Roadside Beauty

Springtime Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) wildflowers growing along FM 1864 in Callahan County near Scranton, Texas. From a previously unprocessed raw file found while social distancing in the digital darkroom. Raw development and processing in Capture One 20 Pro. Post processing in Affinity Photo Beta 1.8.4.186. Olympus E-M10MarkII, OLYMPUS M.30mm F3.5 Macro, © 2017 Bob Shrader. “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera” — Ansel Adams.

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Indian Blanket in Black and White

Faux black and white film-look rendering of an Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) wildflower blossom beginning to decline. Raw development and processing in Capture One 20 Pro (Style: B&W Film - Fuji Neopan 100 Acros v1). Post processing in Affinity Photo Beta 1.8.4.186. From a previously unprocessed raw file found while social distancing in the digital darkroom. Olympus E-M10MarkII, OLYMPUS M.30mm F3.5 Macro, © 2017 Bob Shrader. “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera” — Ansel Adams.

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Butterfly on Indian Blanket

Butterfly among Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) wildflowers on the roadside of FM 1864 in eastern Callahan County near Scranton, Texas. From a previously unprocessed raw file found while social distancing in the digital darkroom. Raw development and processing in Capture One 20 Pro. Post processing in Affinity Photo Beta 1.8.4.186. Olympus E-M10MarkII, OLYMPUS M.30mm F3.5 Macro, © 2017 Bob Shrader. “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera” — Ansel Adams.

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Indian Blankets in Faux Film

Faux color film-look rendering of roadside wildflower closeup. Here a full-yellow Indian Blanket and the more common red and yellow Indian Blanket bloom among a sea of wild rye grass along FM 1864 in eastern Callahan County near Scranton, Texas. This location of wildflowers always features a few of the all-yellow Indian Blankets among the annual crop. The rye grass is not native, probably originating from seeds planted by farmers a century ago. From a raw file found while social distancing in the digital darkroom. Raw development and processing in Capture One 20 Pro (Styles: Color Film - Kodak Portra 160). Post processing in Affinity Photo Beta (Plugin: Topaz Sharpen AI). Olympus E-M10MarkII, OLYMPUS M.30mm F3.5 Macro, © 2017 Bob Shrader. “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera” — Ansel Adams.

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Patch of Prickly Pear

Stylized rendering of a patch of old Texas Prickly Pear plants on the grounds of the community center in Scranton, Texas. From an older unprocessed raw file found while social distancing in the digital darkroom. Raw development in Capture One 20 Pro. Post processing in ON1 Photo RAW 2020.5 (Presets: Hipster - Monday Neutral). Olympus E-M10MarkII, OLYMPUS M.75mm F1.8, © 2017 Bob Shrader. “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera” — Ansel Adams.

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Commissioners' Courtroom

Digital painterly rendering of the commissioners’ courtroom in the old Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall, Texas, which was restored in 2001.The distinctive interior and exterior look of the building was designed by renowned architect James Riely Gordon, who was responsible for the creation of many courthouses an public buildings in Texas and the Northeast. Raw development in DxO PhotoLab 3 Elite with fisheye lens correction in DxP ViewPoint 3 Elite. Post processing in PhotoLine 22.02 and Topaz Studio 2 (Impression: Oil Paint). Olympus E-M10MarkII, OLYMPUS M.8mm F1.8 Fisheye Pro, © 2018 Bob Shrader. “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera” — Ansel Adams.

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