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For being a small city, Pittsburgh sure does have some incredible vantage points and none are better than Mt. Washington. This is a shot of the Steel City from the Duquesne Incline, located in the heart of restaurant area of the main drag, Grandview Avenue.

 

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Lately I got interest in B/W architect photos. I spent a full day in Den Haag (in the Netherlands) to do few shots and see the outcome. I used exposure fusion and I merged (when needed) the main subject in HDR with the sky. Masking a building is relatively simple given the straight and neat line. Comments are welcomed

Amsterdam. I took this HDR and then converted in B/W with Nick Silver. The black and withe makes the structure more powerful and gives a 3-d like effect. The Sky and the snow create a nice contrast. I personally love the reflection of the big glass windows. I used Perfect Effect to add a slight glow effect and eventually in Aperture I added a soft vignette to focus the eyes on the main subject. The buildings in the back are distracting but I do not like to remove permanent objects form the scape.

#1 Super Steel Microman Geeg (center)

#2 PD-01 Robot V2 & Star Pilot (Perfect Effect)

#3 The Dark Crystal - Jen (ReAction)

#4 Mechatronics Wego 1:35 (Sen-ti-nel)

#5 Takeya GeGeGe no Kitaro Rittai Emaki Kitaro Series No.006 (Revoltech)

a small part of stoke that is forever english...

The Coyote art piece was very popular, its head would rotate but after a few days Rangers had to put up warnings as people were falling off it causing the most accidents on the playa.

This local wouldn't budge from this spot in the tree at Pady Ridge 2015.

Garden gate at Gibbs Gardens - Commissioned work by sculptor: Eric Strauss

Staffelsee Insel Große Birke

May the light of the season surround you at Christmastime and into a Happy New Year.

Wishing you all love, light and laughter.

 

This is another from my archives reworked for today. It's the Point Wilson Light in Port Townsend, Washington.

 

Kim Klassen Textures - Musiclovin, Then some, look up. Thank you!!

Phalaenopsis, Orchid.

 

Seven pictures stacked for better focus, added texture.

The warm glow of the setting sun over a field in Allen.

 

Photo details: 14 HDR photos using iPhone 5. Stitched with Autopano Giga and enhanced with Perfect Effects. Final touches in Adobe Lightroom.

This is the Barcelona Sagrada Familia entrance. I did a B/W HDR (3 shots at 0.7 stops). I then merged with another shot for the cloud sky. Comments welcomed

I had the opportunity to have a workshop in this beautiful hotel in Scheveningen. This is my first HDR and fisheye photo. I liked the monochrome conversion the most. Comments welcomed

Early morning light streaming from some of the patient rooms at the old lunatic asylum.

15 Images Horizontal Panorama. PTGUI

One of the multitude of irises blooming at Gibbs Gardens. This would be a good weekend to visit!

Since the lights were off, but for the natural light from the stained glass, I needed to light paint the angel figure.

 

Doors barred

Lights off

Emptiness emitting through darkened glass

 

The lies you told

Secrets you shared

In the wake of your deceit

I was left holding the pieces

Abandoned, alone, double crossed

 

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This is a HDR of a modern building taken in Barcelona. This time I preferred the colour version due to the spots of light against the dark and cold surface of the glass. I liked the clear sunset and small arch coming out form the surface. I chose an angle to emphasise the cylindric curve of the building. I used to dark the pic to be in harmony with the phasing out of the light. Comments welcomed.

Grape Street Dog Park

May 2014

These steel initials adorn the exterior of the Franklin Brewing Company building. Located in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, it was an active brewery from 1894 until the start of Prohibition in 1918. It has since been used as a storage facility.

Playing around with the high pass sharpening filter in Perfect Effects, see also my blog post

 

I find sharpening in lightroom can exaggerate digital noise in higher ISO and night photos. This sharpening did a decent job on the moon but left the deep blue of the sky largely free of speckles

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