Scarlet Penstemon

Reviewing older unprocessed raw images while social distancing. Scarlet Penstemon at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Texas. Raw development in DxO PhotoLab 3 Elite with lens correction in DxO ViewPoint 3 Elite. Post processing in Affinity Photo 1.8.3.180 Beta and Topaz Studio 2 (Sharpen AI and Adjust AI). Olympus E-M5, OLYMPUS M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R, 300mm, f8, 1/400 sec, 200 iso. Photo © 2013 Bob Shrader.

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Sunset over Lake Tahoe

New black and white, low key rendering of an older image shot with my first Olympus micro four thirds camera, the E-M5. Sunset over Lake Tahoe, looking from Nevada to California sides. Raw development in DxO PhotoLab 3 Elite with lens correction in DxO ViewPoint 3 Elite. Post processing in DxO Nik 3 Silver Efex Pro (Low Key 1 - Red Filter) and PhotoLine 22.02. Olympus E-M5, LUMIX G 20/F1.7, © 2013 Bob Shrader. “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera” — Ansel Adams.

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Advertising Banner

Monochrome rendering of a wall banner advertising Prince Albert pipe and cigarette tobacco from the days of roll-your-own cigarettes. Among old advertising examples displayed at Catfish Parlour South, Austin, Texas. From a previously unprocessed raw file found while social distancing in the digital darkroom. Shot with my first micro four thirds camera and the first MFT prime lens I purchased. Raw development in DxO PhotoLab 3 Elite with lens correction in DxO ViewPoint 3 Elite. Post processing in ON1 Photo RAW 2020.5 (Presets: B&W Faded & More: BM2). Olympus E-M5, LUMIX G 20/F1.7, © 2016 Bob Shrader. “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera” — Ansel Adams.

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Lampasas County Courthouse

The Lampasas County Courthouse in Lampasas, Texas, designed by architect Wesley Clark Dodson and constructed in 1883. The architectural type is French Second Empire, which Dodson used on some other courthouses in Texas he designed in the late 19th century. Dodson was a competitor of James Riely Gordon, whose Texas courthouses tended to be much more elaborate. Raw development in DxO PhotoLab 3 Elite with lens correction in DxO ViewPoint 3. Post processing in Affinity Photo Beta 1.8.4.186 (Topaz Sharpen AI; Exposure X5: Color Films - Slide - Fuji Velvia 50). Olympus E-M5, LUMIX G 20/F1.7, � 2016 Bob Shrader. �You don�t make a photograph just with a camera � Ansel Adams.

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Landscaping Art

Stylized rendering of decorative items used in landscaping at the Flying J Travel Center at the intersection of Interstate 20 and Texas Highway 206, Cisco, Texas. From a previously unprocessed raw image found while social distancing in the digital darkroom Raw development and processing in ON1 Photo RAW 2020.5 (Presets: Retro - R10; Textures: Photomorphis Cubanos Bonus Texture 04). Olympus E-M5, LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Asph, © 2016 Bob Shrader. “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera” — Ansel Adams.

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