People sometimes say that using photoshop is cheating. I would say not using photoshop is like writing a book without re-reading and editing it. You simply cannot get everything the way you want straight out of camera, especially not if you’re shooting with a digital compact.

On this particular shot, however, except from just editing levels, contrast and noise.. the taxi was bothering me so much I had to make it dissapear.. it was ruining the whole mysterious feeling around the scene! And yes.. I would say deleting a taxi from a picture could be considered cheating. But I don’t care, it bothered me, it’s my picture, period.

Want to compare shots? Here they are, the original one as taken with my compact Canon IXUS 980is, compared to the processed one :)

Now all of you just pointing and shooting, if you have a touch of nerdyness inside.. get photoshop and start exploring the possibilities!

My 24th birthdayparty was great, we had heaps of fun at Josie’s place and continued to Babel where the fun continued until they were closing. Thank you all!

Meet mimmi, a really good friend of mine.

Hangin’ in there since 1989.

Haven’t been tanning for months now.. but then I realized it’s not about the tan, it’s about the sun and the vitamin D.

And wow did I feel better afterwards.

Such a nice place to hang out.