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Tag Archives: arts
It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Journey…
Well folks it’s been one whole year since I began this blog. When I started SpeedDemon2 I had a vague notion of where it would lead but just like riding my motorcycle the whole thing was not about the destination; … Continue reading
Spring Morning on Floyd’s Fork
Click on the image to enlarge it in another window. Another example of realistic HDR processing using NIK HDR Efex Pro 2. This image is from a three exposure bracket set shot at -2, 0, and +2 EV. I merged … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Louisville, Kentucky, HDR, Fine Art Photo
Tagged Louisville, Kentucky, KY, photography, Aperture 3, Nikon D90, arts, outdoors, art, tone mapping, exposure value, High dynamic range imaging, Aperture, Parklands, Floyd's Fork., Techniques and Styles, spring morning, Bracketing
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Waterfront Park Amphitheater
Click on the image to enlarge it in another window. This image is from the Waterfront Park Amphitheater looking west. This is a magical place that affords a view of the Big Four Bridge and the Ohio River that many … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Kentucky, Landscape, Louisville, Sunset, Waterfront Park
Tagged amphitheater, Aperture 3, architecture, art, arts, Big Four Bridge, bridges, clouds, composition, HDR Efex Pro, Kentucky, KY, Louisville, NIK HDR Efex Pro, Nikon D90, Ohio River, outdoors, photography, sunset, WFPK
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Texture Tuesday
Click on the image to enlarge it in another window. These images are detail shots of the massive nuts that are at the junction of the bridge spans. The nuts are at least 12 inches in diameter and when I … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Kentucky, Louisville, Macro, Texture, Waterfront Park
Tagged Aperture 3, architecture, art, arts, Big Four Bridge, bridges, Color Efex Pro 4, composition, connectors, enhance, HDR Efex Pro, Kentucky, KY, Louisville, luminance, NIK HDR Efex Pro, Nikon D90, nuts, photography, rust, span, spans, texture, tone mapping
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West of the Wharf
Click on the image to open it in another window. This image was taken on the west end of the Louisville riverfront between the Third Street Wharf and the McAlpine Locks. The source files are all bracketed HDR images that … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Kentucky, Landscape, Louisville
Tagged Aperture 3, architecture, art, arts, bridges, clouds, composition, HDR, HDR Efex Pro, hdr images, Interstate 64, K&I Bridge, Kennedy Bridge, Kentucky, Louisville, Louisville Wharf, nature, New Albany Indiana, NIK HDR Efex Pro, Nikon D90, Ohio River, OnOne Perfect Photo 7, OnOne Software, outdoors, photography, railroad bridges, texture, third street wharf, tone mapping, Topaz Adjust, transportation, travel
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Combining Different Maker’s Software
Click on the image above to open it in another window. Last night I was playing around with some images I shot last week from the Big Four Bridge at sunset. I was intrigued by the patterns that the lights cast on the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Kentucky, Landscape, Louisville, Sunset, Topaz Plug-in, Waterfront Park
Tagged Aperture 3, architecture, art, arts, Big Four Bridge, bridges, clouds, color palette, composition, HDR, HDR Efex Pro, hdr image, Kentucky, KY, LED lights, Louisville, moving clouds, NIK HDR Efex Pro, Nikon D90, Ohio River, OnOne Software, Outdoor Photo Gear, outdoors, photography, rust, sunset, texture, tone mapping, Topaz Adjust, transportation, travel
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Why Blog?
I was reading Renard Moreau’s blog this morning http://renardmoreau.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/just-pondering-part-352/ and his daily post got me thinking about what blogging has done for me. Here’s what I wrote: “For me blogging about my photography has opened many new doors and at the same … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Art Photo, Kentucky, Louisville, People
Tagged art, arts, blog, blogging, creativity, culture, journey into art, Louisville, photography, reflections, Renard Moreau, technology
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Time Gone By
Click on an image to open it in another window. I wanted to try something a little different with these bridge images. I decided to take them into Nik Siver Efex Pro and see what might come from that. I … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Kentucky, Louisville, Waterfront Park
Tagged agfa, Agfa 400, Aperture 3, architecture, art, arts, Big Four Bridge, black and white, bracket set, bridge images, bridges, composition, HDR, hdr image, homage, Kentucky, KY, monochrome, NIK HDR Efex Pro, NIK Silver Efex Pro, Nikon D90, Ohio River, outdoors, photography, red filter, rust, saturation, siver, texture, tone mapping, transportation, vibrance
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Waterfront Park Afternoon
Click on the image to open it in another window and view it full size. This image was processed in Aperture 3 as a RAW file before being taken into NIK HDR Efex 2 where I used the Structure 1 … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Kentucky, Landscape, Louisville, Sunset, Waterfront Park
Tagged afternoon, Aperture 3, art, arts, bridges, clouds, composition, Kentucky, KY, Louisville, NIK HDR Efex Pro, Nikon D90, Ohio River, outdoors, panorama, photography, sunset, texture, tone mapping, transportation, travel
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Spaghetti Junction Sky
Click on the image to open it in another window and view it full size. The point where the three Interstate Highways intersect in Louisville is known locally as Spaghetti Junction. The weather was changing yesterday from a cloudless sky … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Kentucky, Landscape, Louisville, Panorama, Texture
Tagged Aperture 3, architecture, art, arts, clouds, composition, Kentucky, KY, Louisville, NIK HDR Efex Pro, Nikon D90, outdoors, panorama, photography, spaghetti junction, texture, tone mapping
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