This past weekend I headed up to Seattle to check out my first NFL football game and watch the Seahawks play the Panthers. Qwest field has got to have one of the most picturesque views of any stadium in the country. You can see the entire Seattle skyline, and at certain times of the day it looks pretty breath taking. This image was composed of 3 bracketed RAW photos and was shot at iso 200 and f/8.
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This photo is a night HDR photo of the Chicago Skyline submitted by James Clear. Chicago was the ones stop on my recent trip across the US that got chopped off the list, but its photos like this that make me wish I’d made the effort. Oh well, next time.
The photo was shot at f/2.8 and iso 100.
Be sure to check out Jame’s blog and awesome photography at jamesclear.com.
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While I was walking back from lunch today, getting ready to get back to work, I caught a glimpse of Mt. Hood with a pretty cool light on it that I knew would make for a good hdr photo. I’d missed that opportunity before, so I ran home grabbed my camera and walked a few blocks up to Vista Bridge to compose a shot.
Vista Bridge certainly has one of the most beautiful views of Portland from anywhere in the city, but if you can catch it at the right time, the view with Mt. Hood in the background is breathtaking. I’d love to head up here during sunrise at some point.
Shot with a Nikon D5000 and Sigma 18-200mm lens from 3 RAW brackets at +/- 2 stops.
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This is another HDR photo I took near Union Station in Portland, Oregon while waiting for a train a couple weeks ago. Along with Union Station Footbridge I tried to go for a really neutral stormy feel, and really liked the way the clouds turned out.
This was the first image I’ve edited with Photomatix 4, and I gotta say, I was pretty impressed with some of the new features – in particular the ghosting removal. The flags at the top of the page had a lot of ghosting, and all I had to do was circle the area, right click, and it fixed it surprisingly well.
This was shot with a Nikon D5000 and a Sigma 18-200mm lens at f/5.6, iso 200, and an 18mm focal length.
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I was out walking around downtown Portland the other day and looking for some interesting HDR shots, and I came across this iconic sign. While I’d really like to do more with this location in the future under different lights and different weather, I was pretty pleased with how this one came out.
The “Portland” sign marks the landmark Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Broadway where some of the cities best concerts take place. I debated doing this one in black and white, but just really loved the aquamarine green of the sign, as well as the grittiness of the red bricks in the neighboring buildings.
This was a three bracket composition shot with a Nikon D5000 and a sigma 18-200mm lens at an aperture of f/10.
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