteffiSeptember 8, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    Very beautiful different set of pictures for SWF!Have a nice weekend!

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  9. Pearl MapleSeptember 8, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    Great photos of the sky in different moods, like the close up of the bird on the roof as well

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  10. EG CameraGirlSeptember 8, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    You did a great job removing those wires! If you hadn't confessed I would not have known they'd been there!

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  11. EbieSeptember 8, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    Hahaha, you did a good job removing the wires! Or else, I would say, there's a bird on the wire!

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  12. ElisabethSeptember 8, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Very nice. Wires are everywhere aren't they? You did a good job removing them. Hope you have a great weekend.

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  13. VALKYRIENSeptember 8, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    Hehe - isn't that irritating, when wires off all kind damage a perfect good picture? You did a great job removing them! Great shots it is - alsom of the sky...I almost forgot about that! :))

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  14. Sylvia KSeptember 8, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    Yes, you surely did a fantastic job removing the wires! Wow! That's terrific! Marvelous captures, gray skies or not! Hope you have a lovely weekend! Enjoy!

    Sylvia

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  15. My name is RietSeptember 8, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    LOvely shots of sky and the weathervane

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  16. Kay L. DaviesSeptember 8, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    Excellent work, Carver. I can see how B&W would be easier for removing the wires. The bird sure adds a special quality to the photos, too.
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  17. JimSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    good sky shots

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  18. JudySeptember 8, 2011 at 8:10 PM

    My neighbour has a weathervane that is so similar to that... My first thought was that you must live near me!! But the roof is different under it...

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  19. emzkieSeptember 8, 2011 at 9:51 PM

    wow those are amazing shots! our skies here is always gray, it never got the chance to turn blue for a week now. =(

    here it is.. http://myphotomeme.com/2011/09/09/skywatch-friday-1-gloomy-skies/
    if you wanna see

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  20. Interesting PicturesSeptember 8, 2011 at 10:31 PM

    nice clouds shot

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  21. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪September 8, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    I like to see birds perched on top like this.

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  22. SandyCarlsonSeptember 8, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    These are delightful, my friend.

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  23. Chubskulit RoseSeptember 9, 2011 at 12:02 AM

    Lovely sky shots.

    My Skywatch

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  24. Glen LernerSeptember 9, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    Nice job removing the wires, it really adds to the intensity of the shot. Good eye.

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  25. lotusleafSeptember 9, 2011 at 3:26 AM

    The weathervane is so homely and pretty. So clever of you to have removed all those unsightly wires!

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  26. IndraniSeptember 9, 2011 at 3:26 AM

    Church steeples look grand against blue skies. I too photograph them .
    You got a great series.

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  27. LindyLouMacSeptember 9, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    I have joined the Skywatch meme for the first time this week, calling by to visit you as another participant.

    Interesting photos to welcome me to your blog for the first time. I would not even know how to go about removing the wires.

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  28. KarenSeptember 9, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    Greats shots, I like the pic with the wires!

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  29. FranciscaSeptember 9, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    I think we must have shared that wall of gray! So the blue sky then is eye candy. I like to remove wires too, and in Asia there are tons of them!

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  30. Kim, USASeptember 9, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Very impressive you can take off all those wirings hehe ^_^

    Sky View

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