Wordless Wednesday

RAW(e)- Red

The theme for RAW(e) this week is RED. The task, is simple. Sam over at Sailor and Company has asked us to submit a photo completely raw, unedited, with the theme of "Red"

The following picture is one I took this last fall at my parents house. (This still sounds so weird to me "my parents house") At the time I took it I was still living there. In Texas, we don't usually get a drastic change in foliage. It usually goes from green, to brown, to dead leaves on the ground in the matter of a week or two. But for some reason the trees this year actually changed colors! It was AMAZINGLY RED!!!

I captured this picture with a technique I learned from a friend and it has become one of my favorites. This a completely amateur way of expressing it but here it goes. I was told to:

"put your camera (I have a Nikon) on 'A' setting and move the little twisty knob thingy completely to the left (which causes the 'f' to go down,"

This allowed the picture to focus heavily on the foreground of the picture and un-focus on the background creating a unique effect that I LOVE. 

I have an edited picture that really brought out the red, but then that would be defeating the purpose of "RAW(e)." I hope you enjoyed!

AND P.S.-I think I fixed the problems I was having with the comments. Thanks Sam for letting me know!

Taking a shot at the blogging thing...

Sam, over at Sailor & Company, is doing a photo contest(?)  link up... the overall theme is "Raw(e)"... the goal to get the coolest, most awesome pictures... you guessed it... in the "Raw." That means unedited and straight from the camera.

I don't recognize myself as a professional on even the faintest level so I usually rely HEAVILY on my Adobe Lightroom to do the "tricks." So this is hard for me... But I wanted to join in so here is my photo for this weeks Raw(e) Theme- WATER...

I took this photo about a week or so ago when I went to a girls night down at "The Harbor." It is a nice area with great scenery at a nearby lake. The fountain below is the center piece of the place. I HATE strongly dislike, as a amateur photographer, taking photos at night. If you have any helpful hints to help out a newbie that would be great! Feel free to share...

Anyways... without further to do... here is my contribution to this weeks Raw(e) photo link-up...