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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 16
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Sunset Through The Flowers

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Sunset Through The Purple Vetch – Blue Ridge Parkway, VA

I took a trip up on the parkway to capture what turned out to be a beautiful sunset yesterday. The tree’s at the overlooks seems to block lots of the views and make for crappy photo’s. So coming up with a good composition is always a challenge! For this one I decide to lay down and shoot the sun rays through the small flowers on the ground. I used the Sony NEX-5N for this shot and captured 3 bracketed shots handheld, with the 18-55mm kit lens.

I then processed this shot using Photomatix Pro, Photoshop CS6, Lightroom, Topaz Labs Adjust and Clarity. If you haven’t seen my review on Topaz Clarity you should check it out! This is an excellent piece of software to make contrast adjustments in landscape photography.

Sunset Through The Purple Vetch

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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 05
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Photographing Bodies Of Water

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Photographing Bodies Of Water

 

I’m working on my first ebook “Photographing Bodies Of Water”. My goal for this book is to give the readers some tips on setting up for the shot and to make those pictures come to life with tips and tricks for processing those images. This book will cover different conditions like cloudy days, bright sunshine and sunsets. The release date for this ebook will be early Summer 2013 with a cost of $6.99.   So if you would like to learn more about HDR Photography or photographing bodies of water this book is for you.

 

Below is an example of what I will show you how to do in this book.

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This is the before picture straight out of the camera.

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This is after using my editing tips.

If you think this book is something that would be helpful to you, please check back often for updates and mark your calendar. 🙂