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Motorcycle Cruiser

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:54:00 +0000

While on a trip out to Ocean Shores, WA this past weekend, we had some friends tag along who were cruisin’ on their bikes. I shot this out of the window of an Audi with a rather stiff suspension.

Taken just outside of Olympia, WA, United States

Lonely Beach Chairs

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:47:00 +0000

Walking on the beach looking for a good sunset shot that never produced, I thought it looked pretty cool that all these beach chairs were empty. I guess it’s proof that the sunset just wasn’t spectacular.

Taken in Kona, Hawai’i, United States

Lonely Walkway

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:28:00 +0000

While visiting the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park on the big island, there were some old glyph’s about a 20 minute walk from the road. I managed to hike across the lava field to find the glyph’s surrounded by a walkway, in the middle of no where. I really liked how old the wood looked in this photo, so I snapped that off first.

Just so you know what I hiked out into the lava field for, I’ve included this shot of the glyphs. Kind of neat to see something so old, although a 40 minute hike to see some stick figures on rock??

Taken in the Volcanoes National Park, Hawai’i, United States of America

Resting Kayaks

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:18:00 +0000

The sunset wasn’t always perfect in Hawaii, but the colours of these Kayaks after a day of use caught my eye. Attempting another HDR photo, I’m happy with the results.

Taken in Waikoloa, Hawaii, United States

200 Yard Lava Tube!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:21:00 +0000

This Lava Tube is the tube that the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park will let you walk through. They ran the power down so you could see what you were doing. It wasn’t a lot of power, so I ended up with a 5 second exposure time at ISO 3200. I’m super happy with the results. Of all the shots I took of/in the Lava Tube, this one is my favorite. The tube is over 500 years old, and in my estimation, is about 200-300 yards long. According to the ranger, the longest lava tube they’ve found is about 20 miles. yes, 20 miles!

My second favorite shot is actually the HDR version of the same angle. What makes this angle so great is (a) the moss hanging from the ceiling, (b) the lights are like stars and show you the depth of the tunnel and (c) I had the best make-shift tripod: a set of stairs leading out of the tunnel. Here is the HDR:

The HDR pulls out a bit more detail out of the wall, and gives a slightly different effect. Both cool photos in my opinion, and I couldn’t decide which one I liked best. Do you have a preference?

Taken in the Volcanoes National Park, Hawai’i

The Beach House at Sunset

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:52:00 +0000

It’s hard not to take some sunset photos when you're in the sunset capitol of Kona, Hawaii. I like this one because all day this place is a hustle and bustle of people. Adults trying to get stuff for themselves, or for their kids, everyone focused on the water sports. But at the end of the day, there isn’t a sole around, and the beach house watches the sunset alone.

Taken in Waikoloa, Hawaii

Kona Sunset

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:41:00 +0000

While traveling, I managed to snap an HDR of the sunset at my hotel. This one turned out to be my favorite from the bunch. The neat thing is the lake prior to the ocean is actually a mixture of salt and fresh water, which adds for some interesting wild-life, but for me, a beautiful reflection!

Taken in Waikoloa, Hawaii

The Green Knight!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:38:00 +0000

At my trip to Medieval Times which I commented on in a previous post, I took a few shots. The evil knight was the Green Knight. I’m pretty sure they chose Green because it’s the lamest colour, so it gets that audience excited. Ours was the Black & White Knight, which admittedly is the coolest colour, except he died first. In this shot, the Green Knight has just captured the prince.

Taken at Medieval Times, Toronto, ON, Canada

Captured!

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:48:00 +0000

Over the holiday’s, we visited Medieval Times for a “knight to remember!”. It was quite a show. I brought my 5D Mark II and tried to get some shots. The lighting was difficult to work with, let alone the fact that I couldn’t move from my super tiny seat. I managed to get some pretty neat shots, this one is my favourite.

Taken at Medieval Times, Toronto, ON, Canada

Day of the Tripids

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:36:00 +0000

This plant is is just crazy. I’ve wanted to take photos of this plant for some time, but I rarely come to this home with my tripod. I managed to get some time to set up and get this photo in HDR, I still can’t figure out why the smaller version looks like an 18% gray photo. I highly recommend clicking through to Flickr and checking out the larger version.

