Get two photographers or more together and it's a safe bet that the subject of HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography will come up and be strongly debated. Much of the debate, in my not-so-humble opinion, results from some of the garish images that made the rounds on the Internet only a few years ago. While they are not to my taste, obviously many people find the extremes to which HDR images can be pushed exciting. So, these kinds of images, often combining extreme color renditions with extreme noise or even intentional or unintentional movement are still making the rounds.
Participants in my photo...
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My friend Chuck invited me to join him on a weekend trip to Niagara Falls and we anxiously anticipated the opportunity to combine the falls, winter, ice and hopefully all that the sun might bring.
Unfortunately, once again this year winter didn't show, ice was nowhere to be seen, and in the rare moment or two that the sun made an appearance it didn't really do what we had hoped. Still, we found a few moments, extracted a couple key elements, grabbed some special light and even found a couple images at nearby 30 mile point lighthouse on our way to the falls.
Ain't photography just...
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I can't really substantiate saying "something out of nothing" when I'm talking about photographing in the High Peaks of the Adirondacks. That said, I'm confident the participants in last weekend's Winter in the Adirondacks photo tour felt challenged almost before we began. It seemed like we had everything, except bona fide winter for our winter photo tour, when we began our drive to the Adirondack High Peaks region. Much to our dismay it would stay that way for most of our tour.
Everyone was hoping for snow – something largely missing from the winter of 2011-12, in upstate New York....
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Yesterday was another one of those winter days that made us wonder if we were still living in Central New York. A year ago it was a typical "snow, snow everywhere." This year, for the second Baltimore Woods Winter Photo Workshop in as many weeks, we once again were faced with a snowless day to capture winter (which to us means snow) images. I doubt there are many tougher situation to face than a gray day, with various shades of brown as your primary subjects. As you'll see below, real photographers know to emphasize lines, textures and contrast.
I wasn't surprised by the efforts of all the photographers...
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You have to give credit to photographers who let attitude reign supreme. That was the case today, January 28, 2012. A winter photography photo workshop was scheduled and no one could recall the last time a January 28th was marked by no snow and steadily warming temperatures. As the day approached, rain, wind and temperatures too warm for snow, didn't bode well for the anticipated winter shoot.
Even so, all but one photographer scheduled to participate, showed up at the anticipated hour. You could see concern written all over their faces as each arrived and scanned gray skies, brown withered...
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