Photoshopped deer photo

Varmit (also spelled varmint) is an American (mostly rural) slang word for a nuisance animal or person. It’s probably a regional dialect version of vermin. For gardeners in the Pacific Northwest it certainly applies to deer. It’s a rare day when I don’t see several. They eat most flowers and the new growth off a lot of plants. They cost homeowners hundreds or thousands of dollars in fence construction expenses. Tourists stop traffic to shoot photographs of them. Most locals consider a different kind of shooting when we see them.

However, they are beautiful animals. When a friend asked for a lesson on using Photoshop to add a painterly quality to a photo, I used this as an example.

Light painting in the field

This is an experiment in light painting. That is, I set the exposure for the sky and used a flashlight (torch) to “paint” light on the rocks and wood pile in the foreground. This technique often uses colored lights but I didn’t like the weird effect of red or green rocks.

Burrard Street, downtown Vancouver, BC

No, this is not Port Townsend. It’s not even in the US. Last week we went to Vancouver, BC to attend the Bard on the Beach production of  Much Ado About Nothing. The play was wonderful as was the city, which is bustling and cosmopolitan. Just a couple of hours north of Seattle, Vancouver is totally different, and that’s great. It’s fast and easy to get to a different land.

Even though I didn’t take much time to play photographer, I did get a night shot of Burrard Street, just north of Robson Street.

Frank's Original Red Hot Sauce Closeup

This isn’t related to anything other than my appreciation of hot sauce. I took the photo to see if I could get the texture of the paper. Not quite, but it does show the print dot pattern. Frank’s was the original hot sauce used in Buffalo Wings.

For more closeup photos visit Lisa’s Chaos.

Photographer's reflection in headlight

This is one of those just for the heck of it photos. I took a lot of shots of this old car and decided to do a mirrored self-portrait.

Notice the blue sky? The weather’s been nice for the last couple of days. Loving summer.

See more reflection pictures at Newton Area Photo.

Classic panel wagon

This classic old truck was parked at Fort Worden. It’s not related to anything I know of. I guess I just have to admit my weakness for beautifully restored vehicles.

Shifting Paradigms

The newspaper is our local Port Townsend Leader. The ads are for property. My, how much has changed in the last couple of years.

This is a Macro Monday post.