Time flies.

Well I just realised how long its been since I updated this.  Man I am such a slacker!  Things have been pretty busy with, well, I cant lie...my XBox 360 pretty much steals all my attention lately!  LOL

I did manage to tear myself away from Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins long enough a few weeks ago to take my Mom, Dad, and there friend Laura on a fun trip into Plain City to see what cool barns we could find.  Here are a few shots from that trip!!

Better late than never

Ok, so I have been slacking.  You can thank Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox 360 for that!!  LOL 

I finally got some work done on my HDR experiment.  For those of you who dont know HDR (High Dynamoc Range) is an imaging technique that was developed to more accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes, ranging from direct sunlight to faint starlight.

In photography this is achieved by merging several images of the same scene shot at multiple Exposure Values (EV) to help being out all the little details the camera may normally miss.

I decided one morning to shoot basically the same image of my building at different settings so i can see how the different EV settings will effect it.

This image was created with three images shot at -.5, 0, +.5 EV

 

The next image was created with three images shot at -1, 0, +1 EV

  

This one was created with three images shot at -1.5, 0, +1.5 EV

  

And finally, this image was created using three images shot at -2, 0, +2 EV

  

None of these images are perfect, they were just shot quickly without using a tri-pod.  Here is my latest HDR image shot at Hayden Falls park in Dublin.

Out of town

Well my wife and I took our dogs and went up to Lake Erie for the weekend to see her parents.  Fun relaxing time, but with no laptop I didnt get anything edited.  However we did stop by the Lighthouse on the way home and I took some stuff there.  I will try and get it posted ASAP, however our new Agility class starts tonight so it may be a day or two.

Stay tuned!

- J

New Lunchtime Photoshoot

Well, I went to a small cemetary on 33 in Dublin across from the High School today.  Here are a few shots from there.

Here is the same shot as above, but with a little bit of creative editing in Correl.

Here is another neat headstone.

 

Again with some creative editing.

 

Last headstone for tonight.  This time one belonging to a veteran.

 

Same as above but edited.

 

And a final edit of the veteran tombstone, this time its pretty much the first image, just softened up a bit.

 

I hope to have more from this Cemetery edited this weekend, as well as a little experiment I did with my HDR program to test it out a bit!

Enjoy!

- J

Slow Start

gain weather and other factors get in the way.  I did get out and take some pictures of my dogs for my wife over the weekend however.  Here are a couple of those shots!

Here is Sagira

Here is Starr:

Lunchtime photo shoot

Well I got the obligatory picture of my building coming in again this morning.  I tried to add a little twist to it though.

I found an old Cemetery near my work today at lunch, there was also a trail that went alongside a creek and led to a couple waterfalls.  It was pretty cool. 

Cant wait to go check it out again with all the leaves and everything!

Here are a few shots from my lunchtime hike.

Slow start

Well, due to several issues (crappy weather, busy at work, busy at the training club) I have yet to add more pictures. However I got one I hope turns out on the way in. Also gonna try and get out at lunch for a few more. Stay tuned!!

-J