Was researching places to shoot and once again went to the Bethlehem Steel site which once again took me to Sean O'Boyle's site which has extraordinary themed ruins galleries. Not going to drive to Bethlehem today or even likely soon. In the mean time a couple of snaps ala O'Boyle from the Power Canal off the Connecticut River in Turner's Falls, MA.
Taken with the now trickled down GF-1 and a Leica 35 Summilux @ ISO 125, 1/80, likely f8.0 in May of '10.
North Nave, behind facade — Lawyer. Need to reshoot the gargoyles with the the 7D and the 100-400.
5D Mk II, 70-200 2.8L with 1.4 extender @ 280mm and f4.0. Three shot handheld bracket, HDR Efex.
Washington National Cathedral
The Cloisters, spent a lot of time here waiting — just outside the choir room. First snapped in November of 2003, this, the latest version, from May of '09. The lamp lenses that are missing in '09 were missing in '03 too. Someone has a snap on Flickr from April '10 and looks like they might have finally got around to replacing them. Three bracketed shots with the 85mm f/1.2L II on the then very new, 5D Mk II. Combined using HDR Efex.
From the Bishop's Garden, also the 5D Mk II and HDR Efex, this time with the 17-40 4.0L at 17mm.
Revived snaps from July '05 on the Washington National Cathedral Close. All clearly on the Gitzo, acquired with the 10D and 17-40L f4.0 @ ISO 200. Combined with HDR Efex Pro with mild settings, B&W conversion with Silver Efex Pro 2.
Back of Hearst Hall, National Cathedral School. One exposure at f8.0 another at f11.0 both at 30 seconds.
North Transept Porch, Washington National Cathedral. Four exposures at f11.0 from 6 to 30 seconds.
Tony Sweet. Three shot HDR processed according to Sweet and O'Dell's Artistic Exteriors I recipe from The Photographer's Guide to HDR Efex Pro. Sweet is from Baltimore, shot is obviously of Baltimore Harbor — from Butcher's Hill.
and more texture. Eastern State Pennitentary, Philadelphia. Three shot HDR, 5D Mk II, 35 f1.4L @ f8.0, on the Gitzo, March, '10.
Not really just my McMurtry OCD, really, Anselmo, Nebraska. Late June 2006. Maybe a couple years too new as well.
5D with 17-40 @ 35mm, not that it makes much difference after this amount of post processing.
Depends on ones history, I guess. Warm, cool and before.
Through the fence, December '05 at the National Zoo with the then new, original 5D. Lotsa layers, TopazLab's Remask, Nik's Silver Efex 2, and many Color Efex 3 passes. Canon 5D, 70-200 + 1.4 Extender 225mm @ f4.0.
This series of bracketed snaps has vexed me since I took them in August of '05. Small shed in the back yard of a a house on the corner of West Main and North Potomac Streets, in Sharpsburg MD, near the Antietam Battlefield. The yard was dark and the outbuilding backlit. Just reedited this, probably the best of a ton of attempts since '05 but still too crunchy. HDR tools trying to make it look non-HDR.
Last time I drove past the building was intact but was shorn of its magnificent foliage.
This Nash too lives on Butcher's Hill. On Moyer between Chester and Duncan behind the Gunther Mansion. A slice gets persistent headline billing.
Saturday, camerafied for a local walk, out the garage, into the alley and surprise, the Supik's fab '53 Chevy One Ton Panel truck is out and in the alley.
Thought that these might look good using the very popular "black crush" technique used in the 2007 film 300. Seems to be effective in minimizing the impact of the mid-day shadows in the alley. Tiffs exported to Flare for the 300 effect as it produces better looking output than the Aperture presets and Photoshop actions.
changes afoot! Nashification to supersede sprayedink. As in blog.nashification.com. Soon if not anon.
another multi-hour delayed flight in or out of the Hub. Monday northbound paired with Friday southbound. Color highlighting celebrates elite flyer status which greased the Friday exit and dinner at Salt. Snapped Monday at BWI, ShutterSnitch to iPad for edit with Filterstorm and framing with PhotoPal in 11C.
Flare a new snap editing tool for the Mac — iStuff work-a-like. Simple to use, media browser connects, half-heartedly (outbound to Flare only), to iPhoto and Aperture. Kinda of cool, can smash industrial strength DSLR RAWS into iPhone look-a-likes. Cool and cheap $20 ($10 until 3/18) but also trés slow on the Air as well as the Mac Pro.
Faux Polaroid Transfer
One more HDR production. NikSoftware had a webinar today on B&W HDR. Featured a shot from Eastern State Penn in Philly. Have lots of those on hand, thought I would try one. Looks too good in color though to make into a B&W. Pretty good looking for HDR snap series. From March '10, 5D Mk II @ ISO 200, 35 f1.4 @ f8, three snaps, on the Gitzo.
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Same camera configuration, same HDR, bad, complex color cast so Silver Efex 2 and finally a Color Efex Soft Focus to subdue the crunchiness.
Half the SSC Atlas team camped in the Copley Marriott this week. The rest across the river in the PDR of Cambridge, at the Marriott visible in the middle of the snap. Snapped on the 35th floor with XZ-1 RAW. Processed with the just available ACR 6.4 RC and then Silver Efex 2 in seat twenty something C on a screwed up SWA flight from Logan to BWI.
Floyd, VA. The HDR Marathon grinds on. Different looks. First two in the afternoon (11/05), the next two in the early morning (05/06).
The Canning Factory
Around Behind
Up the road
Cross the street
in HDR, west of town, has seen better days, like when Beasley was a welp, September '09 on the 66 ride, reprise driven by new Nik stuff.
Ouside
Inside
Poolside
no, not exactly, well maybe, 66-side in Cuervo, west of Tucumcari. José Cuervo in tank help? Perhaps —spiced with HDR.
Single image into HDR Efex and then Silver Efex 2. Druid Hill Conservatory, Baltimore.
