February MyMonth

February (MyMonth)

February MyMonth

So here we are with the second month of 2011’s MyMonth project.

This month’s selection of images cover a very busy month;

• My Birthday (a cracking ‘R’ in Caitlin’s card)
• Valentine’s Day (‘E’)
• A work meeting at United Coffee (‘U’)
• A product shoot for work (‘B’) - You may well see this image if you order at a booth at your local McDonald’s!

The individual images are available to view on my Flickr Site

This, and all previous months are viewable on my Website

Have a good month.

Paul

The Wonders of Photoshop

The Wonders of Photoshop

We took a trip to Mead Open Farm at the weekend with the girls. The Weather was the usual late winter fare - Cold, dry with dull grey skies.

Hardly ideal photo weather - But as usual I had the Canon G11 with me just in-case.

I really liked the leading lines the rope bridge made on this climbing frame - But the lifeless grey/white is hardly ideal - Still, I grabbed the shot, and decided to ‘have a play’ later:

First things first - That sky just wouldn’t do, so I went through my archives to find one more suitable:

…and took both files into Photoshop.

I layered the sky over the original image (just to make sure it roughly lined up), then took both layers into the awesome Maskpro

It was then a simple task to mask out all the grey/white and reveal my lovely sky behind it showing through.

Some final tweeks in Phototools ,specifically to boost the contrast on the ropes (to give a bit of an HDR feel), and finally bringing the attention back to the bridge and Caitlin with a subtle use of FocalPoint.

The finished product?

Odd iTunes Genius Behaviour

Not sure what is happening with the App Store today...

On both iPhone and iPad I get this:




Then seconds later I get this:





All a little strange... Wonder if some update to the genius side of things is in progress

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone 4

Frankfurt here we come

Really can't wait to visit the Frankfurt Motorshow with Dave (@mcleanfamily88) in September now...

It’s official that BMW “officially” gave the green light to the new BMW Z2 Roadster which will launch in the second half of 2012.

Along with the Roadster version that we have been hearing about for a while now, a Coupe model will be available as well.

BMW Z2 is based on next generation 1 Series platform and it is build under the Project i umbrella and the BMW EfficientDynamics program.

The Z2 will be a rear drive vehicle, still with a front-engine approach offered with different options:

• all-electric engine
• Hybrid with range extender petrol engine
• 1.6 l 4-cylinder petrol direct injection engine developing 204 horsepower

The BMW Z2 concept will be unveiled at Frankfurt Auto Show in September

Tickets are really cheap (€20), and it is a cracking day out (Fly out and back with BA same day)...

Oh, and not forgetting the new M5

Looks like Matt paintwork could be all the range at both Geneva and Frankfurt this year.