Ferne Clyff State Park

In my little social media kick I'm on I've been wanting to take some photographs to post on my blog, twitter, fb, etc. Finally - they are here. Both of these images were taking this morning (6/30) at Ferne Clyff State Park in Goreville, IL. Here's the part where I say how long the exposure was and aperature I used, type of lens, camera, etc. Well, I used Canon EOS Rebel XTI (not my cup of tea, I prefer Nikon, but it will do), with a Canon EFS 18-55mm lens with a polarized filter. Aperature and exposure time I cannont say, because well, I deleted the original photo when I was editing (it was somewhere in the range of  f4@1/50). 

What I love about both of these images and is that they are both extrememly close to a type of photography called Macro Photography. The exact definition of Macro Photography is "close-up photography". I consider Macro Photography one of my favorite forms of photography. I suggest Googling some Macro Photography work because some of it is pretty spectacular. It really shows images of the world that really aren't seen by the eye on an everyday occassion.

Now you're saying, "Yeah half of that is 'photoshoped'. Wrong. I love photography that is natural. I agree that HDR photography is absolutely fascinating with the options that one is able to use to alter the photo, but I still consider the natural method the best. By natural I'm talking about only changing a couple of things in the photograph. I did two things to both photos: 1) Added a levels adjustment layer for color correction 2) Added a High Pass filter to increase the sharpness a bit. Many more photos to come from this morning in the near future!