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A Little Light
I recently returned from a trip to northern Arizona and southern Utah. This was a third trip with some good friends. This image was shot about 25 miles east of Boulder, Utah. A perfect day to shoot: the light changed constantly. This is a composite of 2 exposures; the light was too harsh for one.
The Pyramid
The museum is right below but the art seemed to be right in front of me. This is about 20 minutes after sunset.
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Paris is a photographer’s dream during the day and is even better at night. I now know why it is called The City of Lights. This is a multi-exposure image. It was hard to get the car lights where I wanted them.
Over the Battlements
A view from the castle at Carcassone. The image is HDR, consisting of 5 exposures. The clouds were fast-moving, so they took extra work,
Backlit
This statue was right next to the wheel in the next image. It was begging to be taken, It is a composite of three exposures…..it took a long time to make it look right,
The Tuileries at Night
This was a composite image. It was raining lightly and I kept getting water on my lens. This is one of my favorite shots of Paris.
Sunshine
This image was shot yesterday at the Morton Arboretum, outside of Chicago. The leaf color was not excellent but I was playing around with back lighting through the leaves and caught this with HDR.
From the Bridge
I am in love with the Trump Tower. It dominates the downtown and is kaleidoscopic in the manner available light is reflected off of it.
The Sentry
The Hancock building totally serves as a visual anchor to any view of Chicago from the north. This image was shot at about an hour before daybreak. There was a light fog that softens the focus.
Another Sunrise at the Garden
I decided to try this in HDR, I did not like the blotchy results. I ended up combining the HDR output with a filtered version of one of the originals. The effect is much more pleasing.
The Dark Before Dawn
Boy, was this fun to play with! It was shot yesterday about 4:40 am. It started as a simple beauty shot, I then added 5 more exposures and turned it into an HDR. An hour later, I ended up with this……it does not look like it is going to be a good day in Chicago.
Wrapped in Clouds
This image is a vertical pano shot from Wacker Drive at about 5:45 am. It consists of 3 images shot with a polarizing filter. I had to wait a LONG time for the transmission mast to clear the clouds.
Blue, Black and Gold
This is another HDR shot where 5 images were combined into one. The stillness of the air was wonderful! This was the 3rd week that I had gotten up at 3:30 to get down town in time.
Dawn on the Bridge
This was shot on a bridge that spans the Chicago River. i could only shoot when there were no cars crossing.
April Run-off
Another image of La Salle Falls shot in late April/early May. Converted to B&W in the Lightroom converter.
Wispy Water
Another waterfall at Starved Rock. What made this shot a little difficult was the water dripping down my neck while I was setting up the shot and while I was trying to cover the camera from the pervasive drip-drops. By the way, this is a six-shot HDR image.
Green Mushrooms
Last weekend I shot at the Botanic Garden for 3 days in a row. This is another HDR rendition. I am finally finding that Photomatix is becoming my friend.
Temple at Dawn
There are only three of these temples in the world. One is located in Wilmette. It looks fake because of all the detailed symmetry.
Waterscape 1
This was shot after the B&W version, no special post processing; had to straighten the horizon, though.
Waterscape 2
This version was shot as overexposed and then I used a HiPass filter and converted to black and white.