ANMPAS Show

We are proud to announce that all of our photographers at the Albuquerque Photographers Gallery will have one or more photos on display in the Annual New Mexico Photographic Art show. This is a juried show with an impressive collection of images by New Mexico photographers. The show opens to the public on Sunday, December 5th. Below is the information as it appears on the ANMPAS invitations. You are all invited!

"The second Annual New Mexico Photographic Art show is opening soon at the Fine Arts building at EXPONM! The talent that will be showcased at this one of a kind exhibit is not to be missed. Our gallery show will be open to the public from December 5, 2010 until December 28, 2010. The gallery is closed on Tuesdays, and will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Gallery hours are 10 am to 5pm, and the Fine Arts Building can be accessed on the west side of the EXPONM grounds at the Copper/San Pedro gate. Anyone receiving this important notice is encouraged to forward it to everyone they know with a passion for fine art photography. Exeptional attendance at this month-long exhibit will ensure exceptional success to the many talented artists involved. We at ANMPAS are thrilled to be hosting this display, and look forward to showing all visitors the depth of talent that resides in New Mexico."

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Heritage Series #1 - Air

This image begins a new series of images that combines HDR with layers.
They are inspired by a friend who is both compassionate with (as a wildlife volunteer), and passionate about wild creatures. And, of course, the BP oil spill that is destroying life in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tomas
www.TomSproPhoto.com

Aspen Light

After a significant amount of internal debate and digital alchemy (mostly cropping decisions), I have decided to use this image for the upcoming black & white show at the Albuquerque Photographers Gallery. I like the more open feeling and the shadows in this one and that tipped it for me.

I would explain how I did the B/W conversion, but since I use Nikon Capture NX for all of my RAW file development, I doubt that the steps would be beneficial to most who might read this. The software allows me to 'blend' the original (more yellow tones in the trees) to any degree, so I opted to leave a small part of the original colors in the image.

Cannon Beach

© 2010 by Tom Spross

One of the images I shot while on a short vacation to Oregon over the Christmas holidays. In fact, this was taken on Christmas day. This was a vacation, and my first time in the area, so I did not intend to take many photos. In fact, all I brought was my D300 and a 50mm lens. No tripod, no filters. This was shot with the camera resting on a picnic table so that I could bracket three images for later HDR processing. It is my first HDR and I have a lot to learn, but I like it and plan to do a lot more.
Tom Spross
www.TomSproPhoto.com