Category: Technique

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Fun Shot

Abandoned Train Car - Noblesville, Indiana

This is a different image.  I really enjoy abandoned and decaying places.  Not to far from where I live are a number of train cars set out on a siding just decaying away.  This picture was shot inside one of these train cars.  The unusual look comes from a technique called HDR – High Dynamic Range imaging.  This technique allows the combining of several images of various exposures into one image.  It is good to show detail in highlights and shadows in a contrasty scene.  A lot of photographers over use this technique and I try to avoid it, but in this case it was perfect.  In addition I did an image flip and gave it a whole different look.  The geometry of the image and grungy color just make it work.  Hope you enjoy it.

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Everybody Does Flowers

Tulip Close Up, Holland Michigan

As photographers we are all attracted to flowers.  And, why not?  They are colorful, beautiful and smell good.  Part of the attraction for many shooters I believe is the challenge of doing a close up and then seeing the detail in the images.  As time goes on you’ll see some more flower photos here.  Today though I present a tulip photographed in Holland, Michigan.  Every spring Holland opens up the town for the annual tulip festival.  There are fields of tulips blooming and hundreds of varieties.  This shot was made with a Canon 5dII and a macro lens.  I then took it into my iPhone and messed with it using an app called Picture Show.  I exported it did a bit more work in PhotoShop and here you have it.  Simple and nice.

For some really great images of flowers and nature embodying the human form please visit my friends website Barbara Ventura.  Her work is gorgeous.

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Pan Head Billy

Pan Head Billy

This photo is one of those photos that just happens.  I was shooting around Artists Palette in Death Valley and there was this guy leaning against his motorcycle admiring the light on the mountain.  I took a shot and the original photo was of his back.  Well, I decided to go up and talk to this guy.  He was a fascinating guy and had been on the road for 17 years.  His nick name was “Pan Head Billy”.  As the light started to diminish and turn golden I asked if he would mind posing.  So he took this pose and I took the shot.  The detail on this image shows all his belongings he carries with him, his ruggedness and confidence.  I put the image in my gallery and one day was messing with it on some of the apps I had and ended up with this.  Hope you enjoy it.