the standard hotel, hollywood ...

last week, will be back next week, but the standard was an interesting hotel to stay at. comfy bed, obscure furnishings, bright bold colors, it was great ...







manual stitch ...


most interesting of thermostat dials ...

chicago self portrait ...

another day, another hotel. intercontinental, chicago. great bits and pieces in the hotel room, particularly the mirror ...

nyc hotel view hdr's ...

here are a few hdr's i processed from last week's trip to nyc. there's definitely some sharpness missing in each photo, need to shoot at a bit higher f-stop. colors are terrific, these are all straight out of the camera into photomattix, no post processing required.

f/2.8 @ 18mm, 1sec-exposure, iso200, -1/3 :: 0 :: +1/3ev


f/2.8 @ 18mm, 1sec-exposure, iso200, -1/3 :: 0 :: +1/3ev


f/2.8 @ 18mm, 1sec-exposure, iso200, -1/3 :: 0 :: +1/3ev; sharper than the previous but mildly de-saturated in the buildings


most people ask, are these images artificial or rendered? no. it's just the beauty of hdr.

hotel room ...

had to go to nyc this week, have to process some hdr images, but here are two non-hdr's that i liked. second shot was in complete darkness at high iso's.

f/2.8 @ 18mm, 1/13sec-exposure, iso400, 0/6ev


f/2.8 @ 18mm 2/5sec-exposure, iso3200, 0/6ev