Lions with Topaz Clarity
I picked up the new Topaz Plugin called Clarity. I mainly use the Ex-Nik (now Google) plugins. I love them. I also use (on occasion) the OnOne plugins. The Topaz set hasn’t thrilled me (I’m not a fan of the interface, it seems so dated to me). Hoever, I have found a few effects from
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Toms Creek Waterfall
Toms Creek Waterfalls is located just outside Asheville, NC. From the trail head it’s an easy 1 mile hike up a short path to get to the waterfall. Even though it was raining, it seems to be a popular spot to visit. We were doing a volunteer job for an upcoming festival transporting some gear
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Costa Rica – Day 5 – Hanging Bridges & Night walk
We took two tours today. The first was to hanging bridges with our guide named Oscar. This was another walk through the rain forest (a different kind of rain forest). We had several folks on the tour with us, not enough to make it uncomfortable, but enough to make a lot of noise and color
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Costa Rica – Royal Corin Hotel in La Fortuna
We arrived at The Royal Corin hotel on Tuesday at noon. The hidden canopy treehouse is a bed & breakfast. This is a regular hotel. The busy season ended about 2 weeks ago, so it’s not crowded at all. All 75 rooms have an excellent view of the Arenal Volcano and there are hot springs
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Costa Rica – Day 3 – Cloud Forest Nature tour
Our time here in Monteverde is almost up. We could easily spend several more days here without regret. Today we hit the cloud forest nature tour with one of the guides from the hotel, Koky. This man is insanely knowledgable about the flora and the wildlife. I think he could whistle every bird some of
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Costa Rica – Day 2 – Zip Lining & Night Tour
No photos from our zip lining adventures. I took a camera that I forgot the memory card reader for. While here in Costa Rica, we only brought our iPhones and 1 iPad. I have the camera kit for the iPad which takes SD cards. As of this post, we went zip lining and on a
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Costa Rica – Hidden Canopy Treehouses
I don’t think I could ever come up with the words to describe this place. I have been to very few hotels in my life that could compare. Hidden Canopy is a relatively new bed and breakfast on the Costa Rican travel scene. They have already won awards and high marks on Trip Advisor, deservedly
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Costa Rica – Day 1 – To Monteverde
We were picked up at the Liberia airport by our driver. I was expecting an airport much like those in the Caribbean, jam packed and out of date. I was pleasantly surprised. It was very clean and modern. First impressions are everything, and this certainly made a good one. Our drivers name was Marco. A
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Costa Rica – Day 1 departure
We are in RDU airport waiting to leave for our delayed Honeymoon vacation to Costa Rica. For my birthday Carolyn got me a new travel camera (Fuji X-E1). It’s light and takes very nice photos. Only got it last night. She said, if your unofficial mentor says it’s the one to get, then get it.
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Infrared in Washington DC
We headed to Washington DC for the Cherry Blossom festival. Much to our surprise, there were no cherry blossoms to speak of. Due to the clod climate and late spring the buds are just peaking out, but only 1 tree bloomed (that we saw). Jay gave me a very nice Christmas gift, his old Nikon
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