I hope you have a great 2009! Here is a nice little one to get the new year started in fit and proper form!
I took this when I unexpectedly ended up spending a sunset alone. I was supposed to take an ATV over to another bluff to meet a bunch of paleontologists with whom I had spent the day unearthing a Hadrosaur from some Cretaceous mudstone formation. My forearms had never been so tired in my life after holding that hammer and pick for what seemed like endless hours of nerve-wracking excavation! After getting hopelessly lost on my ATV and having some mechanical troubles, I ended up near the border of Canada. Luckily, I had my camera equipment, so I slipped on my iPod and set up for the right moment.
Yesterday I updated my HDR Tutorial, and you might have noticed a shot from Lightroom with the five originals from this below the New York Times Square photo (which is a good one for the New Year!). Anyway, I thought I would share it because sometimes the other photographers that come here like to see the originals before they have been run through my algorithms...
[edit: actually, looking at it closer, it is a "slightly" different perspective...taken about 20 seconds earlier... but, well, you get the idea... just picture it shifted over about 3 feet!]
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The AZ Fatman 50 months ago | reply
splendid
Wilson Severino 49 months ago | reply
Estupendo...magnífico!!
Ruamh 45 months ago | reply
Very beautiful!!
pettak 40 months ago | reply
Fantastic and beautiful
dphotoladybug 28 months ago | reply
Inspiration for me to continue working and improving on my photography!
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Hernan Piñera 15 months ago | reply
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OlyaA (busy) 15 months ago | reply
wonderful image!
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Izakigur 15 months ago | reply
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Sussy.A.L. 15 months ago | reply
Esta Bellisima Imagen Fue Vista En:
"Maravillas del Cielo"
alma_transparente_marbella 15 months ago | reply
Esta Bellisima Imagen Fue Vista En:
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ABUELA PINOCHO 15 months ago | reply
Esta Bellisima Imagen Fue Vista En:
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kypt@nuy ~ very busy!!! 15 months ago | reply
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avilo 15 months ago | reply
superb work - super image seen in:
天空的影像-belief in the sky
Photos_BiblioPhiLe 15 months ago | reply
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Darrell Godliman 15 months ago | reply
A great use of HDR to control the contrast range
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Brian Chase Photography 15 months ago | reply
Very Nice!
suzalayne 14 months ago | reply
Heavenly photo as seen in the group
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