chicago part 2 ...

a few extra shots from chicago trip, ferris wheel almost looks photoshopped - i think if i test a few different crops on that picture it might be more interesting. post processed the trees to oversaturate, brightening up the greens as much as possible. and two perspectives on the last shot, i can't decide which i like better the color or b&w version...

lone sailboat ...

sunset shot (actually there are few variations i modified and posted two here, but the first one is most certainly an original, unmodified ...

a bit more of hawaii ...

i was going to process through all my pictures and then post some, but i realized that will take forever, so why not just post a bit at a time. it'll probably be better for my sanity as i'm cooped up inside these winter months as it's freezing and continuously snowing outside. seriously, it's snowed almost every week now. there's nothing but dirty snow everywhere. this is the hdr set.




























of course the obligatory this is what it looked like before i left ...

fall weddings in new england ...

one of the best things about new england and fall are the colors that spring up just as the air is getting brisk. it's a perfect time to shoot as well as practice some hdr photography also.

f/2.8 @ 24mm, 1/60sec-exposure, iso400, +1/3ev


f/4.5 @ 50mm, 1/80sec-exposure, iso400, 0ev


f/2.8 @ 24mm, 1/10sec-exposure, iso400, 0ev


i was also fortunate enough to catch a few random bits of hdr moments ... none were photoshopped, just straight out of the camera into photomattix to be combined. 3-frame +/-2/3ev.

f/2.8 @ 18mm, 1/10sec-exposure, iso400, -2/3ev :: 0/6ev :: +2/3ev


f/2.8 @ 35mm, 1/10sec-exposure, iso400, -2/3ev :: 0/6ev :: +2/3ev

stop on the ride home ...

was riding home last night as the sun was setting. had to stop and snap two shots of the church steeple with the great cloud coloration in the background ...

here's the church ... f/3.2 @ 50mm, 1/40sec-exposure, iso200, 2/3ev


here's the steeple ... f/3.2 @ 50mm, 1/40sec-exposure, iso200, 2/3ev

looks like popcorn ...

taken with my sony dsc-t9, great little camera thats highly portable ...

f/8 @ 6.3mm, 1/500-econd exposure, is080, 0/10ev for both shots.

clouds in the sky ...

i'm a big fan of taking pictures out of airplane windows of the clouds below ... i think this was a trip down to florida, will need to start a new label set for just clouds