Everett Marina
These shots are from the guest moorage dock at the Everett Marina. Everything here was shot with the 50mm 2.0. I really loved the structure over the dock. It provided some great perception of depth when shooting from end to the other.
Gas Works
This must be how I see Gas Works Park. (de)Faced fire hydrants and out of focus rusted towers. It’s one of my favorite places to hang out in Seattle. Great views of Lake Union and downtown. Not seen here… I used to come here to read when I lived nearby.
Metropolitain, Paris
I love all of the signs at entrances to the Paris Metro stations. They are so iconic that I felt compelled to shoot as many as I could while in Paris for a short time. The shot above is my favorite of the bunch. It’s the Chatelet Station which is a short walk to The Louvre.
Above is Pigalle Station in Montmartre.
Louvre Part Deux
Here’s the Louvre from my trip to Europe in the fall of ‘08. I used a lot of long exposures here – good thing that I always carry my mini tripod with me. The Louvre looks amazing at night. I love the look that a cloudy night gives the city sky in the shot above. The purple, hazy glow is way cool. We didn’t see the museum this time around, but had a great time just taking pictures of the building and fountains. That’s me in the shot at the end of this post. It’s a fifteen second exposure that I walked into after few seconds and then held still for the rest of the shot.
Long exposure HDR conversion:
Entering the glass pyramid:
Click on the thumbnails to see full size:
Vancouver
Both these shots are from the trip that we took to Vancouver for my birthday a couple of years ago. This was the first vacation with a DSLR, the Pentax K10D. It’s a great camera and I’m still using it today. The shot above is the Vancouver Public Library. The photo below is a sculpture at English Bay. Both shots are five exposure HDR images. I have a few more interesting shots from this trip. Stay tuned and I’ll post them another time.
Rocket at The Center of the Universe
The Fremont Rocket is surely the best rocket ever to be mounted to the side of a building. I took this shot a couple of years ago while practicing this new HDR thing that I had just heard about. It’s always been one of my favorites. I like how the process lets you see all of the detail in the dark beneath the rocket and also the brightness in the clouds.
The Blob and The Needle
I’ve been told that this is actually a sculpture of a whale. I just looked back at the five shots that make up this photo and I’m really surprised that it turned out at all. They are really quite bad. This turned out to be my favorite shot of this trip to The Seattle Center. I love the grainyness in the sky and the detail in the blob.
Space Needle Monorail EMP
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It was a cold winter night in Seattle. The Purple Haze drifted over the Space Needle. We exited the Experience Music Project and I looked up and saw this shot. It’s become one of my favorites.
Camera: Pentax K10D
Five exposure HDR – 18mm, f3.5 - Shutter Speeds: 15s, 8s, 4s, 2s, 1s
Musée du Louvre
Camera: Pentax K10D
Late evening in late October at the Louvre in Paris
Processing: Single RAW image tonemapped in Photomatix Pro. Imported into Photoshop: Curves, Color Balance, and Hue/Saturation adjustment layers.
More of my images of The Louvre @ Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/prestondave/sets/72157622924487597/detail/
