Dread Zeppelin

Say hello to John, he is from Minnesota and likes Coca Cola, American Baseball, the band Yes, and meeting new people. While shooting the sunset he came up and said - "Hey, want a picture of something you have never seen before?"

Years feel like minutes.

The lovely Magera Moon and I celebrated our two year anniversary last night by riding down to Ocean Beach and having a bonfire for two. After a bottle of Sake and some quality fire time, we had some fun and took a few test long exposure shots. Nothing fantastic, mostly just getting a sense of light and exposure for a few ideas rattling around upstairs. The results, at first were quite dissapointing, but I think I know what needs to be done...




PEACE to you all!

Intro to HDR

Although I have been aware of HDR (High Dynamic Range) Imaging for a while, it was not until last night that I first attempted it for myself. True HDR images combine two or more identitcally composed images, each exposed for a different area - for instance one exposed for the sunset and one for the darker foreground. Once these images are combined and tone-mapped, the new image can be stunning, with rich details in the shadows and highlights of a normally high contrast scene.

I created these HDR images using only one RAW image, but I duplicated the image and exposed each instance for a specific area. Although this works well, it is best to use two or more images (shot using a tripod) and combine them. The original image is on the left, as exposed with no correction. The HDR version of the same image is below. Even though I only used one RAW file, you can see there was a lot of information that was stored in the file not being used to it's full potential.


Original.

HDR version.

peace and much love!

turbulence

after a long night of less than peaceful travel i am bleary eyed and weary, but i am home. all i can say is thank you.

i am thankful for quality time with family.
i am thankful i can up and take off for 10 days at a moment's notice.
i am thankful to be home with the one i love.
i am thankful.


peace!

black sand

no filters were used and little if any post processing applied (BW conversion, shadow's boosted +3) - this one is all exposure!


peace!

dark swirls

peace!

sunset in the shipyard

peace!

variations on a sunset

tonight's sunset proved to be a veritable photo orgy, here are four of the 100+ images I captured within only a few minutes. i waded out pretty deep to get these, my camera barely above the water!





peace!