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The Jagged Coast - (HDR Wellington, New Zealand)

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jagged rocks and flip flops

 

It’s true that I’ve been accused of wearing flip flops at inappropriate times. Formal dinners, fitness centers, corporate meetings... (OK, that last one was a lie but you get the point) -- So anyway, when faced with a footwear decision yesterday, I thought heck, why not keep a good thing going? If nothing else, I may as well be consistent.

 

Fast forward a few hours and:

 

Hey, would you look at that. Awesome! All these rocks are sharp enough to slice through my feet. It’s a good thing I’m wearing flip flops.

 

They say hindsight is 20/20. Well, hindsight was also wearing a burly pair of hiking shoes.

 

It didn’t stop me from exploring this wild New Zealand coastline though. I just had to do it very slowly and extremely carefully. This shot for example, peaked my interest because of the murky green pool. I had to give it a closer look.

 

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Technical Mumbo Jumbo:

 

- Nikon D700 - Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8@ 14mm f/5.6 Iso: 100

- 5 (handheld) Exposure Brackets (-2,-1,0,1,2)

- HDR Photography Processing & Tone Mapping using Photomatix Pro

- Blended in areas from the original exposure (see before and after to find them)

- Post Processing & Color Correction in Photoshop

- Sharpened Edges with Topaz InFocus

- Enhanced detail with Nik Software Sharpener Pro

- Got my flippy floppies.

 

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Uploaded on March 16, 2011
Taken on March 14, 2011