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Craig Szymanski
I hike. I take photos. I share...
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2013-05-17 20:48:22 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 61 +1s)
Project 52 B&W
Week 20: Framed
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak
I had a few ideas for this week, but ran out of time so I think I see a bit of framing going on here :)
It seems that uploading to existing albums is broken?
2013-05-16 02:04:07 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 63 +1s)
Just wanted to wish +Alan Shapiro a happy birthday with a little of my own #AlanShapiroBirthdayStyle . Thank you for doing what you do that makes us all reach a bit higher and be inspired. Hope you've had a great day!
2013-05-15 21:03:45 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 47 +1s)
Loved looking through those other brown submissions from the awesome Scavengers. This was my entry. There wasn't much color during the month of March so I thought I would definitely have a bit of woods in my brown shot. This looked good in monochrome so I when that way and applied an overlay of the what seems a good choice for a brown photo and masked in the white snow to keep in clean.
The other part of this photo was in the execution. I put the camera next to a puddle on the ground to get this reflection and give the 2-3 foot long puddle the look of something much bigger.
Make sure you check out the "Brown" album...
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChrystaRae/posts/jJf9uy84ixj
2013-05-16 00:54:30 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)
We're officially on DAY SEVEN of REVEALS from the 2013 MARCH round of the +Chrysta Rae Photography Scavenger Hunt!!!
What is the photography scavenger hunt?
Only the most fun you can have with your camera!!
I host this event every other month for anyone of any level of photography to participate.
I open the game up to 500 Photographers
I give you 10 items to shoot
I give you one month to shoot and enter your photos.
Then I have them judged by amazing photographers
(this round's judges were +Alan Shapiro, +Lee Daniels, +Brian Bonham, +Barry Blanchard and our winner from last round, +lane langmade
I then open the albums up to the public - which is this stage.
Later today I will be posting the winners from this album.
There are 10 categories: This is "*BROWN*", see previous posts on my stream to find the LA... more »
2013-05-15 02:48:09 (17 comments, 1 reshares, 73 +1s)
Paper Goods Pond, Berlin, CT - 2013/05/14
Something I took tonight on my way home from a nice hike. I couldn't resist the calm winds and reflections :)
#TodayTuesday with +Brian White
#10000photographersaroundtheworld +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS by +Robert SKREINER
2013-05-14 20:01:35 (20 comments, 2 reshares, 47 +1s)
Day six of the March 2013 +Chrysta Rae's Photography Scavenger Hunt is here and the theme is Landscape.
To see this awesome album go here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/113977984500465768287/posts/jgQC3F8Xs7V
This was my submission. I took quite a few "traditional" landscape shots during my hiking travels during the month of March. One day I happened to have my oculus with me when I walked by a wonderfully mossy leaf covered tree stump. The bonus was the sunlight was hitting it quite nicely. So, I put it down on the stump, found an angle I liked and focused the best I could on the stump nearest the center bottom of the glass. Three auto-bracketed exposures, blended manually with layer masks in photoshop, a bit of sharpening, adjustments, etc...
#oculusimages
2013-05-13 21:13:46 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 56 +1s)
Day five of the reveals for the March 2013 Scavenger hunt. The theme for this set was freeze motion. I actually was having a lot of fun with the strawberries the first day the list was out and considered trying to use them in each of the ten themes since it was easy to think of something for each one.
This shot is actually a composite of two consecutive shots. I liked the splash, but he bottom looked too empty so I worked with a layer mask and pulled in the water from the capture from a second later. Just wish I'd use a completely white or black background instead of the wet towel I was using throughout the process :)
Check out the rest of shots in this fantastic album here...
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113977984500465768287/posts/2vvnQ6FgC8s
2013-05-11 23:29:52 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 57 +1s)
Passing Tulips
Something I took today. It was a rainy/cloudy day most of the day, but I refused to stay inside the whole day. I saw a break in the rain on the radar so we went to Elizabeth Park in West Hartford to see how things were looking.
2013-05-11 17:51:38 (20 comments, 2 reshares, 70 +1s)
Something from across the street one evening...
The last couple months I've been looking at different tutorials that show you how to add light rays and such in photoshop. I find it is not easy to make it look like this. I think I much prefer it when it happens like it did in this instance: in camera, but I'll still work on improving that skill just in case I need it :)
#sunsetsaturday +Sunset Saturday with +Dennis Hoffbuhr
#magicoflight +Ray Bilcliff +Hamid Dastmalchi +Paul Stein +The Magic of Light
2013-05-11 14:18:42 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)
This is a sunflower I saw while touring a colleges a couple Augusts ago. Not sure how I ended up in this particular day's folder for my morning post processing practice, but as I was going through it I noticed this one that I took just at the end of the Noon hour. It seems the most photography articles concerning lighting always recommend against doing this. I find if you turn down the Exposure Value on the camera a bit you might get lucky. It was just too nice a flower to pass up and also the first time I'd actually seen one while having a camera in hand. Just wish I'd been able to get closer :)
Have a good day everyone!
