It's warm, but it's pouring, so I'm stuck inside. There's nothing to do inside . . . Except take pictures.


Silver Showers by ~bjtolar on deviantART


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A while ago, a SheezyArt user asked me how I do my Sepia photographs (such as the one in my header). So, I decided to answer her question by making a tutorial!
You can view them [here]. (There's two: Method 1, and Method 2.)

Files too large? Don't feel like clicking?
That's fine, there's a text version after the cut!

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Today was one of the first warm days this year (43° Fahrenheit, 6.1° Celsius) -- the perfect opportunity to leave home and take some experimental shots.



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Only one new photograph today.
You can view it [here], and also here:


Power Color by ~bjtolar on deviantART

The new camera I ordered finally came!
To get used to operating it, I decided to photograph my Christmas tree.




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I have a nasty habit of taking a photograph, deciding I hate it, then leaving it rot on a drive or disk for . . . Forever.
Recently, I was clearing some of my old files off the C-drive of my old computer. There I found a few photos that had to be at least two or three years old. I didn't like them back then, but they've grown on me, I guess.

Photos from a summer day with old friends:




"Yellow":




I wonder what I have hidden on other drives . . .

It's been an unfortunately rainy summer, but September has brought a few decent days to enjoy before another long, dull winter.
Today I have an HP Photosmart E317 point-and-shoot digital camera to work with. These are my most interesting shots, taken at a local park.




Despite the warm temperatures, the leaves are already changing.




The E317 doesn't have a manual focus, so the clarity here is sub-par (understatement). But at the very least, this is an adequate representation of all the autumn colors that have already begun to appear.




Even with such exposure flaws, this is my favorite shot of the day.