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Well, peeps! It's that time again... time for another round of our little HDR Collaboration, where each of us does whatever magic we wish with digital negatives provided by one of the group members. This time, I provided the brackets, which I shot in Steve & Mac's Garage in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, during my epic Route 66 adventure this October (That's Steve Silva welding away on another masterpiece, by the way). And that awesome '52 Chevy Steve built (and uses as a was about the most beautiful classic pick-up truck I've ever seen. Rules were pretty simple for this round: take the brackets provided and get crazy creative with not one set, but two sets of brackets (one with the hood open on the truck and one without; one set with an artisan-welder in the shot, and one without).

I chose to blend the two sets I shot together, "welding" the shot of the artisan in to the shot of his beautiful creation (with the hood wide open). I was amazed by what my HDR Collaboration buddies produced as well and I'm sure you all will agree, all of the entries are unique and compelling, no?

From the mind of Jacques Gudé at Exposed by the Light at www.jacquesgude.com

Oh, the simple joys in life. At the roller rink for my daughter's Birthday Party yesterday (I still can't believe she's 13!), I remembered all the great fun I used to have skating at a very similar rink with my folks and my younger brother when I was a kid. I know my wife has her own great memories of disco days with her best friend at a roller rink in upstate New York. I'm so glad rinks like this still exist in a few places, like here at Viking Skate Country in Redding, California, where my own kids can get a taste of a life less complicated. Watching my daughter, her younger sister, and all of their friends out there on the rink, a few on the kind of skates you see here, some on rollerblades, it was such a joy to see they were all out there having a such a blast, hopefully building their own great memories. Anyone else out there have fond memories enjoying the simple things in life, whether at a rink or elsewhere?

From the mind of Jacques Gudé at Exposed by the Light at www.jacquesgude.com