Getting just about 30 hours until Christmas morning and I have another Christmas picture for ya'll. I really enjoyed this one, mostly because it kind of gives the feeling of coming down the stairs on Christmas morning. This is a 3 shot HDR and I really love how it captures the warmth of Christmas morning. If I don't get a chance to post another before Christmas, I hope everybody is safe and has a Merry Christmas.
As some may know, I went to Lubbock this last weekend for the Texas Tech graduation. We got into Lubbock at about 11:30PM and I instantly wanted to get to the campus to see the Carol of Lights again. It has been over a year since I graduated from Texas Tech and this is definitely one part of the school I really miss. Every year in the beginning of December, they hold a ceremony and light up a good portion of the campus with white, red, and orange Christmas lights. It is quite a sight and is something you really have to see.
This photo is one of many I took in my brief visit to the campus last weekend. A view of the science building with the natural sciences building in the background. It is a 3 shot HDR and I really like how it brings out the detail of the bricks and the surrounding environment. Enjoy!
Its the week of Christmas and all of my shopping is done. This gives me way to much free time and with that I have been able to take some awesome pictures in the last few days. Just recently I went up to Lubbock for a Texas Tech graduation and was able to take some good pictures of the campus with all of its lights.
This picture was taken at Stevenson Park in Friendswood and the way that they light up the gazebo is really nice. It is a HDR photo, with 3 shots, and I decided to make it black and white because I thought it helped the lights stand out a little more.
Taking a break from finals preparation and thought I would share a picture that I took this weekend. I had recently read about using a long exposure time and zooming into/away from your subject while the shutter is still open. So while at my friend Matt's, I decided to give this technique a try.
I was really surprised how well the results turned out, especially since I was trying this without a tripod to help keep it steady. The specs for this are 1/4 sec, ISO 800, 22mm, and f/ 5.6
Its a very cold and rainy first day of December. The cold is very nice, but the rain I could do without. It makes going outside not worth it at all, if it would just dip below 30 maybe some snow would be possible. Anyway, just outside my front door is a small tree that I park my truck next to and it has been showing the colors of fall since possibly October.
Just the other day, the colors were really beginning to show really well and I pulled out my camera and started shooting. This one is one of my favorites, especially with the way the veins of the leaf showing off the small details.
Today was day two of Via Colori in downtown Houston. The weather this time around was wonderful and could not have been better for the event. There were many very talented artists displaying their talent and it was hard to narrow down what to pay attention to the most.
This picture, is actually the first one I took of the day. It was done by Kelly Faltemayer (as best as i can tell from the name in another picture) and as far as I know it has no name. It is funny that among all the colorful pieces that were filling the streets, a black and white one is the first to grab my attention.
Well, today's session of Via Colori was about rained out. I showed up at around 11:30 this morning to find the streets soaked from the rain from the past few hours. Either way, it made for some great photographs even without the artists decorating the streets. Hopefully tomorrow I will have better luck at Via Colori and the weather will allow for some awesome street art.
This photo is a 3 shot HDR taken just inside of Tranquility Park facing south east towards downtown.
When I was in Austin the last time, I was testing out my HDR capabilities on a various amount of different items. While walking through the campus of UT, for some reason, a bike rack caught my attention and screamed to be photographed. I really liked how the red and blue seemed to just pop from behind the chrome spokes of the bike.
This is a 3 exposure HDR taken with my Canon 40D at f/5.6, ISO 200, and 17-85mm lens.
While in Austin, I did not spend all of my time wondering around parks and viewing nature, but Catherine also took me to UT's campus to take a look around for interesting photographs. My original plan was to actually focus many of my pictures on the UT tower, but while walking around the plan changed and many opportunities came about.
This picture is an overhang that can be found just outside of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, at the Alumni Center. The way that all of the colors worked together with the lines of the wood, metal and brick just caught my eye. This is a 3 exposure HDR taken at 56mm.
While in Austin, we went on a short hike to enjoy the beautiful weather. This hike followed a small stream for a good majority of the trail that we walked. Among the trail I came across a small plant that seemed to be growing almost by itself. It was funny to me because fall is almost in full swing and everything is starting to wither away, but all while this small plant was thriving in the rocks on the walking trail.
Original picture was taken at 17mm with f/4 and taken into Photoshop for some fun post processing.
I recently went to Austin to visit Catherine for the weekend. As always it was a great time and this weekend we spent a majority out and about in a few of the many parks Austin has to offer. One of which I was really excited to see was Bull Creek. I had recently viewed a picture of Catherine and her dog Teddy next to a small waterfall in the area and requested that we go there. I thought it would make for some great shots and captured a great panoramic of the scene while I was there.
This panoramic was composed of 14 individual shots at 17mm.
Continuing on the beautiful weather that has been around, I went out to a local park and decided to go on a little nature photo walk. I decided to give nature HDR a go and see how well it went. For the most part, the breeze was a pain to work around, but the overall results came out fairly nice.
This photo is just inside 1776 Park and it is probably a park most people don't even realize exists. Despite the creek being full of crystal clear water, i think it really helps make the park stand out from the rest around the town.
On Friday I went out and met some friends as they were fishing in a pond near one of their houses. There was quite a bit of good photography and this is one of my favorites from the day. I am heading off to Austin here this next weekend and hope that it brings just as many opportunities as these last few days have for some more great photo's.
Catherine came in town this last weekend and we spent a bit of time at my grandmother's house. She has a vast array of garden scenery for me to photograph and I took the opportunity to try some HDR with it. I really like how the green's just pop in this photo, but at the same time I wish the flowers were brought out just a bit more.
I am also trying out the Blog feature that is available at flickr.com. So excuse the untidyness at the moment if everything seems to be a little crazy.
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It's been a long time since the last post, but the other day I went out to my brothers football scrimmage. This gave me a good chance to test out my daylight sports photography skills. I went ahead and posted a few of the pictures that I seemed to like the most, its hard to narrow it down from over 600 photo's.
Earlier last week I was hoping to grab Canons 100mm 2.8 macro, but as of today it is back to being out of stock. It seems to be a pretty hard to get lens. Next time I will be sure to grab it as soon as I find it.
Onto the photos!
