Fire & Water

Happy Holidays everyone.

This is a 7 shot HDR image of the volcano at the Mirage Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas. The volcano goes off  every night every few hours, a fun free site to see at Vegas.

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The Strip

This is a 7 exposure HDR shot of Las Vegas Blvd. shot from a walkway at the New York New York hotel and casino.

Where else but Las Vegas can you see New York, Paris, & Venice all on one street?

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Eiffel Tower Reworked...

This is a rework of one of our older photos of the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas Nevada. Hope you like it better then the old.

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A Kiss Is Just A Kiss....

This is a HDR image of a statue that is in San Diego commemorating the famous kiss that took place celebrating the end of World War II.

This statue is huge, and can be found in the downtown area, the USS Midway Museum is behind the statue. In this area there are a few other statues including a Bob Hope statue entertaining the troops. Definitely check out this area if you are in town.

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The Fantastic Golden Gate Bridge

Sorry for not posting in awhile, a lot has been going on and our computer crapped out, but we have it back now so hopefully things will settle down so we can post more.

This is a HDR image of the Golden Gate Bridge shot from the Marin Headlines. We had to go pick up someone at the airport so we had some time to kill so we stopped by here to grab some shots. The night was fantastic, not cold, clear and the water was very calm, all making for great conditions to shoot. If you ever get a chance be sure to stop by here, you will love the views of the bridge and the city.

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Enter If You Dare

This is a 5 shot HDR image of the Haunted Mansion ride at the Disneyland Resort.

This was taken a little before closing time so there was not a lot of people around, one thing that was odd though is all the strollers that were parked outside. We were taking the shot for about 20 minutes or so and no one came to claim them. Maybe they were not lucky enough to make it out of the mansion, we may never know.

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You Spin Me Round and Round....

Here is a 3 shot HDR image of the Mickey's Fun Wheel, in Disneyland California Adventure. We then converted it to B&W.

The day was a bit cloudy and overcast which makes for good pictures, but the clouds were a bit dull and made the scene look strange with vibrant colors from the rides but kind of a dull sky. Converting it to Black and White really makes the whole thing pull together well.

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One Is The Loneliest Number

Here is a rework of an old image we had. It is a single HDR image of the Lone Cypress and converted it to Black & White via Silver Efex Pro 2.

We were not happy with the color image especially since it was a hazy day. So we tried to convert it to black and white and were more pleased with the results.

The City of Love...

Well almost, this is an HDR image of the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Nevada. It was then converted to Black and White using Silver Efex Pro 2.

Las Vegas is such a great city, where else can you visit New York, Paris, Italy, Egypt, etc... in just the span of a couple of miles? The replicas these casinos make of famous landmarks are amazing. Not only that you have the fun of everything else there is to do in the city, and plenty of photo spots.

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A Great Sunset

This is a one exposure HDR image of a sunset taken on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu Hawaii.

This was such a great night for taking pictures, the clouds were very interesting, the sun was casting very nice light on them, and the beach that night was very peaceful, such a great way to end a day in Hawaii. One of our favorite things in Hawaii was to be at the beach for great sunsets like this. If you go be sure to check some out.

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Sleeping Beauty Castle In B&W

This is a 3 shot HDR image of Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland, it was then converted to B&W.

This is another shot from the little area by Sleeping Beauty Castle where nobody really walk around. This was taken in the middle of summer when Disneyland was packed, but going to this little side area you are able to get a very nice shot like this one with a minimum amount of people in the shot.

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Viva Las Vegas

This is a one shot HDR panoramic image of the Bellagio Hotel & Casino and the   lake in Las Vegas Nevada. 

Everything was perfect on this night, the clouds were coming in for a rain storm that happened the following day, but on this night the clouds provided a very nice backdrop and the weather was fantastic for a December night. 

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Stanford Memorial Church

This is a 7 shot HDR image of the church at Stanford, this was taken on a photo walk with Trey Ratcliff from StuckInCustoms.com

We decided to go on the photo walk hosted by Trey Ratcliff, there was a lot of people there, so many in fact that it is in the running for the largest photo walk ever. Eventually we decided to break off from the group since so many people were around it was hard to get a nice shot. The clouds were very nice on this night so we stopped by the church to get this photo.

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Ferry Building

Here is a 3 shot HDR image of the inside of the San Francisco Ferry Building.

