#698. Skateborder

Yesterday the Bay Area Photo Club organized a photo shoot for its members at Gately Paper Company in Galveston, TX. This skateboarder was one of the models enlisted to allow for practice with taking action shots. I would have liked a little more sharpness in the overall image but the results are pretty cool regardless, mainly because of the intensity of the young mans facial expression.

Title: "Skateboarder"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye lens
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

#628. Flying Flag

Another shot from the Wings Over Houston airshow on Saturday. This is how they brought in the flag for the opening ceremonies.

Title: "Flying Flag"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canoin 100-400 L zoom
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > texture from flypapertexture.blogspot.com

#500. Galveston Glider

Taken at Stewart Beach on Galveston Island today. It was a beautiful day today so I decided to make a run down to Galveston to try and make a few images. This was my favorite out of the dozen or so I took of this gentleman and his flying machine.

Title: "Galveston Glider"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 100-400L zoom
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Texture from flypapertexture.blogspot.com

Galveston Powered Parachute

I went down to Galveston this evening to try and make a few photos. I really enjoyed watching this powered parachute for a while.

Title: "Galveston Powered Parachute"


Shot data: 1/1000s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso250
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 100-400 L zoom
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS3 > Topaz Adjust plugin

Boardwalk Bullet

One of the main attractions at the Kemah Boardwalk is the wooden roller coaster called the Boardwalk Bullet. I took this shot a couple of weekends ago. I threw a texture on top of the image (with a layer mask in Photoshop used to control where I wanted the texture and where I didn't) because the sky in the background was light gray with absolutely no interest. I don't experiment with textures much so hopefully I haven't been too heavy handed here. To me textures used this way can add depth and richness to a photo. Hope you like it!

Title: Boardwalk Bullet


Shot data: 1/640s f/6.3 at 100.0mm iso1250
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 100-400mm L zoom
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS3 > Topaz Adjust plugin