Today is a big day, it is my first day of NaBloPoMo. Today is also my photoblog’s six month birthday and I wanted to celebrate that with by looking at some of my favorite blog images before and after editing.

The original file:

The edited image: (This image was the photo of the day on Junes 21, 2007)

I like the edits on this image because it moves to a much more pleasing landscape orientation, removes the unnecessary color in an image without strong colors and refocuses the image on the most interesting point, the weird goat eye.

The original file:

The edited image: (This image was the photo of the day on August 22, 2007)

I like the edits on this image because the cropping, added contrast and cyanotype tint add detail and character to another image that was lacking in vibrancy.

The original file:

The edited image: (This image was the photo of the day on May 5, 2007)

I like the edits on this image not just because it is more vibrant, but it is unrealistically more vibrant. I shot the original image down on from above on a rainy overcast day. The edited version has a painted watercolor quality that reality very seldom has and I love that.

The original file :

The edited image: (This image was the photo of the day on September 11, 2007)

I love this image because it brings all the focus onto the earrings I bought my Fiancee, and the hair creates an wonderful abstract pattern. Obviously the earrings are not the only color in the world, but that is what you get here.

The original file:

The edited image: (This image was the photo of the day on October 15, 2007)

I like the edited version of the image because it creates a punk rock photocopied old school feel that is almost completly absent from the fist version and if Punk Rock is not what photography is all about I would like to know what it is about.

Stay tuned tomorrow for more NaBloPoMo fun when I talk about some of my ideas on abstract photography.

Tags: Birthday, Daily Photo, Ear, Flower, Friends, Goat, Jewelery, NaBloPoMo '07, New York, Photography, Portrait, Zoo