Okay, there is this technique called HDR – High Dynamic Range imaging and it can be cool but overdone. But it is fun. This is a shot from a series I did in Las Vegas using HDR techniques. It is obvious what it is and it photography with a Canon 5dII at New York, NY Hotel. Then I messed with it doing HDR and then once it was in my gallery on the iPhone I played with it some more to make this shot. It’s all about having fun using the tools a photographer has today.
While on my trip to Australia I had the unique opportunity to travel across Australia on a multi-day road trip back to Sydney from the outback. Along the way my traveling buddy (mate as they say in Oz) stopped in at a place called Parkes. This is the location of a giant radio telescope. This was featured in a movie a while back called “The Dish”. We thought it offered some cool photo opps. So we took the Phase One Achromatic+ back (a 39 megapixel) BW digital back and using special filters and photographed the dish using infrared. This is a fun way to shoot as you are shooting reflected energy and not light. Hard to explain but the effects especially in landscape photography is pretty cool. Hope you feel the same way. To learn more about this cool digital back… click here.
Sometimes we forget the beauty of Black & White photography. This photograph was shot digitally and the converted to Black & White. I used several steps in Photoshop to give it this etherial look. Hope you enjoy it. It was photographed in a harbor in Seattle. It was a small sailboat at a maritime museum.
For the next several days the blog will be on Auto Pilot as I head into the Australia Outback. I should re-surface with internet connection next week on Monday. So until then enjoy the posting I have prepared.