What a difference a few hours make – and other photos

First photo, High Point sunrise today (thanks, Steve!); second, Lincoln Park at mid-afternoon. Here are a few more photos we wanted to share:

That’s the north-facing view from Lincoln Park‘s north side, about the same time we took the south-facing photo. And not far away, this heartening sign graces the door at Colman Pool (just three more months!):

One last photo to share — WSB contributing photojournalist Christopher Boffoli actually sent it last night, but we didn’t have a place to add it inbetween a flood of late-night coverage (including great eclipse photos from Christopher and others) — better late than never:

miws February 22, 2008 (4:21 am)

Great pics, everyone, as usual!

Christopher, did you use any special filters on that last one?

Mike

Rick February 22, 2008 (6:32 am)

Hey Mike,at this time in the AM the only filter I could imagine would be a coffee filter!

Christopher Boffoli February 22, 2008 (9:12 am)

Mike: No optical filters. But a light touch of the “shadow-highlight” digital filter (from Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Mac OS X) helps bring out those hazy layers around the mountains.

miws February 22, 2008 (7:02 pm)

Yeah Rick, and actually at that early, and without coffee, since my stomach has been giving me trouble the last few days, I wouldn’t have been surprised to have found out it was a “normal” unfiltered shot, and the effect that I was seeing was caused by my bleary eyes! :D

Thanks for the info, Christopher. It’s amazing what the digital software can do!

Mike