Sunday, June 10, 2012

A sunny day in the neighborhood


Never mind that summer is still almost 2 weeks away.  Today it definitely feels like summer!

I braved the hurricane force winds and sweltering heat, trying to find something to photograph that wouldn't be too far from my air-conditioned truck.  I wound up here at the Cathedral of Saint Paul.

The sun was a bit tricky.  Tried some HDR, but the wind was too strong for a tripod, and my arms apparently, because they were really bouncy.  Decided to stick with a traditional image.

I really like Lightroom 4.  The image out of the camera was tilted and warped due to perspective distortion.  I tried adjusting it in Photoshop CS6, but that didn't work so well.  I thought I'd give the slider controls in Lightroom a try, and the image fluffed right up.  Fluffy cathedrals look much nicer.