Some pics from our weekend in Georgia (dial-up warning)

[OriginalGeek]

I discovered the Orton setting (and some other fun filters) in Picasa! lol these were all taken with a Nikon D3000, ISO200, usually the widest I could get the aperture. Mostly at my cousin's and in a few in Savannah...



this is a pecan picker upper. We grabbed about ten pounds of them. I'll have to wait and see if any get turned into pie. But that's what I'm hoping.


My cousin restores old tractors and shows them in fairs around Ga.



Spider-Bro


Lucy!


Multi-purpose stump


Some Savannah riverfront




no idea who these people are - they walked into my shot. I would still be there if i wanted to wait until nobody walked into the shot...


And, in the words of Georgia's most-legged son, Early Cuyler: "Amurrica! Eff Yeah! W00!"

(The flag outside of Love's Seafood south of Savannah.)

And special thanks to Major Nikon for the lens rec (last christmas I think lol)- I love it. The last few pics were taken with it...

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Thank you for sharing Georgia on your mind!

Don'tcha jus love the crisp blue skies of fall in the South?

[OriginalGeek]

2. Yes I do!

I was very pleased with that flag shot - I usually don't get that kind of blue from those...I think All I did with it was hit the "I'm feeling lucky" that adjusts contrast and exposure...but I can't promise that's all...I was fiddling with so many things I forget what I did for each photo...

The weather was beautiful and the scenery was great - I wish I had more time - was with my wife and daughter and my wife's mother and aunt and I didn't get to stop everywhere I wanted to shoot...

[Solly Mack]

3. Thank you!

I enjoyed these. I especially love the pecan grabber.

[OriginalGeek]

4. Thanks!

I'll love the pecan grabber even more if some of the pecans get turned into pie.



We used to visit Savannah every year when my wife's cousin was alive but he died 6 or 7 years ago so we just quit going (He was a walking, talking history book on Savannah and way more fun than the paid tour guides.). But that was also before I had a good camera and then the first time we go back after I got a good camera we only had about a day so I couldn't get to all the places I would have liked.

Same with the cousins in west Georgia - we were only there for 2 days and just didn't have time but I demanded the family let me stop long enough to take some pics at the old homestead even though it was the middle of the day with the harshest sunlight and my cousin was at work so I couldn't get him to move the tractors around to more favorable lighting and scenery.

Still, I think I got some good shots. I'm new to using filters to alter my pics like I did here...I've always been pretty much a fan of taking pictures of what I see and not staging things but if I could have I would have moved the tractors some. (The working ones anyway, lol. There were a bunch more that weren't going anywhere. Gotta have a good parts supply if you're gonna restore tractors)

But it's only 4~5 hour drive so hopefully we can go back when we have more time. (And less mothers-in-law lol)

[Sissyk]

5. Beautiful

These are very pretty! I really like the pecan picker upper (lol) and the tractors. I'm a country girl so what can I say.

Georgia is a beautiful state! My in-laws live there and we travel to see them frequently.

[OriginalGeek]

7. It really is beautiful

every time I go there I am reminded how much I love red brick houses. (I live in Florida and see mostly stucco. I am sick of stucco.)

I had to take picture of the red clay for my granddaughter - she couldn't understand that the dirt was red in Georgia! lol.

[Mira]

6. These are so wonderful, and I know just exactly

where you are at the river in Savannah. I love being able to feel that atmosphere from your photos, and I love you are having fun with Picasa. It's all I use, and it's all I need.
I think the third one is my favorite. What a riot of color.
Thanks for these!

[OriginalGeek]

8. I had to get my head around the difference

between presenting an interesting picture and presenting an historically accurate record. There's a place for both in my photography and it took someone mentioning that Ansel Adams did a shed-load of processing in the dark room to affect how how the final result looked. If it's good enough for AA it's good enough for me.

Now I just gotta work at it and learn when to use what and how much. This doesn't mean I won't bring every artistic molecule of my being to bear on what I look at in the viewfinder but it's nice to know (and liberating while shooting) that I have a toolbox of things I can use to make an interesting picture.


Thank you all for the kind words. There's so many great photographers in this group it makes me feel great to know some enjoyed my stuff!

[Whovian]

9. Savannah is a treasure for photographers

as well as the nearby Okefenokee Swamp at the Foster State Park.

[OriginalGeek]

10. All the times we've been up there

I don't think I've ever gone into the swamp. Definitely putting that on the list.