My Flickr Photostream Link

Flickr

In one of my last posts I mention that I'd be posting about my Flickr account. Well today is the day, You will find out that I do not have that many photos posted  (compared to other people on the site) this is only because I am pretty new to the site. You will also notice that you will find most of the phots from this blog, however there are plenty of others that you have not seen yet (like one's in color) since I'm in the middle of my B&W challenge, I figured you may need to see a little color from me. 

Just one quick note before I post my link, I must say that Flickr is beautiful and I really enjoy the layout. This was a nice surprise for me and probably will be for others who haven't checked out Yahoo products recently ( I was one of those people) I guess Yahoo still has a little MOJO left ion the creative/ design tank. 

Here is the link to my Flickr check it out frequently since I plan on adding photos on a regular basis.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/refocusgd/ 

B&W Challenge Day # 14 - Open Doors

Open Doors

This photo I took at last years Oktoberfest here in my city. The photo was taken with my trusty Sony, and then I tuned it up using Photomatix Pro, which usually I like to use for creating HDR photos, but in this instance I used it to make this photo into a B&W image. The photo has seen a pretty good response on my Flickr account as far as page views go it is one of more more popular ones. Speaking of my Flickr account I have just recently joined so I do not have a lot of photos on there yet but I will be posting a little something on here soon about that. Anyways back to this picture...... here it is!

B&W Challenge Day #13- Two Ugly Birds

2 Ugly Birds

This was a shot I took at the Indianapolis Zoo back in 2012, shot with my Sony DSC- HX1. Originally shot in color, I converted it in Photoshop to B&W and did some tweaking.

B&W Challenge Days #10, 11 and 12 - TJ Maxx Trip

Still Waiting

Well the  weather here really hates me this year and is really effecting my abilities to complete my challenge. Like I stated in a previous post I have resorted to converting some of my old images to B&W, however these three photos I was able to take at my local TJ Maxx. All three were taken with my wife's Iphone 5s I decided to not do any editing on these just to see what some untouched Iphone pics look like, overall I'd have to say they are pretty good (damn you Apple, always good at everything!) I am an Android guy myself but hey you use what you got, and in this case the wife's phone did a pretty good job. Here's to hoping the winter ends soon (of course we are getting another 9 inches tonight!) 

B&W Photo Challenge Day #9- Pole Position

Pole Position

So due to the fact that this polar vortex has destroyed my ability to take any photos; I have resorted to using old pictures I have taken and converting them to B&W. I can't take this cold, -7 outside with -25 wind chill factor, plus I really don't think this is good on any camera. So since it's so damn cold, I've decided to post a pic from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ( if people haven't caught on I live in Indiana) since that reminds me of a good and warm time of year. This shot was taken with my Sony DSC-HX-1, I desaturated it in Photoshop and made some adjustments. Just remember 54 days until Spring!!!

B&W Challenge day #8 559's

559's

Another exciting shot of  something in a store(sarcasm is my specialty) Once again this photo was taken with my cellphone, then heavily filtered using 2 Google Apps. Not a lot more to say about this one, other than my annoyance level is continuing to grow. SPRING CAN NOT GET HERE SOON ENOUGH!!!

B&W Photo Challenge Day #7 King James

Okay I know it's been a few days,and mainly thanks to this weather I have not been able to take pictures of anything not of anything that cool so I have to do what I have to do and that is take pictures of random things in stores or around my house. I think I said that was what I was going to do anyways, since I can see the future, not really but anyways this photo was taken with my trust cellphone the Galaxy Nexus. Matter of fact the next few posts are with that camera as well because I'm not going to expose any good camera to this hell (-25 windchill factor) I think not!! 
So this photo I took inside of Sam's club while..... guess what??? waiting for my wife Oh the theme continues! As you can see I heavily tweaked this bad boy in some Google Apps, then just cropped it some in Photoshop.