Colorado: Intro

So, I’m back from Colorado! We got back on Sunday, just in the time to see the Steelers beat the Ravens, yay! I’m thinking I’m going to have to share the trip in bits and pieces considering I just put 300-some pictures on my computer and I like to at least “I feel lucky” edit them before posting. I just did the first flip-through and deleted a bunch, but there’s a lot more to do! I’m pretty sure there are going to be a million pictures of rocks though. (Ah, yes, Niagara Falls all over again – after I went there in high school, my mom was flipping through my pictures and complained about hundreds of pictures of water, hehe!)

We went to visit Sam’s grandma because she had been sick and we really felt like we should be there. All of her kids were there, Sam’s three aunts and two uncles and his dad. I had met everyone before at our wedding, but this is the first time I’ve really gotten to know the extended family and I had a really good time. We also got in some site seeing. I have never been to Colorado before, in fact, this is the furthest west I’ve ever been. (Yay! I got to add another state to my “states I’ve been to” list, which is now up to 23 states!)


visited 23 states (46%)
Create your own visited map of The United States

Does anyone have any suggestions to help get noise out of photos, from low-light situations on a crap point and shoot? (I have Gimp.)

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  • Ohhh I am excited to make my own map now, haha!! Glad you had a good timeand got to be with family 🙂

  • I just mess with the saturation and if that doesn’t work I just turn it into a B&W hhahaha I can’t wait to see your photos of Co!

  • First of all…I love that shot of you and Sam.
    Second of all…why is CT not red?? Of all places you SHOULD visit is CT…where *I* am!

  • liz

    I don’t know much about GIMP, but in PS, under the filters is one called “Despeckle,” under the “Noise” submenu, which works pretty well for me. Likewise, if you can’t get the noise to go away, playing with the saturation sometimes helps to give it a grainier, film-y, vintage-y look.

  • hm, I do not know much about gimp, but I am excited to see your pictures!!
    That first pic is such a great shot! I LOVE Colorado, I lived there when I was a young thing of 17. Miss it everyday. 🙂