The Backdoor Hippie's Ranchopalooza of Inconsistently Posted Images - 2013 Version

[Pretzel]

WOW! What a great opportunity, and ya nailed it!

 

[Roy1961]

crackin shot Jake

 

[BackdoorArts]

Ringing Rocks State Park. Got here about 15 minutes late and by the time I got to the falls and set up there were 3 dozen Lehigh University Freshman Geology students climbing everywhere shooting Instagram photos. LOL Next time I'll be here on a Monday morning.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Ringing Rocks State Park. Got here about 15 minutes late and by the time I got to the falls and set up there were 3 dozen Lehigh University Freshman Geology students climbing everywhere shooting Instagram photos. LOL Next time I'll be here on a Monday morning.

Just one guy in the shot. Easy enough to take him out. Wait, that could be taken two different ways. Before, or after with Photoshop.

 

[BackdoorArts]

There's actually legs in the upper right corner that would have been worse but I decided to over-crop. Just seconds after this there were 5 kids at the bottom of the falls. I need to go back on a weekday.

Very cool place. A huge glacial deposit of massive stones, many of which will ring like metal bells when struck with a hammer. No one knows quite sure why. Notice the two adults in the distance. This is about 1/4-1/3 of the field.

 

[Rexer John]

Easiest way to remove people with photoshop is to take a few (or more) exposures at the same settings, then layer the images.
In the areas where there are people, just pull a section from another layer.
It's a very way to get rid of several people whilst preserving the real background.

 

[BackdoorArts]

These were 15 second exposures, and like I said, these kids weren't going anywhere. After this click they were EVERYWHERE, squatting and texting. No one was in a hurry to go anywhere.

I was scurrying just to get what I got, and while I could have painted them out, it's not what I like to do, particularly when the shot was more rushed and less than perfect than I wanted.

 

[BackdoorArts]

A couple more from yesterday at Ringing Rocks Park.

Playing with the Infrared filters in Nik Color Efex...

And some "Writing Rocks"...

 

[BackdoorArts]

And an outtake from the Self Portrait shots.

 

[BackdoorArts]

Rough Landing on Cherry St. outside the Pennsylvania Acadamy of Fine Arts

I thought this one was more interesting from this perspective.

 

[piperbarb]

Art is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Rough Landing on Cherry St. outside the Pennsylvania Acadamy of Fine Arts

I thought this one was more interesting from this perspective.

I would bet this gets a lot of traffic by on the street. I like both shots.

 

[BackdoorArts]

It's actually functional art known as the Grumman Greenhouse, and serves to grow various nutritive and medicinal plants inside. Here's the full story.

 

[BackdoorArts]

From Beck's at Reading Terminal Market - Asian Cajun Fusion

 

[BackdoorArts]

One more from Philly - 13th Street Fire Escape

(should have been 1 1/2 steps further right!!)

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

One more from Philly - 13th Street Fire Escape

(should have been 1 1/2 steps further right!!)

What beautiful ironwork. You just don't see that today very often.

 

[BackdoorArts]

One more from this morning. Dentist appointment in Clinton and overcast skies meant heading down early to check out the Mill.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

One more from this morning. Dentist appointment in Clinton and overcast skies meant heading down early to check out the Mill.

I think this is a great photo. One of your best. This is one I would frame and put on the wall.

 

[BackdoorArts]

Thanks, Don. I keep working at it.

 

[Rick M]

I'll bet the mill area will be great in the fall! A lot you can do with a spot like that.