Shining the Light of Freedom on America - © 2012 Karina Chapman
I was playing around with my photos yesterday, after I had already blogged my WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge entry, and found that I had actually caught one image with a solar flare!
Unfortunately, I haven’t yet figured out how to keep the sky blue with all that glare in the background. I basically blew the sky out completely. As I don’t have Photoshop, I couldn’t even digitize in a sky, which is what I think other people do in a situation like this.
So, I “made do” and went black and white instead.
It’s neat how the solar flare is actually highlighting a bit of her face, and is also shining down onto the tablet ever so slightly, illuminating it. Appropriately enough, what’s written on that illuminated tablet is a date: July 4, 1776.
I’ll be back with more about movies tomorrow. Today, we are going to walk the “Circle of Death”, which is what my oldest daughter calls the Back Cove Trail in Portland, Maine. It’s 3 1/2 miles long, and a perfect choice on this warm, still slightly sunny day. I just hope the rain holds off long enough for us to finish it!
Happy Aloha Saturday!
nice photo!
Posted by Imelda | April 21, 2012, 1:52 pmThank you!
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 21, 2012, 4:11 pmThat’s fabulous work. Love it in black and white. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by changeversations | April 21, 2012, 1:57 pmYeah, I like how it turned out, too. Thanks for the comment!
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 21, 2012, 4:12 pmBeautiful photo!
Posted by Claudia | April 21, 2012, 7:30 pmthank you so much!
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 22, 2012, 12:41 amI really like this one, even if yesterday’s was really cool too.
I do have Photoshop, but I’m not very good with it. I think it’s easier to correct stuff like that if you shoot in .RAW
Posted by reb | April 21, 2012, 8:20 pmI always forget I can shoot RAW. I guess since I don’t have photoshop, it just doesn’t come to mind.
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 22, 2012, 12:42 amI love it! I don’t have photoshop either. But I guess I should get it since my mother-in-law swears I must be photo shopping my new pics on FB (it couldn’t be that I really dropped that many pounds, it’s gotta be digital help! LOL)
Posted by Tiffany (lifewithblondie) | April 22, 2012, 3:50 pmOh no, don’t let her say it’s photoshop!
You sound like you’ve worked hard. Claim your success!
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 22, 2012, 10:44 pmI pinky promised, and she still didn’t buy it. I must be one helluva photographer! LOL
Posted by Tiffany (lifewithblondie) | April 23, 2012, 12:07 amOh my. lol! You need to see her in person!
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 23, 2012, 1:50 pmShe lives next door!
Posted by Tiffany (lifewithblondie) | April 24, 2012, 12:27 amOh! Um…lol. Wow!
Yeah…bit of a conundrum there!
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 24, 2012, 9:53 amMaybe I’ll take her for an eye exam….
Posted by Tiffany (lifewithblondie) | April 24, 2012, 4:07 pmLOL!
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 24, 2012, 8:09 pmVery nice Karina! B&W looks great!
Posted by Jeff Sinon | April 22, 2012, 6:50 pmThanks, Jeff!
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 22, 2012, 10:45 pmnice interpreation of theme
http://amarnaik.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/weekly-photo-challenge-sun/
Posted by Amar Naik | April 23, 2012, 11:33 pmThanks!
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 23, 2012, 11:35 pmGreat picture with a wonderful thought behind it.
Posted by Arindam | April 26, 2012, 2:08 amThanks! I’m glad you liked the quote, too. I like using the best match I can!
Posted by AlohaKarina | April 26, 2012, 10:09 am