We were here one night for some dinner and we ended up being out past closing time, but they keep he doors open for awhile so we were able to grab this shot. The Ferry Building has a lot of nice restaurants, and produce. If you ever here be sure to check it out.

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The Tower Of Terror

This is a 7 exposure HDR image of the Hollywood Tower of Terror and the Disneyland California Adventure Park.

Here is another version of the ride that we took this time in color. Again this was a difficult shot, because for some reason the camera on the tripod attracted people to walk towards it. Yes people do have to get around but they specifically walked towards the camera, go figure. Oh well we were still able to pull of a nice shot.

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Partners...

This is a 7 shot HDR image of the Partners Statue at Disneyland.

This is a popular photo location inside Disneyland, just beyond Main Street. The statue is very creative, the creator Walt Disney, holding hands with his creation Mickey Mouse who built an empire together.

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Wheel In The Sky

This is a 3 shot HDR image of the Santa Monica Pier.

This is really a nice area, the pier has rides and restaurants and the weather in the summertime is great to get away from the heat of the LA area. This was a perfect night for shooting as well, a not too cold evening with clear conditions. If you area ever in the area check this spot out.

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Cannery Row

Well sort of, this is a 3 shot HDR image of a Cannery Row replica at Disneyland's California Adventure Park.

The whole park has different themes of California with replicas of different landmarks, this one can be found over in the food area. Some people might say the park is a little redundant being that it is in California, and some of these landmarks are only a few hour drive away, but we like it. This park also has for the most part the better rides of the two parks as well.

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Come Stay With Us...

This is a 7 shot HDR, converted to B&W and then textures were added of the Twilight Tower of Terror at the California Adventure Park, in the Disneyland Resort.

We really wanted to get the theme of the ride, which was this is a 1930's Hollywood Hotel so we went for the old time look with the textures and B&W. This is such a fun ride, one of our favorites, couple interesting facts. First is the ride is randomized each time up, so the pattern of rise and falling is never the same. Second you are not dropped in the elevator, but instead pulled, which creates a bit of levitation, so cool. If you are here go on this ride!!!

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In The Navy...

This is a 3 shot HDR of the USS Midway, a retired aircraft carrier in San Diego, California.

Really a neat thing you can do in San Diego, this is a museum and you can go through and tour the ship from top to bottom. You even get to climb up into the aircraft control tower, and see what it was like to command planes, how cool is that. If your ever in San Diego be sure and check this out.

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When You Wish Upon A Star

This is a 3 shot HDR image of Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland.

This was shot from a little side area nobody seems to know about. While we were there shooting for about 20 minutes or so we only saw about 5 people walk by, which is a little surprising for Disneyland at this time of year. All the better to capture a nice scene like this and not be interrupted. The combination of a secluded spot, and proper settings on the camera made it fairly easy to capture this famous Disney landmark with no people in the shot.

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Disney's California Dremin'

Here is a 7 shot HDR image of Disney's Paradise Pier, inside the California Adventure Theme Park at the Disneyland Resort.

We took a recent trip down south and this was one of our stops. Disneyland has so many interesting things to take pictures of, and they work will in HDR. This was shot from a little area next to a plant, just after the World of Color Show. So it provided a very nice view, with no people in it.

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Rocket Man...

This is a 3 shot HDR image of a rocket sculpture in San Francisco.

This was a fantastic night for taking photos in San Francisco, the moon was full, and fast moving clouds really provided an excellent back drop for pictures, really a fun night to be out and shooting photos.

Take a look at what the HDR treatment does to a photo, below is an image that was shot at the proper exposure, and you can see that many parts you miss out on because the image is not exposed well in a lot of parts. In particular look at the sign that lights up, in the proper exposure you can't really see any of the deatail but the HDR you can. Also some of the legs of the rocket ship are washed out, but not in the HDR.

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Bridge To The City

Sorry for the long time in between posts but we have been busy finding a place to move, hopefully we will be able to take more pictures and post regularly soon.

Here is a 5 shot HDR image of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, and some of the skyline of San Francisco.

This night was such a beautiful one in the city. A summer night but it felt as if it could have been a winter night as cold as it was. The clouds were just right as well, they hid the moon and made it very interesting. The clouds were moving so fast the scene changed very fast, such an interesting night!!