2013-05-11 04:01:04 (26 comments, 0 reshares, 82 +1s)
Project 52 B&W
Week 19: Food
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak
Still 3 minutes to go in my time-zone and I found something in the kitchen that seemed like a challenge. When I get a chance I like to play with the speedlight in the dark at the dining room table. It's especially challenging to use a flashlight to focus, shut it off and then click the shutter release with one hand without moving the other :o)
Happy weekend everyone. Can't wait to see what you've all posted.
2013-05-10 03:08:45 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 49 +1s)
The first album reveal for the March 2013 edition of the +Chrysta Rae's Photography Scavenger Hunt has begun. This category was Strawberry. I had a hard time keeping strawberries in the house before the kids would eat them, but I got a few shots in before it was too late. It helped that they wouldn't eat the ones I dropped on the floor as well (My first time trying this). Just had to watch out for the dog with those ;-)
2013-05-09 20:48:31 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 55 +1s)
It's almost Friday and I thought I could use a little bit of calm that I usually find when going back to this summer day...
#thirstythursday #thirstythursdaypics curated by +Mark Esguerra and +Giuseppe Basile
2013-05-09 19:33:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)
What you are about to experience is the +Chrysta Rae Photography Scavenger Hunt.
We're officially on DAY ONE of REVEALS from the 2013 MARCH round!!!
What is the photography scavenger hunt?
Only the most fun you can have with your camera!!
I host this event every other month for anyone of any level of photography to participate.
I open the game up to 500 Photographers
I give you 10 items to shoot
I give you one month to shoot and enter your photos.
Then I have them judged by amazing photographers
(this round's judges were +Alan Shapiro, +Lee Daniels, +Barry Blanchard, +Brian Bonham and our winner from last round, +lane langmade
I then open the albums up to the public - which is this stage.
Later today I will be posting the winners from this album.
There are 10 categories: I'm starting with the ... more »
2013-05-09 01:54:43 (23 comments, 1 reshares, 67 +1s)
+Lauri Novak pointed out a cool contest over on fineartamerica.com and I thought hey I'm over there so why not put my recent favorite swan piece into the mix?
It looks like if you have an account you can vote on multiple images.
Mine is here if you'd like to vote on it.
http://fineartamerica.com/contests/national-tv-photo-contest-2.html?tab=vote&artworkid=7346759
2013-05-08 23:11:09 (46 comments, 0 reshares, 46 +1s)
Almost There
I was thinking back to the early G+ days after a bit of conversation with +lane langmade & +Lauri Novak today. I decided to look at some of the photos I'd posted back in August 2011 and think about why I hike as often as I can to some of the same places. I came across this one and it sums it up pretty nicely. It's two miles to reach the spot just beyond those trees. Once past that tree line it's a breathtaking vista where you can see south east to south west and more. Now that I’ve reach this spot I want to keep coming back on the chance that the sunlight will be doing what you see in this picture. More or less I’d just say the sun is an irresistible muse.
This photo when posted previously was processed with photomatix and done(5 minutes maybe?). When I took a look at it today I decided to redo it as I would today. 3 exposures, aligned in photosh... more »
2013-05-08 17:39:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 40 +1s)
Standing Shell 2012
I took a drive today to shoot some farm scenes and ended up visiting Edisto Island, SC to see what effects Hurricane #Sandy had on the beach there.
There was a lot of erosion and tons of broken shells along the shore.
The wind was blowing sand everywhere but I took some quick shots with the Canon G1X of a couple of interesting broken shells I found.
This is completely #SOOC with no post-processing and in-camera BW and 1:1 cropping. I used the popup flash and it was shot in mid-day sun (note the harsh shadows)
For #PhotoSquared +PhotoSquared celebrating the 1:1 aspect image.
2013-05-08 23:34:32 (27 comments, 0 reshares, 63 +1s)
Just wanted to wish +Gene Bowker a very happy birthday! I had the pleasure of meeting Gene up here on G+ for a while now and had the pleasure of getting to know him better during the +G+ Mentorship Program for Photographers program. He is a stand up guy and his artistic work is excellent. He also loves trains (if you didn't know ;-)
This is the Essex Steam Train. I was driving home from the beach one day and saw this scene and a crowd of photographers with tripods, etc taking shots. I of course made a quick u-turn. First time I'd attempted any train photo and it was not easy finding an angle without a tripod in it. Not sure they wanted me on the tracks, but... :o)
#happybdaygene
#photosquared
2013-05-07 10:44:10 (16 comments, 0 reshares, 64 +1s)
Big Tree at Harkness Memorial State Park
This tree is huge and has the most interesting features. There is a branch on the bottom that you can lay down on and look up. This is basically the angle of that view. (my wife had the good spot :)
Have a great day!
