Brent's Planet - Visuals

Here is a quick shot done in my basement. I used Pocket Wizards to trigger 2 flashes, the one in my hand as key light and another one behind me for back light.

Some cropping was done in post.

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While out exploring with my son, looking for waterfalls we happened upon this gem located at Papa John's International HQ. They have a nice walking path there that seems to be open to everyone (that knows about it).

My settings were: Camera: Canon EOS 40D Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10) Aperture: f/20.0 Focal Length: 51 mm ISO Speed: 100

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HDR time!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 2:31PM

Time for some HDR shots. It's my humble opinion that, like special effects in movies, HDR is best (in general) when use subtly. The dreamy, ghosty pics that are posted quite often cheapen the intent of HDR, and that is to capture more details than a single shot can and come closer to the human eye's capacity. So these pics would probably not even be recognizable as HDR by current standards but I believe that I'm using HDR as it was intended.