Category Archives: Canon HDR Photography

Jun 28
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American Muscle Cars

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American Muscle – Car Show Photography

 

I’ve always been into car shows since an early age,  me and my dad would go to a few here and there. Recently I started photographing different parts of the cars, taillights, interiors, emblems and so on. I’m working on creating a good size collection of these images to build a new catalog over on my SmugMug account. Here’s one I took at the Dogwood Festival in Vinton, VA this past year.

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Jun 27
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The Lighthouse Mid Day

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Tybee Island Lighthouse Mid Day

 

No tripods allowed sir! You’re going to have to either leave that with us or take it to your car…. The dreaded words!

I can understand not up in the lighthouse maybe, but come on give me a break. Anyway if you plan to visit the Tybee Island Lighthouse leave the tripod in the car. It’s no use to argue with the lady at the ticket booth, it will get you nowhere… So this photograph was taken about mid day as I was going up into the lighthouse, nothing fancy, no fancy post processing ( other than to remove the people standing in my way) I really wish I had updated the firmware on my Sony NEX-5N before this trip or even put it in my bag for that matter. I can shoot handheld HDR’s with it fairly well I have recently found out… like the last photograph I posted “Sunset Through The Purple Vetch” handheld 3 exposures while lying on my belly.

Wanted to share a coastal themed picture to get me in gear for my trip next weekend to the coast of North Carolina…. OBX here we come! I can’t wait to wake up early in the morning to grab those awesome sunrises on the beach and the late evening sunsets at the many lighthouses, piers, and marina’s. Stay tuned plenty of photographs to come!  Oh and the NEX will be in my camera bag!

 

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Jun 11
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Into The Pastel Sunset

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Pastel Sunset – Tybee Island, GA

One of my favorite things to photograph are sunsets, there’s always that chance of surprise. It’s kind of like you never know what you’re going to get, sometimes they are exploding with color and light. Then other times they are just kind of drab and lack luster but no two are ever the same. This was a sunset I photographed during my trip to Savannah Georgia earlier this year. I’m getting kind of excited since I’ve got another coastal trip coming up in just a few weeks, this time it’s to the Outer Banks, NC.  I absolutely love photographing coastal areas… lighthouses, the beach, wildlife, it seems you can’t go wrong!  What’s your favorite things to photograph at the beach?

 

Into The Pastel Sunset - Tybee Island, GA

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May 31
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Inside Fort Pulaski – Savannah, GA

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Deep Within Fort Pulaski

 

Here’s a photograph I took giving you a look inside the fort walls, this is looking down the hall into one of the quarters. As you can tell there is a door made of bars, I’m not sure if this was for protection or to lock up the captured soldiers. This national monument is a cool place to visit, with the huge cannons and remarkably old structure which has seen many battles and still looks amazing! If you’re ever in Savannah Georgia I recommend you check it out!

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This image was created using 5 exposures using my Canon 6D processed using Photomatix, Topaz Clarity, Topaz Adjust and Topaz Detail.

May 24
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Shine On!

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Shine On! HDR + Topaz Clarity

Today’s photograph takes us back to my trip to Georgia a few weeks back, this sunset was one of the best during the trip and I took many shots from different angles and compositions.  I decided to edit this one last night using Photomatix, Photoshop and Topaz Labs plug-ins. First I took the 5 exposures from my Canon 6D  and ran them through Photomatix then, imported them to Photoshop and used Topaz Clarity to enhance the overall contrast. Next I used Topaz Detail to bring out a little bit more of the details in the image this was mostly seen in the sun rays. After that I used Topaz adjust to make minor adjustments to the color by starting with a preset then dialing it down just a bit.

Let me know what you think!

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May 21
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Topaz Clarity Results

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Topaz Clarity First Look

Last week I had the opportunity to test the new product Clarity from Topaz Labs, and I must say I like it! The layout is like most other products from Topaz Labs and the version I had was limited on the presets. With only a couple included for landscapes (in the beta version)  but both seemed to do a pretty good job at adjusting the contrast in the image.  I used it on a few images that I had yet to process, these images were only processed using the Clarity software. Below are a couple photographs that I edited using Topaz Clarity, the included presets were used as a starting point and some slight adjustments were made from there.  To purchase Topaz Clarity click here, and use promo code: claritynew before May 31,2013 for a special reduced price! 🙂

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Topaz Clarity Test image

The left half is edited with Topaz Clarity, right half is straight out of the camera.

 

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Edited using Topaz Clarity.