Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Friday, March 16, 2012

Aurora:HDR Final Print

My final HDR print. I took 7 bracketing exposures (-3, -2, -1, normal, +1, +2, +3). I took these shots on a full moon night with lots of wind and cloud movement and I used a 30 second shutter speed for each shot. As a result, I was able to get the subtle movement and ripple in the clouds. That is my favorite part about the image. I feel like the concept is lost with the suburban scenery and the main focus should be the clouds.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

HDR - Work In Progress

This is a portion of what I am working on for the HDR project. I like the stark contrast and the glow behind the trees. Also, the shape of the bare trees and their shadow on the vinyl are visually appealing to me. 

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Bansky Wall Art

I combined these two famous wall stencils by Banksy. They are on the wall in the Palestinian West Bank that separates Israel from Palestine for the sake of "protection" when in reality it is a wall 8 meters high that costs over 2 million dollars to build that disconnects innocent Palestinians from their own land. Israel does this to them and no one is aware of it. The wall is twice as high as the berlin wall and MUST come down.

Long Exposure at Night

This was a 30 second exposure at night of the night sky without a tripod (the camera was resting on a car pointed up toward the sky). In those 30 seconds, I was about to capture the movement of the clouds, stars and the shift of the moon. It was a windy night so the clouds moved quite fast. I really admire this image, it was the first time I attempted a night shot with a long exposure without a tripod and I think it was very successful.