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Sunset Olympic National Park

Olympic National PArk Sunset
Olympic National Park Sunset

I enjoy photographing in Olympic National Park a lot.  There is so much to shoot there.  This image was made at the 2nd Beach location.  It’s a short walk through the woods that dumps you onto this wonderful beach.  Hang around for sunset and you’ll be treated to something special.  This is an image made with a Phase One IQ160 with an ALPA camera.  I did one exposure then processed it out at 2 stops over and under plus normal.  It was the taken into PhotoMatix and tone mapped.  What this does is recover the detail in highlights and shadows and then blends them together.  A bit surreal and real at the same time.

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Having Some Fun

Chicago Abstract
Chicago Abstract

Last night I did a talk and demo at the Rivera Camera Club in Indianapolis. At these types of talks I like to take an image and work it to different levels.  This is an image that was rotated and enhanced using a variety of techniques.  Kind of goes with my current these of Architectual Abstracts.

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Selfie

Selfie In Chicago
Selfie In Chicago

Everyone is doing to so why not me?  This is a selfie I made recently on a trip to Chicago.  Done early in the morning at the Bean when no one else was there.  I had fun shooting reflections and trying to get something different.  Mission accomplished!

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Dolomites Church

Church and Sunrise in the Dolomites, Italy
Church and Sunrise in the Dolomites, Italy

One of the prettiest places I have visited in recent years is the Dolomites in Italy.  There are so many beautiful landscapes to photograph.  One morning w did a sunrise shoot along a road with this church and small village in the foreground.  It was one of those grand sunrises as you can see.

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Tree

Tree NZI have been spending what little spare time I have organizing my photos from the last few years.  It’s a mammoth task and one I say I will stay on top of from now on.  Here’s to hoping I do.  This is an image I found shot 2 years ago in New Zealand.  This a tree that is photographed a lot.  I guess because it sits out in this filed and a small pond by itself.  Once again I saw it in B&W.

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Boats

Boats - Cornwall, UK
Boats – Cornwall, UK

While traveling in Cornwall, UK a few months ago I was trying out and doing a lot of testing with the Olympus OMD E-M1 camera.  At one point we were crossing a river on a ferry and I saw these anchored ships and sailboat.  I thought it would be interesting to shoot with a long lens compressing the background in the shot.  It looked in the end best in Black and White.

 

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Aqua Towers – Chicago, Take 1

Aqua Towers, Chicago
Aqua Towers, Chicago

I love Chicago.  It’s one city I never get tired of shooting in.  The architecture is second to none and offers the urban landscape photographer so many possibilities.  This image was made right after sunrise of the Aqua Towers.  This is a giant condo building that is designed to look like a wave.  The trick is to use a long lens, expose for the highlights and shoot the building in high contrast with am abstract look.  I shot this with a Fuji X-t1 and 55-200mm lens.

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Lighthouse One

Lighthouse, Isle Of Skye
Lighthouse, Isle Of Skye

The trip Scotland has been so much fun.  If you ever travel to Isle Of Skye, bring good boots, waterproof pants and a good waterproof out shell.  There are not to many places you can have wind, rain, rainbows and sun all at the same time. You need to be ready for the changing environment.  This is a lighthouse that takes a while to reach by car but is really cool to shoot.  I decided to turn the image into Black and White as the scene hardly had any color in it.  This was shot with the Fuji X-T1 which I was using for the trip to write a story on.  In this shot I really like the balance of the sea to the land and the contrast of the shot.