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The fourth in the my Fire Dragon series. High Dynamic Range has shown me how much happens that I don't see directly but my peripheral vision does. In fact my HDR workflow is very reminiscent of my days as a kid playing in the darkroom I'd built in my family's basement (in two homes no less). Waiting for the true image to emerge from the exposed paper I was shuffling around in the tray of developer fluid (developer -> stop -> fixer = 3 trays) while in the magical red light of the darkroom has permanently stuck with me. With HDR the feeling (but not the smells LOL) of anticipation is very much back but in a ... wierd digital way. I also love that my go-to piece of photo management software is called Lightroom. :)

The third in the Fire Dragon series. A classic sunset over English Bay Vancouver on Feb 22 2012 that, thanks to HDR, suggest a flock of Fire Dragons chasing the setting sun. Hey ... I'm just the photographer. :)

Cool-Warm-Cool. Nature once again proving that two extremes can beautifully co-exist.

We had a pretty spectacular sunset Feb 15 2012 here in Vancouver and this is the first of the series. A very impressionistic treatment which goes counter to my goal for this year - crisp, sharp, low noise, low ISO, etc. But ... whatever. Resolutions are partially meant to be broken in an emergency right? :)

A nice warm shot of one of my cats snoozing in the winter sunshine. HDR treatment via Photomatix Pro 4.1 and then post processed in Capture NX/2.