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A Tree

Gum Tree in Orbitson Gorge, Austrailia

Gum Tree in Orbitson Gorge, Austrailia

This is a tree I shot in a gorger in Austrailia. Austrailia has lots of surprises. Many photographers would by this tree and not shoot it as it is just a tree. However, if you know your camera and know how to post process and image you can take a shot like this and make it a good final image. I used Capture One Pro to make this image and a number of tools available in it. First started with color balance. Then I worked contrast and saturation. This was followed by some local adjustments and the use of color editor to fine tune certain colors. Then I vignetted the shot as well as used local adjustments to darken parts of the image. I tried this in Lightroom too and I am pretty good with both, but LR couldn’t come close to the color and detail that Capture One made.


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Sunset Again In Tuscany

Sunset With Houses. Tuscany, Italy

Sunset With Houses. Tuscany, Italy

Tuscany landscapes have building in them.  Stone elegant buildings.  You actually figure  ways to use these building in your images.  This is a shot done at sunset where the buildings do a lot to make the image.  All I can say are the sunsets are so colorful and the light just begs to be photographed.  I shot this with a Phase One IQ260 that has a lot of dynamic range capability and allowed me to keep detail in highlights and shadows.  It would have been hard to make this shot with a DSLR camera.

 


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Trees

Trees In Tuscany

Trees In Tuscany

Seems that one thing that is very noticeable in Tuscany are the trees.  These in most cases are Cedar trees that dot property borders and hillside peaks.   These trees are sometimes group as in this picture. This set of trees is very iconic in Tuscany and at almost any time of day you can find tourists shooting this location. The trick is to get there at the right time of day and catch it at sunset or sunrise with soft warm light and hopefully as in this image some nice clouds.


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Tuscany All It Is Said To Be

Tuscany Hillside

Tuscany Hillside

I have been and will be in Tuscany all week.  I am leading a Phase One PODAS worksop tour.  The weather has been excellent, the group great and the photography fantastic.  I’ll be posting a lot of images over the coming weeks, but for now please enjoy this image of trees.


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New Zealand Waterfall

A Magical Waterfall In New Zea

A Magical Waterfall In New Zea

I have been re-working some of my images using the update Capture One software 7.. I basically take images I worked on previously and run them back through the processor and they now come out even better.  This is one of those images.  It was shot on an IQ180 in New Zealand last December.  I love the greens and details I was able to pull out of this shot.  This was magical location.


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Monument Valley

Monument Valley, Sunset

Monument Valley, Sunset

When I shoot somewhere I always try to se things different and avoid trying to shoot postcard type images.  This is a classic landscape image.  It includes a good foreground, sunset and a beautiful landscape.  This was made in Monument VAlley and shot with a Phase One IQ180 at sunset.  Gotta love the dynamic range.


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The Redwood Forrest

One Of My Many Images Of The Redwood Forrest

One Of My Many Images Of The Redwood Forrest

In norther California there is magnificent area called the Redwood Forrest.  Giant moss covered trees and a beautiful area.  You can wander the road pull off and take a short hike into these woods and always come back with exceptional images.  I used a Phase One P65+ to do these shot.  The detail in the prints which I have enlarged to 48×55 is amazing.


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Scotland

Scotland 2012How do you describe what it is like to be a photographer in Scotland.  It’s an amazing place and almost every time you turn your head you find a scene worth photographing.  Being there this past fall we had great color and great light as can be seen in this stunning shot.  This is one of the classic places to shoot in Scotland.  Water, cold and a mountain.


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Hurricane Ridge

Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park

This is a shot made in Olympic National Park. One of my favorite National Parks, mainly because there is so much diverse landscape to shoot. I made this on Hurricane Ridge and off of a fire road I ventured to travel on. The sky was so blue that day and the color looked so incredible. Once I switched it over to BW though the image just jumped. Shot with a Phase One P65+.


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The Wall

Zion National Park, The Wall

This is one of the canyon walls in Zion National Park.  Amazing colors and growth.  I love Zion as there is so much to shoot and it is such a small park. As I said in a previous post I have a number of Zion images that will be seeing some attention. This was shot early November a few years ago. Shot with a Phase One P65+ it has amazing micro detail. The big print of this image is just gorgeous.


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More Zion

Zion National Park in the fall

The last week in October and first week in November is a great time to visit Zion National Park. The colors are changing, the weather is great and the light is beautiful. I have been working on some of my older files and the last few evenings I have been doing Zion images. So expect more. This was shot with a P45+ and a Phase One camera.

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