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sunsets (iphoneography)…

webmaster — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:07:57 +0000

I’ve been able to capture some decent images with just my iphone, but I haven’t shared many of them on my site here. Usually they just end up on twitter, facebook, and Google+. With this post, and hopefully many more in the future, I will share a few candid images that I have recently captured.

The image below was a blend of two images, using the Pro HDR app for the iphone.

Sunset in Albuquerque, New Mexico, looking east as the Sandias turn pink. Taken with iphone 4.

The next image below was also a blend of two images, again using the Pro HDR app for the iphone.

Looking west, the sun sets in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The image below was edited with the Snapseed app on the iphone.

Sun sets over the Albuquerque, New Mexico area, bringing brilliant colors to the sky.

Double Vision: Dualing Tacomas

webmaster — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:59:48 +0000

It’s been a long time since I have updated my site with any photos, and I thought I would add some that I captured on Friday. Overall my camera hasn’t been getting much use the past couple of months, but over the past week or two I have been trying to make a solid effort to shoot with it more frequently. Here’s some images of my Tacoma along with another belonging to a colleague of mine (Tony Camacho). Side by side, they looked great together in the office parking lot. Since I took these in broad, mid-morning daylight the light was a bit contrasty and harsh, making a perfect opportunity for some HDR images. Most of these were comprised of 3 to 5 exposures using HDR Effex Pro and Aperture.

a jaunt down to the river…

webmaster — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:45:01 +0000

After a day shift on Sunday, I headed down to the Rio Grande for some photos of the cottonwood trees. They were just about at peak color, with some brilliant yellows found on many of them. I meandered along the Paseo del Bosque trail and a bit to the west of that bosque channel to meet up with the river itself. All of the following images were taken within the last hour of sunlight, the “golden hour”, but because the river valley sits at a lower elevation some harsh shadows are quickly cast from the higher terrain farther west. This poses some interesting challenges when exposing photographs due to the very high range of lighting from the blinding low sun and the dark shadows. I tried to get creative, and came away the following shots.

Paseo del Bosque trail in Albuquerque

Low sun in the Bosque near the Rio Grande

Fall Canopy

Brilliant Yellow and Orange Among Cottonwoods

Back-lit Shelter in the Bosque

Dead in Front, Alive in Back

Fallen Cottonwood

Yellow Sun, Yellow Foliage

Brilliant on the River