The Obvious

Melly's Barn

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:00 -0500

This is the second photo from our recent trip to Jackson, TN. Laura's sister (Melanie) owns the house and the barn in the left of the photo, hence the name.
I couldn't tell you exactly how many degrees the photo covers, but I know that the initial file was a composite of 10 different photos taken with a 11mm lens held vertically....

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Laura & Flowers

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:46 -0500

This past week I had a couple of days off from teaching at MTSU, so we decided to take a quick trip to see my wife's family in Jackson, TN. This photo is taken on the road where Laura's mother lives, and it's an old house that I have been wanting to take more photos of, but never seemed to take the time to do so.
On Thursday...

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Tania Bartos #3

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20 -0500

This is the third portrait I am posting of my sister, Tania, who visited us this past weekend. And before anyone gets their hopes up, guys, I don't she is "looking" ;).
I typically try to stay away from creating anything artificial in Photoshop, but with this portrait I thought it would go very well with her clothing if I added some...

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Titus Bartos Portrait

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:30 -0500

I had a couple of hours of free time today, and thought about taking a self portrait... which is a task I am not particularly excited about. However, I am relatively pleased with the way this photo turned out.
With the exception of a couple of color balance curves and the right portion of the background, this photo is pretty much as shot. For...

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MTSU Rec Center

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:00 -0500

This is a photo of the MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University) Recreational/Rec Center. I have passed by this building over and over again for almost five years now, and I've never thought about photographing it. However, a couple of weeks ago I was taking photos of a sunset on campus, and when I turned around I noticed the sky reflecting...

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Lascassas Storm

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:21 -0500

A week after last year's Good Friday tornado that we had in Murfreesboro, I was driving through another storm on HWY 96 going towards Lascassas, TN. After about twenty minutes of driving through the pouring rain, I was able to get in front of the storm and take a couple of photos. You cannot tell from this photo, but there were very...

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Maney Avenue

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:53 -0500

Here is another photo from last Friday, when my friend Keith and I went out to take photos during the snow storm. We were both soaked (and so was our equipment) and were driving home when we decided to make one last stop in the middle of the intersection between Main Street and Maney Avenue. We both took a couple of shots, and this is the last...

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Frozen Field

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:53 -0500

This is the third photo from our recent snow storm in Murfreesbooro, TN. It's taken somewhere close to the Stones River Artillery Monument, right off the Murfreesboro Greenway.
Keith and I were driving around looking for a way to take photos of the iced trees and plants on the Greenway, and he pointed out the field that was right next to...

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Untitled Snow

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:30 -0500

The second photo from the recent snow storm in Murfreesboro. Not as striking at the previous one, but I still like it ;). If you visit The Obvious on Monday, I will be posting one of my favorite photos in a long time... very unique and certainly different. And since I gave a hint on the Facebook Page, I will say that it's got a lot of pink...

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Oaklands Trail

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:38 -0500

Yesterday afternoon it started snowing in Murfreesboro, and as opposed to what we had a couple of weeks ago (which I called "dandruff storm"), this was much more like real snow. Needless to say that I spent the whole day driving around with a friend of mine (Keith).
This photo was taken right after the snow started, at the Murfreesboro...

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