Pipe Guy

This is a photo from the San Jacinto Day festival.

VFD Fish Fry

Taken this past Saturday at the Spicewood, TX Volunteer Fire Department fish fry. Rather that go out to eat at a restaurant on Saturday night we chose to attend this event because the cause was worthy and because you can almost always count on great food at these type of community events. It was fun to hang out with the locals and the food didn't disappoint.

Title: "VFD Fish Fry"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom

Post-processing: Created HDR from 3 handheld exposures (-2,0,+2) using Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS3 > Levels Adjustment layer to set Black, Grey, and White point @71% opacity > Curves Adjustment Layer to improve overall contrast > Merge Visible to New Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Clarify" preset @ 88% opacity > Merge Visible to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette

Lake Travis Bluebonnet

We took the RV back to the Texas Hill Country this weekend. This time we stayed in Spicewood, Texas which is located about 22 miles NW of Austin and 16 miles SE of Marble Falls. This photo was taken this morning while we visited Pace Bend Park on Lake Travis. For those of you may not know the Bluebonnet is the state flower of Texas.

Title: "Lake Travis Bluebonnet"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom