lazy drifter

...In 3D

2011-06-01T23:30:00.001-04:00

While in Gladstone I saw an exhibition by Natasha Kudashkina - Seeing Red in 3D. Her paintings are quite impressive when seeing by a naked eye, but you are also given “ChromaDepth 3D” glasses, and step into 3D world... At the end of the exhibition, you were asked to "recycle" used glasses, but instead I took them home.

After exhibition, I've got interested in that technology, and ChromaDepth Technologies site contained quite a bit of explanations and examples. The biggest revelation was this: "all you need is any color picture and a pair of glasses". And since I had glasses, I started to look at my own photos, trying to find those , where 3D effect is really prominent and clear.

So here's a collection of my photos, which I recommend to check out while wearing ChromaDepth 3D glasses.

Evans Court & The Horse, Montreal

Tulips: red

Candle and Champaign

A fragment of ROM wall

Honest Ed's on snowy evening

Canada Day Fireworks (Downsview) - 2010 - III

Christmas Tree

Glass

Montreal Night: Artist on Place Jacques-Cartier

2011-03-03T07:23:00.003-05:00

Silent Lake Provincial Park

2010-09-25T16:13:00.000-04:00

Crossing the river

Water running between stones

Angled trees

Looking down the stream

Silent lake Panorama

2010, Nikon D90 + AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF DX VR
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Lake Ontario on First Cold Day

2010-09-06T15:27:00.000-04:00

A lazy long weekend ride along lake Ontario shore, brought me to Port Hope and Cobourg - two yacht-fishing-resort towns. They both were quite empty, because of the weather, but this emptiness somehow suits them, makes them sad and cozy. And the lake and the sky, of course, completed the picture:

Danger due to...

Breaking wave and lighthouses of Cobourg

No sailing weather

Calm skateboard run near stormy lake, Port Hope

First fall day on the beach, Port Hope

2010, Nikon D90 + AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF DX VR
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Ten images of Thousand Islands

2009-11-08T11:14:00.005-05:00

2009, Nikon D40 + AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF DX VR / Fuji Finepix S5000
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Three Falls by Fall

2009-10-31T11:32:00.003-04:00

Balls Falls

Tew's Falls (panorama)

Niagara Falls (American)

2009, Nikon D40 + AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF DX VR
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Humber Bay, Toronto

2009-09-26T23:46:00.003-04:00

Lake Shore near Humber Bay

Humber Bay lighthouse

Downtown from Humber Bay

2009, Nikon D40 + AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF DX VR
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Forest Spirit

2009-09-25T21:31:00.002-04:00

Short Hills Provincial Park is an unusual place. An island of deep woods in the middle of huge open Niagara area, filled with farms and fields. It didn't change for thousands, or maybe hundreds of thousands years. And it feels real and untouched, few hikers and horse riders look like tourists from different time.

Short Hills Provincial Park

2008 - current: Nikon D40 + AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF DX VR
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Tommy Thompson park

2009-09-17T22:19:00.003-04:00

As summer moves away, I want to have some summer images in my mind to remember. Tommy Thompson park is one of those summer places, urban wilderness, and one of the greatest Toronto inventions: this is an artificial peninsula, 5 km into lake Ontario, inhabited by plants and birds, and visited by humans only on weekends (park is closed on other days). Most of all I love biking there, it's just so cool to ride to a far end, climb to the view near lighthouse, then go around it and return using the other road with awkward wooden bridge...

2009, Nikon D40 + AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF DX VR
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Cobourg

2009-09-05T14:43:00.003-04:00

Cobourg is a small town about 100 kilometers to the east of Toronto. It has a bit of old, 100-150-year old architecture, a nice waterfront and the beach. No tourist crouds, no rush and a great cafe called Human Bean. All this makes Cobourg a nice summer weekend day trip.

Few shots of Cobourg port marina:

The building on the back in the above photo is a 150-years old Cobourg Town Hall. Here's the closer look at it:

The iconic Cobourg lighthouse:

And finally two of Cobourg's very visible and very picturesque mallard ducks in the positions, which look quite awkward to me, but are apparently comfortable for them:

2009, Nikon D40 + AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF DX VR
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P.S. Kensington

2009-06-01T23:13:00.003-04:00

P.S. Kensington, or Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market is about car-free streets, community, freedom of performance, and so much more. Grab a beer, sit on the patio and enjoy. Or stroll with colourful croud...

2009, Nikon D40 + AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF DX VR
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Down the narrow street

2009-05-28T23:06:00.002-04:00

Vieux-Montréal, 2007, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED

Scarborough Bluffs, Early Spring

2009-03-14T09:55:00.005-04:00

the sky...

