Jamestown Cemetery

Spirits of the first settlers of the Jamestown colony rise from the depths during a full moon in Virginia.

Battlefield Panorama

Gettysburg battlefield panorama processed in Aurora 2017. I found quite a difference moving up from Aurora HDR Pro to the newer version Aurora 2017. I do prefer to experiment with my own settings instead of the preloaded presets that come with both programs.

A Pinch

Copenhagen snuff container light painting.

New York City Panorama

Four images stitched together with photo merge in Photoshop CC. Finished with Aurora 2017.

Amsterdam Avenue

Building architecture on Amsterdam Avenue.

Amtrak Abstract

Sun Rise

Early morning sun rise in New York.

Splish Splash

A few refinements like thickening the liquid helped a lot. Happy with this result and will continue to modify.

Water Splash

First attempt today with water splash art. I used a zip lock bag with a knife stab to drop water into a glass. The background was a manila envelope. My plan is to make some water drop collision images without spending hundreds of dollars for high tech gadgets. I will continue to develop a strategy to accomplish this task on a budget. This shot is nice but it isn't a collision. I see I will need a better drop making method, maybe something with a valve and a stabilized way to hold it also.

What a Cutie

Light painting with small pen streamlight.

Raisin Hell

Not a rock, not an asteroid, and not a turd. It's a raisin. Who would of thought a raisin would have so much detail and texture. Canon Powershot sx50 hs zoomed to 200mm with raynor 250 magnification filter On a focusing rail. ISO 80, 1/1000 sec. at f-7.1. Twenty eight exposures, focus stacked in Zerene Stacker, finished in Aurora HDR Pro and Photoshop CC.

Dried up Liatris

For lack of a better subject today I made this image of a dried out liatris seed pod from my garden. I readjusted my macro set up to get a softer illumination of the subject. I intend to shoot more insects this summer and I want to be prepared. I took 33 images and merged them in Zerene Stacker to get maximum depth of field and sharpness of the fuzzy seed pod. I then finished up the image in Aurora 2017 and Photoshop CC. I will be showing behind the scenes photos of my set up in future installments.

The Big Picture

I used a 1/2.3 sensor point n shoot camera with 12 megapixels to make this 30 image picture of my backyard. The thirty images merged in Photoshop CC yielded a super high resolution image worthy of any full frame DSLR camera. Something to think about before you buy your next $6500 camera.

100% crop from the image above.

No Re-Egrets

A redo of white egret image from past Florida trip.

High Key Waterfall

I shot this in color but changed it to high key black and white. I used Nik Silver Effects Pro 2 for the conversion to black and white. I like the mystical wintery look of this picture.

The Tunnel

Clear winter day in Central Park.

Cleveland Airshow

Welcome to 2017. It's going to be a good year especially in photography. I hope you stick around and we'll see if we can up our game. Here's to taking it to new heights with this picture made in Aurora 2017, Cheers!