So, can LT finally get over the top? LaDanian Tomlinson record setting running back for the San Diego Chargers and now the New York Jets had his playoffs dream cut short once again. L.T and the Chargers parted ways almost a year ago, the Chargers unwilling to resign him at this stage of his career. Looking for that one missing goal, The Super Bowl, L.T. signed with the Jets stating they were the best opportunity to make it to the Super Bowl. One game short of the Super Bowl and one yard short, Tomlinson was unable to get that one last yard to score a TD late in the game against the Steelers. The Steel Curtain held and Tomlinson’s dream once again was shattered. So, the big question is will he have enough for one more try next year.
Photo: shot with a Nikon D3 and 70-200 2.8 lens in a playoff game in San Diego vs. the Tennessee Titans Dec. 25,2009.
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I was testing the new beta version of Lightroom 3 and decided to play with some old images. To my surprise the presets that I’d made in my other Lightroom 2 copy were included following the installation. One of the presets is one that I’ve used to make a hi pass filter image that starts with a dark over saturated image and ends up with a high contrast color image. So, I selected an image of DeAngelo Williams of the Carolina Panthers that I’d shot for Donruss Trading Cards. After applying the preset I backed off the recovery and brightness sliders in LR3 to make it brighter and contrasty. I then added sharpening in Lightroom to add snap to the highlights on the skin and football. This gave me a final custom black and white image with it’s own character.
Although this was just a test image I can see making a small portfolio of these portraits in black and white. My initial impression of Lightroom 3 is very favorable. Normally I like to just discover new changes in the programs but this time I watched the videos that Adobe made. Each new version of Lightroom has been a significant improvement and I don’t see Adobe falling short on this one too. I’ll be watching the changes on the beta and anxious for it’s actually delivery.
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Creative Views of a San Diego Photographer
