This gallery is a complete chronicle of my 40th year, starting on my birthday in 2008. I posted one photo each day for a year. The photo-a-day project continues in this gallery here.
May 16, 2008; Day 14. For most of the year, this gallery will try to focus on the art of making a picture. But today, it really is a diary.
Seven years ago today, I took delivery of my Audi TT. I photographed it heavily on that day, including the instrument cluster. I realized that if I continued to photograph the cluster on the car’s birthday, I’d accumulate some interesting information: miles driven each year, climate change, and patina accretion. (“Patina” is a much better word than “dust”!)
Don't believe me? 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Coincidentally, I had the car in the shop today to replace the cluster, just in time for a badly needed patina “reset.” While the cluster was broken, I probably lost 5000 miles off the odometer. I told the dealer this but they didn’t care.
For fun, I also shot it with my fisheye. The neighbor’s cat didn’t want to be left out either.
I like the way Brian Hart lists his post processing steps. I will too:
Raw: Clarity 100
PS: Color Balance: 15 yellow to blue
PS: Saturation: 50
PS: Unsharp mask: 20-30-0
Seven years ago today, I took delivery of my Audi TT. I photographed it heavily on that day, including the instrument cluster. I realized that if I continued to photograph the cluster on the car’s birthday, I’d accumulate some interesting information: miles driven each year, climate change, and patina accretion. (“Patina” is a much better word than “dust”!)
Don't believe me? 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Coincidentally, I had the car in the shop today to replace the cluster, just in time for a badly needed patina “reset.” While the cluster was broken, I probably lost 5000 miles off the odometer. I told the dealer this but they didn’t care.
For fun, I also shot it with my fisheye. The neighbor’s cat didn’t want to be left out either.
I like the way Brian Hart lists his post processing steps. I will too:
Raw: Clarity 100
PS: Color Balance: 15 yellow to blue
PS: Saturation: 50
PS: Unsharp mask: 20-30-0
May 16, 2008; Day 14. For most of the year, this gallery will try to focus on the art of making a picture. But today, it really is a diary.
Seven years ago today, I took delivery of my Audi TT. I photographed it heavily on that day, including the instrument cluster. I realized that if I continued to photograph the cluster on the car’s birthday, I’d accumulate some interesting information: miles driven each year, climate change, and patina accretion. (“Patina” is a much better word than “dust”!)
Don't believe me? 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Coincidentally, I had the car in the shop today to replace the cluster, just in time for a badly needed patina “reset.” While the cluster was broken, I probably lost 5000 miles off the odometer. I told the dealer this but they didn’t care.
For fun, I also shot it with my fisheye. The neighbor’s cat didn’t want to be left out either.
I like the way Brian Hart lists his post processing steps. I will too:
Raw: Clarity 100
PS: Color Balance: 15 yellow to blue
PS: Saturation: 50
PS: Unsharp mask: 20-30-0
Seven years ago today, I took delivery of my Audi TT. I photographed it heavily on that day, including the instrument cluster. I realized that if I continued to photograph the cluster on the car’s birthday, I’d accumulate some interesting information: miles driven each year, climate change, and patina accretion. (“Patina” is a much better word than “dust”!)
Don't believe me? 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Coincidentally, I had the car in the shop today to replace the cluster, just in time for a badly needed patina “reset.” While the cluster was broken, I probably lost 5000 miles off the odometer. I told the dealer this but they didn’t care.
For fun, I also shot it with my fisheye. The neighbor’s cat didn’t want to be left out either.
I like the way Brian Hart lists his post processing steps. I will too:
Raw: Clarity 100
PS: Color Balance: 15 yellow to blue
PS: Saturation: 50
PS: Unsharp mask: 20-30-0