#treetuesday with +Christina Lawrie +Shannon S. Myers +Ralph Mendoza & +Allan Cabrera (+Tree Tuesday)
2013-05-06 23:20:54 (12 comments, 3 reshares, 61 +1s)
Mill River at the base of Sleeping Giant
Second shot I've shared of this scene today. This is a color version of the same scene after taking a few steps forward onto the rocks and squatting down a bit to take the shot.
#mirrorsandreflections (+Mirrors and Reflections) with +Gemma Costa
2013-05-06 20:27:10 (23 comments, 0 reshares, 51 +1s)
Down by the River
Got some good hiking time in this weekend with my wife and I think I utilized her presence in about 75% of my shots. Hope your week is off to a good start :)
#MonochromeMonday (+Monochrome Monday) Curated by +Hans Berendsen , +Jerry Johnson , +Steve Barge, +Dominique Hilbert , +David Orr and +Martin Heller
2013-05-06 01:38:13 (25 comments, 1 reshares, 81 +1s)
This is one of the shots I took today while at Harkness Memorial State Park with the family. Hope you had nice weather as well and enjoyed your day!
2013-05-05 21:43:22 (20 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)
+Sam Weinstein +Sandra Parlow & anyone else having the + mention notification email issues. I noticed that +Christian Louw Pedersen mentioned in this post ( https://plus.google.com/u/0/108417120160571178647/posts/bstetQeRMqD ) using this in the search box to find mentions. It seems to work ok (better than broken at least) if you choose the "To you" part in the drop-down box and then Save the search.
"NAME" -inurl:GOOGLEID
2013-05-05 13:39:34 (12 comments, 2 reshares, 71 +1s)
Lots of nice flowers at Elizabeth Park, West Hartford, CT yesterday. Here is a bit of the Azalea.
2013-05-05 03:02:24 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)
Soaking it in...
My +Selfy Sunday submission for this week. The "Great Outdoors" is the theme so I thought it would be a good opportunity to find another spot for a nap and continue the as I did last time around...
There are already some great submissions. Go check them out...
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/gallery/ckl4kju6mgj42r7mkpf1evd9v6g
2013-05-05 02:43:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)
Craig Szymanski was tagged in Craig Szymanski's album.
2013-05-04 18:55:15 (23 comments, 2 reshares, 86 +1s)
I wanted to wish a warm happy birthday to the girl that makes me smile each time I look at or think of a rice cake. Hope you are having a great day +Chrysta Rae. It is a nice sunny day today where I am and I hope you are having some of the same :)
#HappyBirthdayChrystaRae
2013-05-04 18:24:59 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)
Nice trip to Elizabeth Park in West Hartford, CT today with +Theresa Szymanski.
2013-05-04 04:47:06 (41 comments, 1 reshares, 79 +1s)
Project 52 B&W
Week 18: Speed
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak
My take on this weeks theme. Something out there is moving pretty fast...
This was a little over 45 minutes of 25 second exposures merged with StarStax (free program), converted into b/w with Silver Efex, and a bunch of clarity in Lightroom
2013-05-04 03:13:19 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)
This is my Gratitude Circle
If you received a Notification about this, then you are in it!
***********************
First of all, I'd like to thank +Jari Huomo from whom I borrowed this idea. He posted a similar Circle Share last June ( http://goo.gl/zWn2t ), and regrettably it has taken me far too long to finally put mine together. Please allow me to apologize in advance if I accidentally left someone out who regularly engages here on my page.
This was a labor of love, as I tried not only to include those that I have regular conversations with here on my own page, but who also are all actively engaging their followers on their own pages. This is also the first time ever that I curated a circle myself.
Many of these people you probably already have in your Circles, and might recognize from some of the following activities:
... more »
2013-05-03 02:19:40 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 43 +1s)
"Lamentation Mountain State Park" - Springtime Forest Light
Another shot from two nights ago. The light is always so inviting to the eye in this part that I end up looking around too much and almost tripping over the rocks in the trail. I imagine its like trying to text while driving...
#10000photographersaroundtheworld +Daily Photography Themes by +Robert SKREINER
2013-05-02 17:03:45 (20 comments, 0 reshares, 58 +1s)
A few blossoms that I saw yesterday after work...
#pinkcircle +Pink Circle with +Cheryl Cooper +lane langmade
2013-05-02 16:40:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)
The Storytelling Landscape Photography mentorship is ready for sign-ups!
