Selective Colorization using GIMP

Photoshop can be a tad expensive, so a lot of photographers turn to GIMP, an open source digital image editor with many of the same features.

A common trick of digital editing is Selective Colorization.  That is where you have a single color in an otherwise black and white photo.  Here is a straightforward tutorial on how to do that in GIMP. 

Here is an example.  Note the red on the belt.

Here is another example and two more.

Planning an Ahwahnee Wedding

 

Planning an Ahwanhee Wedding, originally uploaded by Eclipse Pics (∆ncient).

A wedding being planned at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.

Metal Stairs

Metal Stairs, originally uploaded by Eclipse Pics (∆ncient).

Some things just catch your eye. I was wandering around downtown Westborough and these stairs did just that.

10-megapixel camera for under $200

Wow.  It’s amazing to me how fast this technology has matured over the past few years.

Canon is selling the Canon PowerShot SD770 for $174, and that includes free shipping. You can pay more if you want it faster.  

Before you hang up your DSLR, remember that handheld have a much smaller image capture space. You just can’t grab as many photons as you can with a  DSLR. 

Still, that’s a lot of megapixils to work with.

Golden Retrievers at play

My two dogs are some of my best models.

 

Playing Dogs

Candles in the Dark

 

Candles in the Dark

Having fun with low light photography.