Lake Cloud HDR

Taken on a lucky (fairly) sunny day. I saw the cloud and knew I wanted a photo of it. I only hoped that it would be located above and remain intact long enough for me to get to the lake. Well, I guess it worked out. :-)

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Streaks!

Can you guess what this is taken of above our car? Trees! I was playing around with my Q and fisheye and this is what I got. I was totally surprised and love it.

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Just the Sky

Not spectacular, but I was playing with my Q and fisheye lens when my wife was driving us home. The sunset was great, as they all are, and I couldn't resist. Just a sunset over a field, true, but don't we live for these. :-)

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4th, 2012

These are so pretty from the 4th last week that I could not choose just one. :-) Some are straight exposures of about 3 seconds or so, most have the focus changed during exposure to get the soft flower look. I love them all.

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SuperMoon

From the full moon we had last Saturday, overlooking the valley I drive through every day. I thought it would be a good location and it looks better than expected.

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Sea Rvens

Pictures are a couple Double Crested Cormorant overlooking a nearby farm and the Santiam River below. One is drying his(or her) wings after swimming for dinner. They have to dry themselves like this because they do not have oils as ducks do and their feathers would mold if they did not dry themselves. Personally, I like the literal Latin translation for Cormorant: Sea Raven.

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Into the Sunrise

More geese, another location, another day. This time though the clouds look like a painting naturally. I may have helped a little, but the colors were awesome this fine morning.

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Just a Moon

I have posted moon shots before, but the quality has stepped up with the new lens. It's always nice to play a little......

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Over the River

A false color Infrared image taken from downtown Salem above the Willamette River. I love the IR images I get out of the little Olympus. I just wish I had more time to use it!

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Crabtree Creek

Taken from Larwood Park (at the Larwood bridge) where the Roaring River joins Crabtree Creek. Still experimenting and learning what a good infrared image looks like and how to get the best out of the CZ2020. Still working on it. :-) I hope I don't bore the world with false color IR images!

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Moonset over Newport

Another view of the bridge after sunset with the moon. The moon has been tweaked slightly for clarity and, of course, this is an HDR image processed in Photoshop CS5. The original images shown below, shot with Pentax K-7 and 18-135 lens. (First shots with this lens and I love it! Great range.)

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Portlandia After Dark

A recent photo of the Portland Oregon skyline. This is an HDR image, slightly bringing in some of the lower levels and bringing down the hi-lights without making it look like Trey Ratcliff created it. (Don't get me wrong, he is good. Just saying....) :-)

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Field and Tree

Another false color IR image from the C2020Z. I like it but it seems to missing something. Perhaps a better angle on the tree? I don't know.

On a side note, I have updated my Slimbox to version 2 (the script that opens the image when you click on it) and I like it better. I have more control, it is faster and the images are larger on your screen. Let me know if you have any problems displaying an image!

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Sun-Up

I thought I had seen these flowers in a ditch or just growing wild, thinking them to be some sort of weed. No more! There is a whole field of them near here.

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Under the Footbridge

Returned from a long awaited vacation at Detroit Lake (Oregon). On one photo excursion on the way to a small creek, navigated under this bridge. Don't know its name, but I know the kids love it.

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Bug's Eye View

I thought it might be interesting to shoot up at the sky from between rows of tulips. I strategically located the camera in the shadow of a nice flower, out of direct sun. I like how it came out. :-)

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Sun Over a Weed

Taken a few weeks ago. I loved the snow when we had it and I love the sun too. The weed(s) provided a great forground element using the fisheye lens, again. :-)

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Early Morning

Just a tree, the sun and some fog.......

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Tracks

I'm not sure if this is a shot of the sky, the tracks or William. (I should have better focus on the subject.) That said, I like this HDR image with all its contrast and color for its impact.

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Another Barn

I shot this barn recently, loved the dark background sky and the contrasting barns. Trouble is, not I have a couple edits and I am not sure which I like better. Opinions?

Before image:

After #1:

After #2:

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