This is a HDR image of the Golden Gate Bridge, which was then converted to Black and White and textures were added on top of that.

This was taken on the drive up to Fort Point, which can be seen at the lower left hand corner of the picture. This is an old fort which is interesting to take a tour of, plus it offers fantastic views under the bridge, in some cases so close you feel like you could touch the bridge.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Icon

Probably one of the most recognizable landmarks in San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge. This is a 3 shot HDR image of the bridge.

The HDR really brought out the red in the bridge, when you are there you really see this kind of a red on the bridge. When you see the bridge in person it is really something, and you can get super close to the bridge as well. Fort Point is right under the bridge on the San Francisco side. On the top level of the fort you really feel like you can reach out and touch the bottom of the bridge.

If you are ever around San Francisco make sure you make some time to see this beautiful bridge. 

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Mighty MO

This is a one shot HDR image of Mighty MO (USS Missouri), located at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was then converted to a sepia tone.Mighty MO fought in World War II and was the spot where Japan surrendered the war.

We decided to go with a sepia tone since this ship has so much history it seemed to fit. You can tour the ship, it is on display in Hawaii where Pearl Harbor is.

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Under The Bridge...

Here is a one shot HDR image, converted to black and white, with textures added of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. Over the last few days we have been revisting some of our old images that were not as good. Of course this happens to ever one as you are just starting and learning, you are going to have a lot of images you look back on and don't like.

This image started of as an HDR in color the way we had it before and it was over done in our opinion. So the original intent was to go back and reprocess again in color, it didn't look right still. That's when we got the idea to try black and white, which looked good but still seemed to be missing something. We then added pictures and here is the final product. Much better in our opinion then before.

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If Your're Going To San Francisco

This is a one shot HDR image of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge. The bridge is a double decker bridge and carries about 270,000 vehicles each day between Oakland and San Francisco. Some say this is a better looking bridge then the Golden Gate Bridge, what do you think?

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Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Part 2

This image we were literally sitting on the dock. This is another shot from San Francisco's Pier 7. We had seen this perspective before and wanted to try the shot with our own processing. So this started out as a 3 shot HDR image, it still looked too much like the other shots we had seen. We then converted it to infrared. It looked nice but it still needed something more, and that's when we added some textures to it. So this is a 3 shot HDR image, converted to IR, and textures were applied, whew that is a mouth full!!! Enjoy.

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