Show Off Them Skills

I invited a friend, a photographer himself, during the holidays and I demonstrated him the possibilities HDR offers. We shot random trite stuff and tried to make something out of them.

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I like this a lot! It's now my desktop BG!

 

Thanks, I like how the trees look fake. We also had a version with the correct white balance, but we preferred the orange tint of the lampposts.

 

I’m happy with that shot. 10mm, f/4, 52s manual exposure, manual WB. It was a darky dark night.

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this is awesome, yet creepy, very creepy... Nice pictures everyone. Not sure how I missed this thread for so long.

 

Joe, I just love how you captured a good chunk of the spectrum in that shot!

Edit: Sorry, this with respect to the sunset picture on the first page.

 

I really like your lighthouse photo, Yukio! Wide angle lenses make things look so dramatic. Excellent shot!

 

Thank you Klaus! I'm back from my vacation in Northern France. That shot was taken in Offenburg, Germany, though the location doesn't really matter for that kind of photograph.

 

Amazing, how you can make a photo of a JCB look beautiful... Nice!

 

Thank you Johan!

I thought I’d bore you with some of the photographs from my trip in Alsace.

Random photos from Colmar, Alsace.

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Sigolsheim, Alsace. “The grateful Alsace, the veterans of the 1st French Army, Rhine and Danube, to their American friends. Liberation of Alsace 1944/1945, 21e CA US, 3e DI US, 28e DI US, 75e DI US, 12e DB US, 36e DI US, 45e DI US, 62e DI US, 103e DI US”

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Kaysersberg, Alsace

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Stained-glass windows from a church in Sélestat, Alsace

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The Alsatian plain viewed from the dungeon of the Haut-Koenigsbourg castle.

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Your photo's are always amazing Yukio! Thank you so much for sharing!

 

Thank you Steve, here’s a bonus:

 

Variations sur thème.

 

Yukio, what programs do you use for photo editing? I'm sure its been asked before and I've just missed the answer. They look very digitized and well rendered. I like the look. Are you individually editing each photo or are you using pre-set effects? I like it. Its a good way to spiff up pictures. Looks very "Hollywood".

 

Photomatix, Photoshop, no filter, patience.
Edit: no filter, except yesterday's DDoD.

 

Interesting. I only have a point and shoot (POS) I'll have to check out photomax. I use photoshop here and there but havent been much for doing digital editing lately. Thank you and nice photos.

 

Here's a Dale Chihuly glass sculpture I shot in the Bellagio Casino.

Shot with a DMC-FZ8 Panasonic, rotated/resized with photoshop

 

Great looking picture

 

Wow Yukio!!!

Those photos are Amazing!!

 

Thank you Padron! Here is what I do when I’m drunk.

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