#820. Pipe Dreams - Hippo Hitchers

Still playing around with making composites of photos taken two weekends ago at the Texas Pipe Eclectic Menagerie Park in Houston, Texas.

Title: "Pipe Dreams - Hippo Hitchers"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza plugin

#819. Pipe Dreams - Kong Gone Wild (Rollover)

Another composite from two of the photos taken at the Texas Pipe Eclectic Menagerie last weekend. Hold you mouse over the image for a closer view of the actions.

Title: "Pipe Dreams - Kong Gone Wild"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-Processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza plugin

#818. Pipe Dreams - Widow-maker

Another composite from two photos taken at the Texas Pipe Eclectic Menagerie Park this past weekend. Another dream.

Title: "Pipe Dreams - Widow-maker"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Same as "Pipe Dreams - Eagle Flight"

#817. Pipe Dreams - Eagle Flight

Taken this past weekend at the Texas Pipe Eclectic Menagerie Park in Houston, Texas. I had fun taking the photos but really couldn't think of anything to do with the results except composite them into some new scenes I must only have imagined.

Title: "Pipe Dreams - Eagle Flight"

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

#816. Jailhouse Corridor

Taken on my November trip to the Austin County Jailhouse Museum in Bellville, Texas last year.

Title: "Jailhouse Corridor"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver EFEX Pro 2

#815. Rocket Hangar

Taken recently at the Rocket Park located at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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

#814. Clear Lake Park

A couple of shots taken at Clear Lake Park a couple of weekends ago.

Title: "Clear Lake Park #1"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range image > Photoshop CS4 > NIK Silver EFEX plugin


Title: "Clear Lake Park #2"

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

#813. Funky Flowers

Taken Saturday night. I went to The Paint Pub in Nassau Bay (across from NASA) and partiticpated in a group painting session and created this wonderful work of art! :-) Had a lot of fun. You pay a session fee that covers all the materials, paints, brushes, etc. and you are guided through the process of creating a painting by a real artist.

Title: "Funky Flowers"

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

#812. Land of the Giants

Taken a couple of weeks ago at a Bay Area Youth Symphony.

Title: "Land of the Giants"

Shot Data: 1/80s f/5.0 at 190.0mm iso1600
Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm L zoom
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza plugin > Nik Silver Efex plugin

#811. Saturn V

Taken two weekends ago at the Johnson Space Center's Rocket Park in Houston, Texas.

Title: "Saturn V"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > Nik Silver Efex Pro plugin

#810. Some Pig

I don't know...maybe this is a hog...what do I know, I'm a "city boy."

Title: "Some Pig"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Shot data: 1/2000s f/2.8 at 15.0mm iso200
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza plugin > textures from flypapertextures.blogspot.com > Nik Silver EFEX pro plugin