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A red-shouldered hawk landed on a large pine tree branch just as I was heading out for my evening photo walk. I'm grateful for the blessings that appear before my eyes, allowing me to share them with those who aren't fortunate enough to witness them themselves.
This shot was taken on a day trip to London last month. The location is Southwark Cathedral near the south bank. Photography is allowed there subject to payment of a £4 fee which I was quite happy to pay.
It was a bright sunny day so in processing I used the 3 bracketed shots at 2EV my camera can take to extend the images with a Photoshop Action by creating a total of 7 images from the RAW files at 1EV to get a wider dynamic range.
The images were taken handheld and I used 800 ISO to avoid camera shake.
Further processing included HDR with Photomatix and extra detail with Topaz. The burn tool was used to bring down the brightness more in the sunlit areas.
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orientation at school is this thursday and friday... and i'm more than a little nervous. really hoping i can keep up with the other graduate students and continue to put out work i'm proud of. i'm sure worrying about it won't help one bit, but it's hard not to sit around and fret when you've got nothing but time on your hands. but today i reminded myself to chill out and just surround myself with positive energy.. positive people, positive experiences, and in turn generate positive thoughts. a few weeks back, i wrote an encouraging letter to myself, to read when i'm feeling anxious or whatever... and it definitely worked. so, feeling good :) looking on the bright side of life. yada yada.
AND my birthday is in one week! i'm turning 24, nothing too exciting, but another thing to look forward to :)