...the water...

...and the bluffs

2009, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Royal Bank Plaza

2009-02-15T14:38:00.002-05:00

Royal Bank Plaza is one of the most attractive Toronto's skyscrapers: it's light, unusual, and different under every light. It's windows are covered by real gold leafs, which help to insulate it.

2007, Fuji Finepix S5000
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Which door would you open, the red or the blue?

2009-02-14T13:55:00.004-05:00

The door to the rabbit-hole is on Bathurst st...

2004, Fuji Finepix S5000
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Looking down from Old City Hall porch

2009-02-07T21:03:00.004-05:00

Faces. They were carved in sandstone to scare the evil spirits off, and they are looking from the porch of the old city hall (now serving as a courthouse) onto the crowd down below, as if they were spirits of this place, laughing their heads off. Spirits. This building of (supposedly) cool-headed judgment is one of the top ghost spots in Toronto. Isn't it funny? Building for official matters with a great sense of humor. Isn't it weird? The Old City Hall.

2007, Fuji Finepix S5000
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Who is studying whom?

2009-02-01T12:35:00.005-05:00

This is taken in Montreal's Biodome Antarctic ecosystem penguin area. I stood by a glassy window of the aquarium, when this penguin swam in my direction, and stared at me, very curious about me and my camera. Then some silly guy fired a picture with the flash, and the penguin wandered away. Given penguins live for 20 or more years, I think I will visit him (or her) again some day.

2007, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED

Sake labels

2009-01-31T23:44:00.003-05:00

The full wall of sake labels was on display in Jardin Botanique de Montréal in 2007, as a part of their Sake exhibition.

2007, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED

Panorama: Scarborough Bluffs

2009-01-18T21:13:00.004-05:00

Large, 3354px × 765px, 2Mb
This is my first attempt to create a panorama, so there are a few things I screwed up. But I think in general it looks well... Thanks to a good scenery mainly.

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Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T14:35:00.002-05:00

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa

2008-12-26T11:08:00.003-05:00

And this apparently becomes another series of this blog: architecture of the contemporary museums. This time - it's about Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, designed by Douglas Cardinal and finished in 1989.
Museum's wall

Grand Hall on Level 1

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Queen St. West: Three Moments

2008-12-25T11:49:00.005-05:00

For me Queen st. West is probably one of the most vivid Toronto's landmarks. Bustling and hustling, stylish and untidy - this street is everything. Yes, it became more posh and polished and fake over the last few years. But the original atmosphere is still there. I always like to snap some moments of that life. So here are three of them, in no particular order.

Good sleep on the steps of the store he "owns"

Famous junk-made store front, close to famous Savage Garden

Reds

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Chilly day

2008-12-22T17:39:00.002-05:00

Cedarvale Park, Toronto

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Christmas Shopping in Yorkville

2008-12-21T13:08:00.001-05:00

Yorkville, Toronto

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Glass Structures

2008-12-20T08:53:00.008-05:00

Glass structures are one of the things I am fascinated with: they have original shapes, they are light, and they change the way simple (and often less attractive) things look. I had one in my blog already (see Ago Transformation post), and I think over the years I photographed quite a few of them, so it's time to create a small series. But in difference from the usual way I post series (in one post), this time I feel that each of them requires its own page.

The first glass structure is a classic Toronto landmark - a walkway from Union Station to SkyDome and Metro Toronto Convention Centre, built in 1980s.

Skywalk, Toronto

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Above Praha

2008-11-30T19:43:00.011-05:00

I have this old set of pictures I've taken during the trip to Prague in 2003. They were taken with 35mm film point and shoot Olympus mju-II camera, someone digitalized them for me during the same year, using some cheap old film scanner - quite primitive, and very small in size. However I really like the colours and the soft focus of those pictures. With their digital date preserved, in the film strip frame, I think they've made into a nice miniature "roof top" series.

Staroměstské náměstí (Old Town Square) from Oriel Chapel and from the street level

Towards Hradčany and Petřín from Oriel Chapel

Týn Cathedral from Oriel Chapel

Karlov Bridge and Klementinum from Karlov Bridge Tower on east side

Malá Strana and St. Nicholas church from Hradčany

2003, Olympus mju-II, unidentified film scanner

Sepia Nostalgie

2008-11-15T13:12:00.009-05:00

I wanted to make a dark nostalgic photo in sepia (not by making it look old, but by a feeling of it). This is a pure Photoshop exercise, and also the subject of the picture was not that original. I'm sure in some time from now (and with few more photoshop "sepia" sessions) I will think this was not worth posting... But right now I reached the effect I wanted to some degree. So here it is:

Old house near cemetery, Rehovot, Israel

Steps:

Duplicate background layer (Ctrl+J). Go to Image -> Adjustments -> Channel Mixer, check "Monochrome" option and play with channels to get the right mixture of black/grey/white, click OK when ready. Sometimes Image -> Adjustments -> Brightness/Contrast would need to be applied on top of that.
Duplicate monochrome layer (Ctrl+J), so now there's a background (colour), and 2 identical monochrome layers
Choose the upper layer, Image -> Adjustments -> Photo Filter, select Color radio button and specify a desired sepia tone (something along #504030 line in hexa-representation), set Density to 100%, leave Preserve Luminosity checked, click OK. This is the main 'sepia' layer.
Now choose the background layer, and go to Select -> Color Range. Choose some white or very light spot on the picture. Set fuzziness so, that few whitish spots would highlight (not too much white, but also not too little, thus more bright pictures would need fuzziness around 20-40, and the darker ones would need 80-120). Click OK when ready
Now with selection shown, choose black and white layer and click Ctrl+J to select a new layer from selection. Move this new layer to be on top of 'sepia' layer. Looks l=ugly at this point, but we are not done yet.
Make sure that this new image is bright enough, or brighten it if needed. For example with Image -> Adjustments -> Selective Color, choose Neutrals and move Black slider to the negative part (to the left) until it whitens. This is your 'white' layer.
Now with 'white' layer selected, go to Image -> Adjustments -> Photo Filter, choose Color radio button and specify the same sepia tone as for 'Sepia' layer, but this time leave Density at 25%.
Clean up the details, e.g. sharpen, resize, crop, etc... Done.

2005, Fuji Finepix S5000
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AGO Transformation

2008-11-11T00:15:00.003-05:00

AGO is about to reopen (long awaited!), and it has a new facade two. Thanks to a membership program, which allowed me to visit the renewed gallery before its official opening, I could see the new glass gallery from outside and from inside.

I'm sure the above theme will soon become as popular as ROM's Crystal. But at the moment it's still new and fresh in the city. And inside, this wood-finished sculpture gallery is still not finished. So we are yet to see what will become of it.

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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MG Midget

2008-11-02T11:31:00.004-05:00

I saw this beautiful MG Midget on one of the small streets, while biking:

MG Midget MkIII, produced in 1966-1974

And afterwards I remembered of another Midget picture I took long time ago:

MG Midget 1500, produced in 1974-1979

More on Midget history in Wikipedia

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
2004, Fuji Finepix S5000

Toronto Skyline from the Boat

2008-10-28T21:32:00.004-04:00

It's interesting to compare the nowadays skyline with this 30-year old picture.

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Kleinburg in Fall

2008-10-25T20:49:00.007-04:00

Kleinburg is an old-fashioned village in Ontario, best known for hosting the amazing McMichael Canadian Art Collection, but its quiet streets and a crisp air of the Humber River trails have a lot to add to the museum experience.

Unfortunately some of the village's true gems are gone by now, and I hope those are just coincidences, and not the tendency. I hope Kleinburg does not loose its charm. I hope it's not a fall for true village. But talking about places that are gone: I want to remember two of them.

Mr. McGregor’s House. It was a unique cafe inside the old farmhouse, where you could drink a very good tea from a very elegant china, and a desert table was full of tempting home-made pies and tarts. Their garden was a little bit overloaded with garden furniture and all kinds of old objects, which nevertheless fitted well into the style of this place. ...And I never bothered to take picture anywhere in or around McGregor’s House, of which I now regret. I guess I was too busy eating the tarts.

It's even more sad to say good-bye to another unique place - the Kleinburg Book Company, an independent bookstore inside the wooden house (previously it was a timber barn), with the fireplace, and squeaking stairs, and a great choice of books. One could dive into its relaxing atmosphere and forget to leave for hours, to which the owners didn't object. I'd like to mention them here too: Zena and Paul Reinhardt, their passion for books created and was driving the place. Unfortunately Zena have passed away on July 2nd this year.

The Kleinburg Book Company

Islington street, Kleinburg

Park around the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and Tom Thomson Shack on the back. It was moved here from its original site in Rosedale Ravine (according to McMichael site).

And a few shots of Humber River trails:

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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More October colours, another river valley: Don river this time

2008-10-18T21:31:00.007-04:00

The area of the Don Valley trail near Overlea blvd. is one of the best sites to watch fall colours. Both pictures were taken there, within about 50 meters from each other, but what a difference!