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Las Vegas Eiffel Tower

This is a three shot HDR image of the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Paris Hotel and Casino. We then converted it to black and white.

This image really did work in color, but we felt it could be better in black and white, and it really does seem to work, especially the clouds.

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The Casino So Nice, They Named It Twice...

Here is a 3 shot HDR image of the New York New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was shot right outside the M&M shop by the MGM Grand.

The New York New York Casino is really something, the theme all around the casino is of the city of New York, from the Statue of Liberty outside, the the Central Park theme on the casino floor, and top that off with a very fun roller coaster outside and you have a really fun casino.

If you look closely in the right side of the image you can see a star, who knew that they appear in the middle of the strip with so many lights around.

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Diamond Head

This is a one shot HDR image of the Diamond Head volcano in Honolulu, Hawaii, this was shot from Waikiki Beach.

Hawaii provides so many great sunsets to shoot, while we were here we made sure to be out on the beach for quite a few of them. We stayed here during the start of December so the beach was not super crowded. As a result this image here did not require the need to photoshop out very many people.

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Sun, Sun, Sun, Here We Come

This is a one shot HDR image of a boat on Waikiki Beach getting ready to head out into the ocean. The sun was setting soon and we got a nice sun ray, and some nice diamond looking reflections off the water.

This seemed like a fun excursion to go on, it was a bit of a party boat. Head out to the ocean, have some drinks, come back. What better way to spend a sunset in Hawaii?

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Like A Bridge Over Troubled Water

Actually the water was pretty calm on this night. This is a one shot HDR of a rock walkway in Waikiki, in Honolulu Hawaii.

This is a really popular spot that people like to walk out on and take in the sunset, along with take some photos. If you wait long enough though most disappear after the sunset and you can get photos like this. There were about 2 people in this photo but they were easy to take out.

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Doom and Gloom

This is a one shot HDR, and was then converted to Black & White, of downtown San Francisco. This was shot from a boat coming back from Alcatraz.

The day started off very nice and sunny, but on the way back from Alcatraz the weather changed to a gloomy feel. Converting it to B&W really brought out the gloominess of the day.

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I Want To Be Big

For anyone that remembers the old Tom Hanks comedy Big, this is the Zoltar machine that he made his wish on to be big. This is a one shot HDR image of the machine, which helped to bring out some of the dark areas of the machine.

We found this in the middle of the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. This was setup in the middle of a classic car display. We tried making some wishes but sadly none of them came true like they did for Tom Hanks, lol.

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The Water Falls of The Mirage

This is a HDR image of the water falls at The Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

There are so many interesting places to take pictures of in Las Vegas, you really could spend a few weeks walking up and down the strip trying to hunt out new things. Behind this waterfall is a volcano that shoots off most nights. We did not have a chance to shoot that, maybe next time.

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San Francisco in B&W

This is a 3 shot HDR image of Pier 7 in San Francisco, CA, we then converted it to B&W.

We spent a couple of nights in San Francisco back in March and the days and nights were very nice, and very clear. We have done a couple of shots of this Pier before but there are so many different things you can do in post process. There is so many lights on the dock it casts a bit of a yellow on the scene, so switching it to B&W we felt really takes that a way and gives the beauty of the scene.

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Fort Point From Above

This is a 3 shot HDR image of Fort Point in San Francisco, California. This was shot from above on the Golden Gate Bridge. It is really quite fun to go over the Golden Gate Bridge, you can walk or if you prefer many places around Fisherman's Wharf offer bike rentals to bike across the bridge. On clear days you get nice views of the downtown skyline.

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Like A Rolling Stone...

This is an HDR shot that was taken at the Hollywood and Highland Mall in Los Angeles, California. It was then converted to black and white via Silver Efex 2.

This is one of those shots you get lucky to stumble upon. We were walking around the mall, which has many great picture ops, so make sure you stop by if you are in the area. We walked out to this ad that was posted by Rolling Stone, which in itself was very interesting. Right in front of the ad was someone who was smoking, the pose, the dress all seemed to go with the style of the magazine.

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Picture in Picture

This is a 3 shot HDR image of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California. As we were there taking the photo we noticed someone painting, so we moved in behind him to take a look at the painting. As you can see he did a fantastic job of it.

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Venetian Canal

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This is a 3 shot HDR image of a canal in the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This canal runs through the mall that is inside the casino. On the left of the picture you can see a white boat, this is a gondola that is used for people that would like to get married in the casino. They also have some regular gondolas you can take a ride in, and the paddler will sing to you, fun stuff.

