#854. The Pleasure Pier

Taken this past weekend in Galveston, Texas from a jetty parallel to The Pleasure Pier. This is a composite of five HDR images stitched together using Photoshop's amazing photomerge process. I processed each set of brackets (three shots, one at -2, one at 0, and one at +2) into HDR images using Photomatix Pro first and then joined them together in Photoshop. To be really appreciated it needs to be viewed as a big print but hopefully you can get a feel for it as presented here.

Title: "The Pleasure Pier"

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

#665. Wild Ride

One last shot from my trip to Kemah Boardwalk in Kemah, Texas last Sunday.

Title: "Wild Ride"


Shot data: 1/1250s f/2.8 at 15.0mm iso100
Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > texture from flypapertextures.blogspot.com

#664. Wipeout!

Again, another fisheye shot from Kemah Boardwalk in Kemah, Texas. Taken this past Sunday afternoon.

Title: "Wipeout!"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm f/2.8 fisheye
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > texture from flypapertextures.blogspot.com

#562. Wild Ride

Taken this past weekend on the Galveston seawall. You and a friend sit in a chair latched to the ground while bungee cords are pulled tight. Then the latch is released and you are thrown, basically out of control, 100' in the air. Sheer acceleration followed by abrupt bouncing and spinning. And it's higher than it looks! I only watched! :-)

Title: "Wild Ride"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro (HDR from one raw image) > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjsut plugin > NIK Viveza plugin

#538. New Braunfels Carousel

Taken this past weekend in New Braunfels, Texas. I ran across this whimsical carousel in front of the Schlitterbahn Christmas Shoppe.

Title: "New Braunfels Carousel"


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) photo > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin