If you're an archeologist, I bet it's real embarrassing to put together a skull from a bunch of ancient bone fragments, but then it turns out it's not a skull but just an old dried-out potato.
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I’ve been taking pictures

Posted: March 31st, 2009 | Author: Barry | 3 Comments »

I’ve been playing around with Photomatix. While it’s very easy to make a good picture look worse using HDR tonemapping, it’s also possible to make three bad pictures look amazing. The tone mapping makes it possible to do smash the rules and do ridiculous things like shooting directly into the sun. The software also does a great job with realigning photos when you shoot sans tripod, which is the only way I shoot.

So I’ve been hitting a bunch of Los Angeles landmarks to take pictures. I’m very happy with how they turned out.
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Santa Monica Pier

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Santa Monica Pier

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Portal of the Folded Wings, Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles

Sepulveda Dam Park
Sepulveda Dam

3 Comments on “I’ve been taking pictures”

  1. 1 azurell said at 7:07 pm on April 7th, 2009:

    HOLY COW!!! I had no idea that you did this too! :) We SO need to go photographing some time :) I’m not good, but i LOVE love LOVE doing it! :) (sorry for the emotes)

  2. 2 barry said at 5:41 pm on April 13th, 2009:

    Heck yeah, this is how I roll.

  3. 3 Enon Sci said at 8:15 pm on January 27th, 2010:

    You’re beautiful, Barry.