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Start Spreading The News....

I'm leaving for... Vegas today.

Yes that is not how the song goes and this, and this is not New York either. Rather it's the New York, New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. This is a 3 shot HDR image of it. Las Vegas is such a great place for HDR, especially at night for scenes like this. The evening was a very nice evening to shot this as well, not to hot or cold. 

This image was shot from the MGM Grand, there is a little platform that does not really lead anywhere and it was the perfect location to shoot this.

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Come and Play

This is a 3 shot HDR image of a room that was setup in the casino floor of the MGM Grand, for a baccarat tournament. The room was very colorful and we figured it would come out well in HDR.

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The Painted Ladies

This is a 3 shot HDR image of the San Francisco Painted Ladies, also known as Postcard Row. One of the most popular area's in San Francisco to take pictures of. This was shot from Alamo Square, a park across the street.

These houses are also famous from a T.V. show. If you remember the old show Full House, the opening credit shot when the family is playing in the park, with the houses in the background. This is that park!!

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Vegas Nights

This is a 3 shot HDR image of the Eiffel tower at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Nevada. This wash shot across the street from the Belliago Hotel and Casino. We wanted to capture the full tower as well as the traffic across the street. The long exposure makes a nice light trail at the bottom of the tower.

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Aloha Tower

This is HDR shot of the Aloha Tower in Honolulu Hawaii, from what we heard it's comparable to a symbol like the statue of liberty, but the Western version. They allow you to go to the top of the tower, and from there you have fantastic 360 degree views of Honolulu. If you are ever in the area check it out.

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Fight Night In Vegas

This is a 3 shot HDR image of a boxing ring that was setup inside the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to promote an upcoming boxing match. The match will be between Manny Pacquiao and Sugar Shane Mosley, should be a good fight.

This boxing ring was a popular place for people to stop by and take pictures, some people even hopped in the ring and had to be chased off by security!! In order to get this shot with no one in front of the ring I waited ready to shot as soon as a group of women left. Once they left I fired off about 12 shots in a row, this was about the only time when no one was in front of the ring. So make sure on your shots you have a lot of patience, and be ready to shoot when you do. I had to wait about a half an hour to get this shot.

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Pier 39 From Above

This is a 3 shot HDR of Pier 39 in the foreground, and Angel Island and Alcatraz in the background. This was shot from the top of Coit Tower, which really gives you great 360 degree views of the city. The windows can be a problem when you try to take a shot, but good positioning and processing can get you really nice photos.

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View of Monterey Bay Part 2

This is actually the same image from yesterday, from a photowalk that Trey Ratcliff from Stuck In Customs conducted. The only difference in this one is it was converted to infrared. We personally like the color version, but people on Flickr seem to think the Infrared one is better. What do you think?

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View Of Monterey Bay

This is a 3 shot HDR image of a beach in Monterey, this is just behind Cannery Row. The photo was taken while on a photowalk with Trey Ratcliff from Stuck In Customs .

The sky was a little plain that night so we replaced it from a sky in Hawaii. This was a really nice angle we feel, the painting on the wall looks as if it is ready to come off the wall and go sailing in the water.

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Sun Yet Sen Temple

This is a 3 shot HDR of a Sun Yet Sen Temple in a park in our area. A little from the web about Sun Yet Sen.

Sun is frequently referred to as the founding father of Republican China, a
view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Sun played an instrumental role in inspiring the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, the last
imperial dynasty of China.

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Sailling In San Francisco

This is a 3 shot HDR and converted to black and white, and textures were added. This was shot on the boat coming back from Alcatraz. Kind makes you think what the prisoners thought when they were seeing stuff like this on their way to freedom.

It was such a nice day on the bay, but the shot was coming out very bland in coloring so we changed over to black and white and it really made the photo look nice.

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Lake Reflections

This is a three shot HDR image of a lake at a park near our home. This lake really is not all that interesting, in fact we didn't think much of it when we took the shots. But when we got around to giving the shots the HDR treatment the scene came out a lot prettier then we thought it would.

A very good lesson, if you see something that catches your eye take the shot and don't debate if you should take it or not. If your using a digital camera your not wasting any film so why not? You never know the shot may come out better then you hope for.

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