CHROMAGENIC

Wow, its already been about a month since I got back from Australia. Where did that time go? I already wrote up a little entry about the trip, but I really need to get to the photos. Here is one of the first. One of the benefits of driving up the coast of Australia is that I can stop anywhere. I try to keep a lookout for interesting things, and when I find one, I then look for a place to turn around. Driving a 7 meter long campervan made that a bit more difficult than in my Golf, but I managed to get to most places I wanted to go. 

I am not really sure where this photo was taken. But its a place I would love to spend more time wandering around. Well, that describes almost the entire country. This image is a 3 image HDR, handheld. I brought my tripod to Australia, but I hardly ever used it. 

On my birthday this year, I celebrated a friend's birthday by going on a cruise with his friends and family. It was one of those short 4 day cruises from Seattle up to Victoria and Nanaimo. We had a great time and the weather was surprisingly good. On the way out from Seattle, the sun was just setting. And as I looked out to west, I could see the sun setting over Bainbridge Island where my parents live. 

Handheld HDR taken from a cruise ship in Puget Sound. Selectively tweaked with Topaz Adjust using ReMask2.

One of the main purposes for my last trip to Seattle was to go on a weekend cruise with a friend from Microsoft and a large group of his friends and family. We left from Seattle and went up to Victoria and Nanaimo. It was a great trip. To get to the cruise I had to take the ferry from Bainbridge Island where my parents live. On the way over, I saw the boat I was going to be sailing on waiting at the port.  It was wonderful finally being able to take one of these ships rather than just watching them leave.

This is a 3 image handheld HDR. It was processed in Photomatix, then tweaked with Topaz Adjust and Topaz DeNoise.