Reading the News

A store in Havana. I'm not sure what things were usually sold there as the store was pretty empty. I think the owner was waiting for a delivery.

For this image I took a slightly different processing path from what I usually do. It's hard to explain as I mostly just follow my intuition. Technically I played a lot more with gradient curves. Those curves I apply only patch-wise by masking those adjustments out where I don't want them. If you do this to an image a lot I think it's important to look at the image in its whole from time to time to see if it still has an harmonic appearance. If a picture looses its "pop" or you're looking for some extra spice, the presets in Topaz Adjust are there to help you out.

Laguna Beach

Standing on a slippery rock while it gets darker and darker is not necessarily a good idea. You probably don't notice this while you are focusing on your pictures, but it for sure comes to your attention when you try to make your way back to the dry beach. Nothing happened to me this time, but I knew I was close to getting in trouble.Wishing you a good start into your week - stay dry, stay safe!

Aitana Was Here

Yup, that's the famous Neuschwanstein Castle in the background. The guys at Walt Disney made it even more famous than it already was when they designed the castle of the Sleeping Beauty after it. The copy you can find in Disney Land in California. The original one stands in Schwangau, about two hours south of Munich.

Google Search by image

The other day I tried this new image search feature by Google. Have you heard about it? I noticed it after Scott Weyden tweeted about it. What it does is it lets you search for images, but not with words, but with actual pictures. You enter an image (or the address to an image) and Google checks for you on which websites this image is being shown. I tried it with "The Rat's View". And indeed, Google showed me a whole bunch of websites where people have used it. Here is one of those sites. I think this is pretty interesting for photographers or anybody who creates images. Give it a try!