Here is another photo from my HDR kick. This one was 10 exposures, merged using Photomatix. Post HDR software all I did was a little sharpening, and removed some chromatic aberration.
All in all I am pretty happy with the picture, and I will try very hard not to post another HDR picture for a while!! Well.... That is unless you are enjoying them. Leave a comment for what I should shoot next, and I will see if I can deliver.
Thanks for looking.
Took a walk downtown to kill some time. Originally I was going to try to take pictures inside this building. A few months back it was abandoned and in rough shape, as of now they are restoring it. I was pretty bummed I couldn't get inside again, so I decided to try an HDR image of the building. This spot is used heavily in my city for portrait photography. I decided to shoot it in a different way. I am very happy with the way it turned out, even if it is a little too surreal. To each his own I guess.
For this photo, I did a 5 exposure HDR. This was right after we received about a half inch of snow fall, so everything was looking clean, and neat. I used photomatix for the HDR processing, and adobe Lightroom for noise removal.
I took my son to the car show this weekend. of course i took my camera along!! I only got a few shots, but this one turned out pretty well. it was shot with a Sigma 17-35 f2.8 @17mm. this is an HDR image, with three exposures. Due to the lights EVERYWHERE, it was difficult to get a decent image without some glare, or over exposure.
Went out last night looking for ideas for my photo for next week. I ended up with this shot. I have to give credit to my girlfriend though, she is the one that told me I was grumpy and should go take pictures to calm down...
Here is one from last Autumn. It's always a nice surprise when I come across photos I forgot about.
I can't wait for winter to be over. I need to take some more long walks, with my camera soon.
Took my son to the monster truck show yesterday, I really need to take him to a larger event!!
Decided to try my hand at an HDR photo this week. This is a car in the alleyway about a block from my place. The thing has not moved in a very long time, total rust bucket. I used my fisheye lens to take 3 photos. One 3 stops under exposed, and one 3 stopes over exposed, then one correctly exposed.
I used Photomatix to create the HDR, and Lightroom to do my touch up. Lightroom was used mostly to reduce the noise and grain that comes with the HDR process. I will have to try VERY hard not to over use this software!!!
Thanks again for looking. Jon
Week 4. Going through my son's toy box, I found this. It is the original one, not a repro from the new toy story. It's old, dirty, and beat up. I love the character of this toy, and it is now sitting on a shelf in my room.
Week 3, this photo makes me want a 70-200 2.8 real bad!!!
This week I decided to take the same picture, and do an iPhone edit as well. Original photo was shot with my DSLR, with a 50mm prime lens. I bounces a flash at 1/16th power off a purple box lid.
iPhone edit- using the app Diptic, I split the image into 3 and saturated the middle image, while desaturation the outside ones.
well... this is the start of my 52 week photo project. i plan on at least on picture a week. depending on how it goes more will be uploaded as a bonus. if you think of anything you would like to see, please leave some comments and let me know.
thanks
Ok, to start this off, i cannot remember the name of this man to save my life..But i remember his story. maybe i should carry a note pad or something... but i digress.
this was a normal summer day, walking around down town. It was overcast, and a very contrasty day, so of course i was excited to bring out my camera!! after about 20 minuets of walking around it started to rain a little. i took shelter under the Zambro's awning with this gentleman.
the first this that stood out, was his chair! this was a giant expression of this man's character. almost instantly he said hi, and introduced himself. we got to talking about his chair and everything on it. the tail happens to be my favorite.
after about 20 mins of being stuck, i asked him if he would mind me taking some pictures of his chair, he obliged, and then noticed my scar on the back of my neck. he then started to tell me his story.
this man was a avid motorcycle rider, one day while riding he was hit by a large pick up truck. he was slowing down to make a turn on Cliff and Benson avenue. he was struck from behind, and drug, under the truck, to where Marlins Grill is now located. he suffered a broken neck, back, hip, and multiple other bones. he was in a coma for close to 6 months after the accident. according to him he was still able to hear the things around him and knew of his situation, but he could do nothing to wake up. he told me " i broke almost everything i could, and lost so much blood, but i did not lose a drop of shit, im still full of it". the best sense of humor ever.
he has been confined to this chair for over ten years. after about a year he decided to make it his own, just like he would with his motorcycle. he gave it the same personality he has, and possibly a little more attitude. you cant even see most of the little details in these photos but, he told me "if they are going to stare, i'm going to give them something entertaining to look at". again with the sense of humor...
i guess this would go under the category of "Don't judge a book by it's cover" this was possibly one of the most approachable, and nicest person i have ever had the pleasure of photographing. and i cant wait to run into more people in the future.
jon
my son, playing with the fish in our back yard.