#760. Twice Burned

Taken this past weekend. One of the shells of the homes destroyed in wildfires around the Bastrop, Texas area.

Title: "Twice Burned"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza 2 plugin > Nik Silver Efex 2 plugin

#759. Muldoon

While driving around this past weekend I spotted this scene in Muldoon, TX. For every big city in Texas we have a million of small towns like Muldoon.  The building on the right is the courthouse.

Title: "Muldoon"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to create an HDR image from three exposures > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza 2 plugin > Textures from flypapertextures.blogspot.com

#758. Bastrop Fires #2

Continuing with shots from Bastrop, Texas this past weekend.

Title: "Bastrop Fires #2"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105 L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex 2 plugin > textures by flypapertextures.blogspot.com

#757. Bastrop Fires #1

Just back from a trip around Central Texas over the last three days.  Everywhere we went we saw evidence of the stress to the environment caused by the current drought affecting much of Texas.  The area around the town of Bastrop was particularly hard hit by forest fires a couple of weeks ago.  It is shocking to see the path of destruction left by these fires.

Title: "Bastrop Fires #1"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105 L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex 2 plugin > textures by flypapertextures.blogspot.com

#756. Taffy Puller

Taken at LaKing's Confectionery in Galveston, Texas. "Pulling" is a key part of making taffy. This looks to be a difficult job if done by hand; luckily LaKing's pulling machine survived hurricane Ike.

Title: "Taffy Puller"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza 2 plugin

#755. LaKing's Too

Inside LaKing's Confectionery in Galveston, Texas.

Title: "LaKing's Too"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one High Dynamic Range (HDR) image > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > Nik Silver Efex 2 plugin

#754. Inside LaKing's

A from inside LaKing's Confectionery on The Strand in Galveston, Texas.

Title: "Inside LaKing's"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > Nik Viveza 2 plugin > Nik Silver Efex 2

#753. Taffy #5 and #6

Back to LaKing's on The Strand in Galveston, Texas.

Title: "Taffy #5"

Title: "Taffy #6"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24/105mm L zoom

#752. Candy and the Candy Man

Another shot from Galveston a couple of weekends ago. This on is at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

Title: "Candy and the Candy Man"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Shot data: 1/640s f/2.8 at 15.0mm iso800
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza 2 plugin

#751. Taffy 4

Continuing with my Taffy shots from last weekend's trip down to Galveston.

Title: "Taffy 4"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24/105mm L zoom
Shot data: 1/40s f/4.0 at 35.0mm iso1000

#750. Taffy #1, #2, #3

Taken yesterday at LaKing's Confectionery located at 2323 Strand
Galveston, TX 77550. If your on The Strand with some time to kill I suggest you stop by and see if you're lucky enough to see salt water taffy being produced by LaKing's candy makers.

Title: "Taffy #1"

Title: "Taffy #2"

Title: "Taffy #3"