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Peninsula Paper Company - Ypsilanti, Michigan

This shot shows the old hydroelectric generator building of the Peninsular Paper Company of Ypsilanti, Michigan. The company was created in 1867 and used to occupy the area from which I took this picture. The mill was torn down several years ago, but the dam and generator building were left. There have been off and on discussions about using the dam for power generation and using the building as a museum. Right now the building is just an empty hulk.

Processing started with an HDR image and had additional processing in Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 2 and Topaz Simplify.

Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012 | Map

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North Shore Surfer

On my recent trip to Hawaii I was able to spend a little time visiting the North Shore area, including the town of Haleiwa. This is the part of Hawaii known for big surf and surfing contests. While I was there, a competition was being held and I managed to get a few shots of the surfers. Unfortunately the longest focal length I had was 300mm which wasn't nearly long enough. This shot was taken from a tight crop of the original. As an experiment, I used OnOne Software's Perfect Resize to see if I could enlarge the image. It did a nice job, but left some artifacts. The good news is that the artifacts look like brush strokes. I think it created a cool finished look.

Uploaded on Jan 15, 2012 | Map

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Thurston Lava Tube

On a recent trip to Hawaii we spent a day (too short) on the Big Island of Hawaii to visit Volcanoes National Park. While there, we went through the Thurston Lava Tube, a 500 year old cave created when hot lava cooled on the outside and warm lava continued to flow down hill. To get this shot, I set my camera to ISO 8000 and shot without a flash.

Uploaded on Jan 7, 2012 | Map

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Honolulu Rainbow

The first morning we were in Hawaii, I took a walk down Waikiki Beach. The morning sun was just coming up and as I was taking pictures of the hotels this rainbow appeared.

Uploaded on Dec 30, 2011 | Map

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Punalu`u Beach

On Christmas day my family took a day trip to the island of Hawaii for some siteseeing. We first visited Volcano National Park before heading down to see the black sand beach at Punalu'u. This beach is probably one of the most beautiful places I've visited. The combination of the churning surf with the black sand and rock and the vegetation creates a wonderful landscape.

Uploaded on Dec 26, 2011 | Map

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