Taken in Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Happy Holidays

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:21:00 +0000

I’m working on getting a great HDR Christmas tree, this one was my second attempt. The first attempted was messed up by funky lighting and poor ISO choice. I’m going to try again tonight, but I’m pretty happy with this one.

Taken in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Under the Hatley Castle

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:58:00 +0000

This is the last of my favorite photos from Hatley Castle. Again I think the umbrella’s add so much mystery to what happened the night before. I didn’t bring the umbrella’s or anything! I did however remove one broken one from the frame. I think what would make this picture perfect is the lack of tents.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

Party at Hatley

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:46:00 +0000

The day following a party at Hatley Castle, I showed up to take a few HDR photos of the colours. I was excited to see that the ivy also had changed colour!

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

Umbrella’s in the Fall

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0000

This afternoon I managed to find a bit of sun and go and snap some shots at Hately Castle. This castle showed up in X-MEN as Xavier’s school for the gifted. The odd thing was there was umbrella’s laying on the ground everywhere! I do not know why.

Taken in Colwood, BC, Canada

Halloween Zombie Cat

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:41:00 +0000

This girl was a Halloween cat, however, on the way over to the party, was attacked by a Zombie and thus, is now a Halloween Zombie Cat.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

Halloween Wench

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:51:00 +0000

Hosting a Halloween party this year, we had some pretty interesting costumes. Along with that, we have some pretty hilarious friends as well.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

Chico’s Day after breakfast

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:13:00 +0000

Chico wakes us up around 7:30am, rushes outside to do his business, leaps around begging for food, and then runs upstairs and gets back into the bed. He stays here for most of the day, despite my working out of my home.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

The Empress Hotel

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:35:00 +0000

Again I’m still working on my technique of post processing HDR photos. I snapped this one from across the inner harbour in Victoria. I like how this one turned out in the larger version, although the smaller version looks a bit gray. Still working on it..

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

The Victoria Parliament Building

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:14:00 +0000

I’m still working on my technique with HDR, but I’m definitely liking the results more. This one has some noise and could use with a bit of sharpening. While I’m focused mostly on the technique, I am stealing ideas… to give credit for this one, you can see my example here. Click on the image to see the larger version.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Pandora’s Church of Scientology

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:10:00 +0000

Yesterday evening I spent a while reading Trey Ratcliff’s HDR Tutorial. I’ve been viewing his photos for quite some time, and other HDR photos (search on Flickr for HDR, you’ll see TONS!). Anyways, I wanted to give it a go, This morning I ventured downtown Victoria in hopes to get some images to manipulate, then spent a good 2 hours this morning learning beginning of the process. This image isn’t completely finished (per Trey’s guidelines) but I have more learning to do, and wanted to post what I have done this far. I’m pretty happy with this image as is, although it could stand for a bit of noise cancellation, and Flickr won’t take my whole 21megapixel image, so I need better re-sizing software (which I’m working on). But it’s a start! I hope to improve and do more HDR photography in the future. The images usually end up breath-taking, just see Trey’s blog to watch a professional at work.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Feeding the Hair

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:52:00 +0000

This little girl’s hair is crazy awesome. Taking a break to eat a sandwich, she posed for this photo.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Southern Wind

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:14:00 +0000

These flags were flapping from a southern wind. They looked so clean and proud to me.

Taken in Sydney, BC, Canada

Un-doing Mom’s Work

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:53:00 +0000

Mom rolled up this little girls pants so she could get her feet wet in the water. She wasn’t happy so she was in the process of un-rolling them when I snapped this.

Taken at Thetis Lake, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Sailing, Despite the Lack of Wind

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:02:00 +0000

This is an old photo, but one of my favorites. This guy was attempting to sail on Lake Union, in Seattle by Gas Works park (shown in the back). Struggling to catch all the wind he can.

Taken in Seattle, WA, United States.

Cornelius Apts. Overshadowed

noreply@blogger.com (Sean Daniel) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:17:00 +0000

In Seattle this past weekend staying at an apartment in Belletown. Here is a view of my two favorite buildings downtown Seattle.

Taken in Belletown, Seattle, WA, United States