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Mid-October @ Humber River Valley

2008-10-13T15:23:00.003-04:00

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Niagara Falls: The Water

2008-09-21T11:28:00.007-04:00

Niagara: the water, split moment before it falls

Niagara river about 300 meters (1000 feet) below the Falls, and the roof of decommissioned Ontario Power Company Generating Station

Niagara river near Rainbow Bridge, about 1.5 km (5000 feet) from the Falls

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Wonderland

2008-09-06T12:44:00.008-04:00

Xtreme Skyflyer @ Canada's Wonderland: a free-fall "flight" from a 150 feet (45 meters) tall tower:

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Carlton St.: Parlament to Yonge

2008-09-01T11:48:00.006-04:00

Carlton street between Parlament and Yonge is probably one of the most diverse streets in Toronto: this fairly short (only about 1 km), but it flips styles almost at every block. Take a look:

near Ontario st. (larger)

a view towards intersection with Sherbourne st., and Allen Gardens(larger)

@ Sherbourne st. (larger)

@ Jarvis st. (larger)

@ Church st. (larger)

Maple Leaf Gardens near Church st. intersection (larger)

Further towards Yonge st. (larger)

@ Yonge st. (larger)

2005-2006, Fuji Finepix S5000; 2007-2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Canadian Tulip Festival (Ottawa, 2008)

2008-06-22T12:10:00.003-04:00

When I was in Ottawa in May, they had a yearly Canadian Tulip Festival. The following set was taken in two festival locations: Parlament Park, and Commissioners Park on Dow's Lake.

Fringed Hamilton tulip (larger)

One of the tulip beds in Parlament Park (larger)

Lily tulip (White Triumphator, Marilyn or Tres Chic?) (larger)

Tres Chic lily tulip (larger)

Commissioners Park - photographer's paradise (larger)

Faust purple tulip (larger)

Menton baby tulip (when it opens, it becomes pink-orange, or pink) (larger)

Mount Tacoma white tulip (larger)

Commissioners Park tulip bed (larger)

Red fringed Barbados - the most bizarre of all (larger)

Another take on red fringed Barbados(larger)

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED

Pseudo Trip in Toronto Subway

2008-04-13T23:09:00.004-04:00

Well, in fact it's a collection of pictures from different trips, but together they accomplish all stages of one trip:

Waiting (St. George station)

Riding the rocket (St. Clair station...

...and inside the train)

Runaway train and looking for an exit (Osgoode station, I think)

Exiting (St. Andrew station)

Going back to light (Downsview, probably the best looking TTC station)

2005-2006, Fuji Finepix S5000; 2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED

Early Spring at Toronto Inner Harbour

2008-04-05T14:54:00.003-04:00

This set features the same, second from the right, swan (larger).

shreds of ice and seagulls (larger)

a lakeshore park (larger)

and nostalgic birches (larger)

2005, Fuji Finepix S5000
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Anthill

2008-03-29T10:35:00.005-04:00

This reminds me of some very old PC game, but I can't remember which. On a larger picture, the amount of little details to ponder over, is amazing. Or you can count the people to fall asleep.

2008, 2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED

Toronto Downtown Skyline @ day, twilight and night

2008-03-21T19:29:00.004-04:00

at daylight, from the Front st. parkette (larger)

foggy twilight seen from Low Simcoe / Bremner (larger)

and night on Yonge, near Gerrard (larger)

2005, Fuji Finepix S5000

Walls and Windows

2008-03-09T19:49:00.007-04:00

Formerly a church, and now Bathurst Street Theatre (larger)

St George the Martyr Anglican Church, which also hosts The Music Gallery (larger)

2004, Fuji Finepix S5000

Berry Trio

2008-03-02T12:58:00.006-05:00

Viburnum opulus, also called Guelder rose, Water Elder or калина in Russian (larger)

Sorbus aucuparia or Rowan, called рябина in Russian (larger)

Prunus padus is also known as Bird Cherry or черемуха in Russian (larger)

2004, Fuji Finepix S5000

Winter Rosedale

2008-02-18T17:50:00.005-05:00

Rosedale Valley Road (larger)

Hazeldean Park (larger)

Cul de sac near Park Road (larger)

Park Road @ South Drive (larger)

And three mansions on Crescent Road:

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I always wonder what the owners think about people taking pictures of their houses. For one thing, they should be used to it: while I was walking around, I've seen at least two more people taking pictures. And that's on a fairly cold winter day. I can imagine how many more amateur photographers come to this area during the fall or the spring blossoming.

2008, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Abandoned by the fall

2008-01-29T21:41:00.000-05:00

(larger)
One may criticize the technical (and other) aspects of this picture. I would myself. But nevertheless I think this is one of the best photos ever taken by me.

