#805. La Grange Moon

The moon taken a few weeks ago in La Grange, Texas.

Title: "La Grange Moon"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post Processing: Photoshop CS 4 > Topaz Adjust > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#804. A Rock

A rock on Galveston Beach. Taken this past Sunday.  Reminds me of something...maybethe head of some giant beast hiding in the sand ...or maybe I'm reading too much science fiction?

Title: "A Rock"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust > Nik Viveza Silver Efex Pro > Texture from flypapertextures.blogspot.com

#803. So Much Drama

Made a quick trip down to Galveston today so my daughter could get some time in toward her highway driving milestone before she tests for her driver's license in a couple of weeks. Took a few snaps of the rock art while there and this was my favorite (like my daughter it exudes drama).

Title: "So Much Drama"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#802. U of H Armadillo

Another photo from this past Sunday also taken on the University of Houston main campus near downtown Houston. I'm not 100% sure if this is supposed to be an armadillo but that's what it looks like to me.

Title: "U of H Armadillo"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4

#801. UOFH

Taken this past Sunday. An architectural detail of one of the University of Houston classroom buildings at the main campus near downtown Houston.

Title: "UOFH"

Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#800. Seed Hamper

The whole purpose of running cotton through a gin is to extract the seeds from the cotton. At the Burton Cotton Gin in Burton, Texas the seeds, once extracted, were piped over to this hamper where the farmer could pull his wagon under the hamper doors and dump enough seeds for next years planting with plenty extra for mulch.

Title: "Seed Hamper"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS 4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#799. Water Pump

A circa 1920 water pump that used to pump water to the big engine that runs the Burton Cotton Gin, in Burton, Texas.

Title: "Water Pump"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#798. Cotton Bale Press

The cotton bale press at the Burton Cotton Gin Museum in Burton, Texas.

Title: "Cotton Bale Press"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#797. Gin Engine

This huge old engine powers everything at the Burton Cotton Gin Museum. The engine's exhaust is piped underground to a pair of stacks about 100 yards away but our tour guide assured it is still quite loud in the engine room when it's running; loud enough to shake the ground in the immediate vicinity of the gin.

Title: "Gin Engine"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin

#796. Cotton Wagon

A cotton wagon is staged for weighing at the Burton Cotton Gin Museum in Burton, Texas.

Title: "Cotton Wagon"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#795. Burton Cotton Gin

Taken this past weekend in Burton, Texas. This shot and my next five or six posts feature the Burton Cotton Gin Museum which is a 1920's cotton gin that is maintained in working order and utilized to gin cotton once a year at the Annual Cotton Gin Festival. The facility and tour are fascinating and represent a very important part of American history so I highly recommend you take the tour if your ever in the Burton area.

Title: "Burton Cotton Gin"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin

#794. Train + Birds on a Wire

Taken yesterday afternoon in Houston, Texas.  It's impossible to present a panorama image on a computer screen and do it any kind of justice but you can at least get an idea of the image I created here.  Hope you like it!

Title: "Train + Birds on a Wire"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex 2 plugin