Prince Hal Lives On

Photo of the Day

I was going through some older pictures for a post tomorrow when I came across some of my pictures from the statue area at Comerica Park. I had some good ideas that day, but looking back now I wish that I had done something different. When I saw this photo of Tigers pitcher Hal Newhouser I knew that I had a winner. For some reason I seemed to do a lot right here. Looking at the statue in this picture I have one other idea I would like to try if I ever get back to the stadium, but I was very happy with this picture.

Technical Data

This was a picture that was screaming to be in black and white. I say that because in 2010 when I took the picture I really didn’t know how to meter yet, and my sky just did not look right. When you have screwed up the photo sometimes black and white will help save it. I opened up this file in Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro 2 to see what I could do to it. I really liked what the high structure (harsh) preset did to my image. I tweaked it a bit inside of Silver Efex Pro, and then sent the file back to Lightroom. Inside of Lightroom the first thing that I did was to adjust the temperature. I found that the right setting here really made this picture. From there I went about adjusting a few of the sliders in order to get the look that I was going for. In the end I think that I accomplished what I set out to do.

One other thing was necessary here. At the time my sensor was dirty as could be so any picture with the sky in it would be littered with dust spots. It seemed like too much to take care of, but now thanks to the tools in Lightroom it is easy. I used the spot removal brush to make my task easy. Just a few clicks and the spots were gone. I wish that I had a clean sensor at the time, but with today’s technology it is not that hard to get rid of them.

It’s a Drobo!

For a while now I have been looking for a solution to my picture storage problem. I have files on a couple of drives, and my computer was nearly full. I needed to find something that would help me get everything together as well as make accessing my images easier. I had been looking at the Drobo system for a while, but I thought the price was too high. As I researched other systems I kept coming back to the Drobo. It really was exactly what I needed. I purchased the Drobo 5N a week ago, and I have been using it since Monday. A picture like this one would not have been possible without it because the files were too hard to get to. I still have a few files to upload to the unit, but it has been a savior. My computer is free again, and my files are backed up and all in one place. I have been shooting RAW for about a year now, and the speed at which you use up data is amazing. I am only using two bays of the Drobo, but I have three more slots to expand in the future. So far I highly recommend it. I will keep you updated on how it works as time goes on.