... And there's a rather small house in my neighborhood, in their yard there's always some interesting junk:

(larger)

2005, Fuji Finepix S5000

Twilight over Place Jacques Cartier & Champs de Mars

2008-01-26T19:53:00.000-05:00

Montreal's natives probably never go to this area. But I was a tourist, and being such, I could pointlessly wonder around, take pictures, eat ice cream, survey uninteresting menus of the surrounding restaurants, or, occasionally, sit on the patio over a pint of white beer (which seems to be a Montreal's specialty, or so they say for tourists). It was in the middle of the summer - long hot days, which didn't want to give up even after the sunset.

Place Jacques-Cartier (full size)

Bonsecours Market and Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel behind it (full size)

Montreal City Hall (full size)

Place Vauquelin (full size)

Champ-de-Mars (full size)

2007, Nikon D40 + DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 GII ED
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Rain making

2008-01-20T11:35:00.000-05:00

I was trying different ways to enhance rain on the picture. To compare, I used this simple scenery photo, which was taken on a cloudy day, so in general it is suitable for such sort of transformation (I mean: it could rain on that day):

First of all this picture is too dry. Ground and the trees should be darker, and the grass - greener:

I used two separate Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers with masks (as described in for the ground and the tree at the front):

Create a new Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation)
Set Saturation to a positive number (10 to 30) and the lightness to a negative number (-10 to -30)
Edit layer mask so, that all parts of the image that do not fit this hue/saturation scheme are outside of the mask (To edit the mask: select the mask and paint with black to edit things out, or with white to include the things into it).

The only other small edit I am missing in here (and don't know how to do for now) are reflections on the surfaces, like stones and the tree. Maybe even little pools along the trails. But I will skip those for now.

Now the rain itself. I found 2 methods of doing it.

Option 1: Add Noise + Motion Blur

There are many variations of this tutorial, giving different results. In general the steps are:

Create the new layer (Shift+Ctrl+N) with white, black or mixed, Filter > Render > Clouds background
Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise, set Distribution to Gaussian and check Monochromatic option. Play with Amount to add the desired amount of raining and the size of the raindrops.
Go to Filter > Blur > Motion blur and set desired Angle (between -45 and 45 degrees) and the desired "speed" of raindrops by setting the Distance (somewhere between 10 and 40)
Optionally the following effects can be used:
- Filter > Distort > Twirl to give it a feeling of the wind
- Double application of Motion Blur with different Angle/Distance.
- Decreasing the Brightness of this layer helps to make the rain less severe, and increasing Contrast might help to highlight the drops
While the layer with the "rain" is selected, right-click on it, select Blending options and choose Screen in the Layer Style dialog.
The final optional adjustments can include:
- Play with Opacity on Layer Style dialog if the rain is too heavy.
- Create 2 layers, with different Noise/Blur options, to make the rain less "uniform".

I used 2 layers, one with "bigger", almost vertical drops, and the other with smaller, "angled" drops. For both layers, I played with the brightness and contrast of the rain until it looked right.

Option 2: Using the brush

I found this tutorial and I think it gives better results, though involves a little bit more work. I followed the steps of Creating Rain Drops and Making It Rain. In addition to 2 layers described in the tutorial, I added one more, with even smaller drops and Gaussian Blur.

2005, Fuji Finepix S5000

Purple and Orange

2008-01-14T22:55:00.000-05:00

It's real. Except for cropping and resizing there's no photoshop editing in here. The first one is my first successful attempt to catch the lightning. The other one is just a sunset I can see from my window on every clear day.

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2005, Fuji Finepix S5000

Speed of Light

2008-01-13T12:40:00.000-05:00

It was a dim evening of January 1, 2006. I was hang over after a 'round the clock New Year's celebration, slow and dizzy. Cars were passing by on a highway below and my blurry vision was catching their lights without focusing on them. I took off my camera...

bigger, ~700x500, ~230Kb

bigger, ~700x500, ~400Kb

bigger, ~700x500, ~400Kb. I created a black and white version of the same picture a while ago. I think they are completely different, really.

2006, Fuji Finepix S5000

Reds

2008-01-08T23:23:00.001-05:00

Bigger, ~350 Kb

2004, Fuji Finepix S5000

Classic Coupe

2008-01-05T20:39:00.000-05:00

Is it a Jaguar XKE?

2005, Fuji Finepix S5000, this place on the map

Prepare for take off

2008-01-03T23:33:00.002-05:00

check the undercarriage

test the engines

fill up the tanks

secure the doors

and go

March 2005, Fuji Finepix S5000, this place on the map