Ferry Building From Above

This is a shot of the San Francisco Ferry Building. I have always wanted to get a nice shot of the building but the lights below make it hard to do that, after some exploring around I found this place. This is shot from the Hyatt across the street in their fire escape. As I was shooting this I surprised a worker there, he opened up the door to get some fresh air and he saw me with my tripod setup taking this shot, definitely not what he was expecting on his break.

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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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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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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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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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City Lights

Just uploaded to our website stoutandstout.com , we took this picture at Pier 7 in San Francisco. This is a very beautiful photo spot day or night. This is a three exposure HDR image, in the background you can see the famous TransAmerica Pyramid. Go over to our website to see the non watermarked image or to purchase if you like.