Ever gone on a trip somewhere and witnessed a spectacular scene unfold before your eyes. You reach for the camera, trying to capture that moment, preserve it for all time to come. When you come back home, you realize that picture you created doesn't remind you of the place you were at. Where has all that magic gone? Where is that story you thought you got? Look no further. This is a special program for tackling those very questions that boggle the brightest of minds.
In addition to that, we'll also look at building compelling landscape imagery from the ground up, starting from the basics and adding layer by layer to create a masterpiece in the end ;)
This program is brought to you through the +G+ Mentorship Program for Photographers. I will be taking on a handful of people for a <... more »
2013-05-01 02:12:05 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 33 +1s)
Pines as the sun going down near the end of my walk this evening.
2013-05-01 01:45:13 (19 comments, 0 reshares, 51 +1s)
Nice hike today up on Lamentation Mountain. The Spring leaves and a variety of green growth were too nice to resist when I was walking by this bit of the woods (Not to mention the sunburst ;-)
Hope you had a good day!
#TreeTuesday with +Christina Lawrie +Shannon S. Myers +Ralph Mendoza +Allan Cabrera (+Tree Tuesday)
#TodayTuesday with +Brian White
2013-04-30 20:57:32 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 39 +1s)
"Give It All You Got"
Just a simple wish that you can reach for those places that will bring a bit of light into your life.
From Lamentation Mountain State Park, Western Summit, 4/29/2011
2013-04-30 02:28:52 (21 comments, 5 reshares, 86 +1s)
Sunset Whalehead Club, Corolla, NC - 7/12/2011
When I get those urges for a bit of a vacation I delve into my archive of unprocessed photos. This is another from the bayside at Corolla. So far my favorite place to catch reflections. Have a great day/night everyone :)
#mirrorsandreflections +Gemma Costa +Mirrors and Reflections
2013-05-16 02:27:35 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 71 +1s)
Wish You Were Here...
Whalehead Club, Corolla, NC
2013-04-27 14:45:51 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 63 +1s)
Is that thing on?
This is an outtake from my #p52bw13 submission for this week. I switched to a wider lens to see how it would do. Little did I know that the wide lens blocks the IR sensor for my wireless remote. So I had to lean way over and try to get it, which caught is in a slightly off kilter angle when the shutter snapped a couple seconds later :)
#saturdaynightlight +SaturdayNightLight by +Dirk Heindoerfer
#moonlight
2013-04-27 04:01:38 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 43 +1s)
Zephyr yesterday after work.
#fidofriday +Fido Friday by +mel peifer +Lisa Lisa +Suhaib Ayaz +Wes Lum
2013-04-26 10:08:57 (46 comments, 0 reshares, 102 +1s)
Project 52 B&W
Week 17: Night Lights
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak
It seems that this was a great week for this theme in my neck of the woods since I had the full moon and clear skies. This is me up on a small hill in the back yard trying not to look too suspicious and freak out the neighbors too much ;-) I used +The Photographer's Ephemeris to figure out what time the moon would be in this spot between the trees. To line up myself with the light I guestimated by lining up my shadow with my tripod down below.
Happy Friday everyone!
2013-04-25 20:17:03 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 45 +1s)
Penwood State Park, Bloomfield, CT, Vista
The shot I put up this morning of the Tower made me decide to check and see what else I had from that day. We had intended to go to Talcott Mountain, but due to the beautiful day the parking was way to full so we went right across the street to the less popular place. The sun was really strong so I hid my camera behind that nice cedar tree you see on the right :)
#10000photographers by +Robert SKREINER
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS
#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl +Vishal Kumar +Michael Blyde +Carolyn Lim +Steve Gould +Jay Gould
2013-04-25 10:48:39 (16 comments, 2 reshares, 50 +1s)
This is Heublein Tower which is located in Talcott Mountain State Park. A great place to hike with the final destination being the front steps, ground and gorgeous vista views.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heublein_Tower
2013-04-25 02:08:50 (17 comments, 1 reshares, 78 +1s)
Nice day today with a nice long hike up on Ragged Mountain at the end. It's nice to see all the spring flowers popping up on the side of the trail. Not sure what this is, but I liked the way the sunlight was hitting it.
Hope you had a great hump day :)
2013-04-23 22:29:58 (17 comments, 2 reshares, 84 +1s)
Gaining Ground
This scene caught my eye a couple weeks ago while at Blackledge Falls in Glastonbury, CT. I liked the way the young trees were all angling towards the path. As if they would surely reclaim the territory.
#treetuesday (+Tree Tuesday) with +Christina Lawrie, +Shannon S. Myers, +Ralph Mendoza & +Allan Cabrera
2013-04-23 10:30:58 (22 comments, 2 reshares, 70 +1s)
Like a Warm Blanket
A bit chilly this morning so I thought maybe something surrounded in warmth would be appropriate. Have a great day everyone :)
#springfevertuesday +SpringFeverTuesday by +Vesna Krnjic
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