ProHDR Alley

Experimenting with a new ProHDR app on the IPhone and the results look promising.

Sent from my iPhone

better results

I tried the B&W 10-stop and Singh-Ray Vari ND 3-8 stop again. I can't remember if I did the full 8-stop on the ND but I must have used at least 4 or 5 to make it a 14-15-stop ND. Took 135 seconds but the key was using the Nikon NX2 software and using the eyedrop selection of a white spot in the photo to do the white balance. Worked a lot better this time.

Spanish Banks

Went to Spanish Banks while daughter was at soccer practice. Shot without the 10-stop filter and I thought the colours came out better. Too bad the sky was a bit blah but then again without the 10-stop filter I could only get 2 second exposures at most.

View from Stanley Park

Tried a 5-6 minute exposure but had to use a 10-stop and 8-stop ND filter. The WB really gets messed up and the exposure and sharpness is a bit off. The 10-stop filter is the guilty party I think.

Kitsilano Beach

This is what results when the light is really bad. The dirty water didn't help. Oh well it was a nice day.

gold building

4, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

I am not sure I really enjoy architectural photography. It takes a lot of patience that I don't have...just like bird/animal photography. A lot of it is waiting for conditions to come to you and if it's not there, there isn't much you can do. The clouds have to be there and more than that just so much and moving. The light also has to fall in the right way. The part I don't like about it is the the amount of post processing you need to do. I guess it's early on so I am probably inefficient still...

Diptic

I'm having fun with Diptic to create collages. Learned a while back how putting together a number of photos are stronger than a single photo. Telling a story is nice.

Architecture New Approach

1, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

So I did this one according to the 'book'. Used a tripod, a right angle viewer and used the 10-stop ND filter as well as the Variable ND filter. Unfortunately there were no clouds to make for a more interesting compositions. Next time I hope. Have to work at seeing more and better compositions. Not bad for a first start anyway.