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Fall 2011

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Fall 2011

My view Saturday morning, from an elevation of around 11,000 feet in the White Mountains, Looking back at the 14,000...

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My view Saturday morning, from an elevation of around 11,000 feet in the White Mountains, Looking back at the 14,000 foot peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Mountain Monday, curator Michael Russell. #MountainMonday https://picasaweb.google.com/107459220492917008623/Fall2011#5667097969018210274

I'd like to thank Jarek Klimek, not only for featuring this image on his daily TOP G+ Photos digest for October 18,...

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I'd like to thank Jarek Klimek, not only for featuring this image on his daily TOP G+ Photos digest for October 18, but for displaying it larger than G+ does! Check out the stunning large-on-black presentation of the many images selected for yourself: http://www.photoextract.com/plus-extract/2011/10/18 lmost every day I find new photographers producing stunning images showcased on Jarek's site. So far he's doing a better job presenting top photographers and their content than Google is! I'd also like to congratulate Jesse Estes +Christian Krieglsteiner Joe Azure +Agustin Rafael Reyes Catherine Hall +Dietrich Bojko Mihailo Radičević +Trey Ratcliff +Jack Storey +Emmanuel Dautriche +Paula Cobleigh +Dean Bradshaw Jeremy Cowart +Suzana Ristic +Scott Kublin +Jan H. Andersen +Mark Forman and dene' miles for having their images selected as well! Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Pre-Dawn Glow Over San Francisco One of my favorite things about blending exposures is h...

Dreaming of Wind

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Dreaming of Wind I've been out for a few days catching fall colors in the Eastern Sierra, so I'll have image processing, storage management and Google+ activity to catch on, not to mention making progress on my book! Here's a minimalistic image captured Saturday for Ministract monday, curated by Tom McLaughlan, and Mirror Monday curated by Catherine Vibert and Jonny Scholes. #MirrorMonday . #MinistractMonday It was tempting to hold this back for Transport Tuesday! #TransportTuesday #photography #PlusPhotoExtract https://picasaweb.google.com/107459220492917008623/Fall2011#5667098404510276690

What Do Your Images Say To Your Audience?

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What Do Your Images Say To Your Audience? HDR can be a very controversial technique. Some of its detractors assume that it can only reduce the quality of a resulting image, and their frustration is not entirely unjustified since so many of its proponents seem to pretend that using HDR is some sort of excuse to fail to use proper exposures. Many HDR users also fail to perform even the most basic quality-enhancing adjustments, increasing the impression that they may be hiding behind the technique of HDR as a substitute for photographic (or post-processing) skill. Fortunately there are many people on G+ who share their knowledge and experience to help beginning photographers improve their skills. As Alex Koloskov notes, "When I see bad HDR, I always have a feeling that photographer used HDR processor without fixing it in Photoshop." I don't think he means "bad" as some sort of value judgement, he's referring to obvious and easily avoidable errors which dis...

Fall 2011

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Fall 2011