GM_PentaxFan Photography

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Saskatoon Cityscape (Taken with Instagram)

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Riverhurst Ferry (Taken with Instagram)

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HDR Riverhurst Ferry - July 1, 2012

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The sun and clear blue sky were behind us and a summer storm was waiting for us on the other side.

Taken July 1, 2012 on the Riverhurst Ferry, Saskatchewan Canada.

Just as the ferry was leaving the dock, a large crack of thunder sounded.

Luckily the horses in the two horse trailers did seem to be bothered.

One of my favorite non wildlife photos.

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Snowy Owl - February 18, 2012

After seeing John E. Marriot's Snowy Owl photos from Vancouver, I had hoped to get some more shots other then my standard sitting on a power pole photo.

Source: Glen Munro (GM_Pentaxfan) Flicker Photostream

Luckily on February 18, I found a Snowy Owl that didn't mind have it's picture taken.

This one was taken on the side of highway south of Wood Mountain, SK Canada.

Source: Glen Munro (GM_Pentaxfan) Flicker Photostream

After pulling over onto a grid road I was able to get some more photos. Below is a picture of where I shot most of my Snowy Owl photos from... 

Started out from the driver's side door...

Source: Glen Munro (GM_Pentaxfan) Flicker Photostream

 I walked to back of my SUV, opened the back hatch and sat there for a while... 

Source: Glen Munro (GM_Pentaxfan) Flicker Photostream

I decided to cross the highway and got halfway across the road (luckily it's not a busy highway) before it took off...

Source: Glen Munro (GM_Pentaxfan) Flicker Photostream

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Amy Davidson & Kaley Cuoco Tweak

Original on left is from Amy Davidson's Facebook page.

My tweak is on the right. - Used Photoshop to remove red, blur background, and make the colour 'pop'.

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - a set on Flickr

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Coronach Postcard

A few weeks ago (Okay, it was over a month ago), I was told about a photo contest for promoting a local community (Coronach, Saskatchewan) via Postcards. (Yes, people still send those.) 

I submitted a few photos, hoping that one would get selected...

It turns out they wanted to use 3 of the submitted photos, plus another one from my Flickr stream to create a “Wildlife in Coronach” postcard. (I changed the create commons rights to the Flickr photos.)

Wow, I was really honoured, but could not tell my followers (Posterous / Twitter / Facebook) till now.

A good friend of mine told me at lunch that she had read an article in the Coronach Triangle News about these postcards. I have yet to see the article.

You should send the Triangle News an email... tell them to post the article online so that you can see the other winners.

Here’s the final postcard

 Stay tuned to this site, or Twitter or Facebook... I’ll see if I can get some to give away to a lucky follower or two.

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Spring Flooding in Saskatchewan

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Before and After - Adobe Photoshop Tweaks

Here are some of the photos from My "Before and After" Facebook album. 

Inspired by this Glyn Dewis's tutorial and "Controlling Mid-tone contrasts" from Smashing Magazine.

See the full gallery on Posterous

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Felicia Day - Dragon Age

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My "tweaks" on this original - http://www.flickr.com/photos/feliciaday/5447481747

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2 Examples of HDR with Photomatix 4

Original Exposures for Big Muddy HDR

Final Big Muddy HDR after using Details Enhancer on Photomatix 4.

  Original Exposures for St. Victor Petroglyphs HDR

Final Petroglyphs HDR after using Details Enhancer on Photomatix 4 then the Exposure 0 photo as an overlay layer in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

More info... Photomatix Compared to Adobe Photoshop CS5

More info... HDR Tutorial by Trey Ratcliff

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On my travels between Coronach and Bengough

via panoramio.com Summer 2008

via panoramio.com Summer 2007

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Caste Butte - 

Coronach -

Bengough -

Big Beaver -

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Clear Lake Regional Park Entrance - Modification

Just a simple Before and After Modification using Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Here's some more from that day. (October 17, 2010)

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Jennifer Love Hewitt – Modification

Credit to the Original Photographer

GM_Pentaxfan Original - www.facebook.com/gm.pentaxfan.page

  Layering effects applied.

Final result.