#882. Photo Orbs

Taken last weekend at Discovery Green in Houston, Texas. This part of the park is decorated with inflated orbs printed with photographs. It's pretty surreal looking in real life and hopefully you get a sense of this in this pic.

Title: "Photo Orbs"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza > Nik Silver Efex Pro

#881. Let the Good Times Roll

Taken this past weekend at Discovery Green in Houston, Texas. Maybe you've seen this guy there? Great guy with almost as much personality as the golf cart which he is proud to say was in the 2008 Art Car Parade. It was built at a local high school and donated to Discovery Green because the school didn't really have a place to store it. The back of it is filled with footballs and Frisbees and hula hoops and the like to make your day at Discovery Green a little more enjoyable. I wonder if that job is as fun as being an accountant? :-)

Title: "Let the Good Times Roll"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza > Nik Color Efex

#874. Golden Rule

Taken this afternoon. Signage at the "The Beer Can House" at 222 Malone in Houston, Texas.

Title: "Golden Rule"

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

#872. Man Cave - Graffiti Style

Taken at "The Mullet" near Almeda Mall in Houston, Texas.

Title: "Man Cave - Graffiti Style"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4

#871. Dedicated Taggers

Graffiti artists painting in the rain today at The Mullet near Almeda Mall in Houston, Texas.

Title: "Dedicated Taggers"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 100-400mm L zoom
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Adobe Photoshop CS4 > Nik Color Efex > Nik Silver Efex

#866. The Mullet

Taken yesterday at The Mullet near Almeda Mall in Houston, Texas. At The Mullet graffiti artists are invited to showcase their work both outside and inside.

Title: "The Mullet"

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

Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Adobe Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro > Nik Color Efex Pro

#853. Allen's Landing #3

Another shot from Allen's Landing on Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston. This one a comoposite of several shots stitched together using Photoshops amazing photomerge function.

Title: "Allen's Landing #3"

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

#852. Allen's Landing #2

Another shot taken from Allen's Landing on Buffalo Bayou in Downtown Houston a couple of weekends ago.

Title: "Allen's Landing #2"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro, Textures from flypapertextures.blogspot.com

#850. Near Allen's Landing

Taken this past Saturday morning on a Houston Photographic Society field trip.  Allen's Landing is on Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston.

Title: "Allen's Landing #3"

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

#832. Methodist

The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. Taken Saturday night from the Rice University campus.

Title: "Methodist"

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

#831. H-town Streats

Taken one weekend in April near the Houston Center for Photography.

Title: "H-Town Streats"

Shot data: 1/400s f/4.0 at 24.0mm iso200
Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro

#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

#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

#802. U of H Armadillo

Another photo from this past Sunday also taken on the University of Houston main campus near downtown Houston. I'm not 100% sure if this is supposed to be an armadillo but that's what it looks like to me.

Title: "U of H Armadillo"

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

#801. UOFH

Taken this past Sunday. An architectural detail of one of the University of Houston classroom buildings at the main campus near downtown Houston.

Title: "UOFH"

Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#789. Robo Flower

Taken at the opening of "Reel to Reel" yesterday. This is a part of one of the devices featured in the show by artists Jeff Shore and Jon Fisher.  Very cool and quite mesmerizing to experience in person!

Title: "Robo Flower"

Shot data: 1/60s f/2.5 at 50.0mm iso1000
Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 50mm f/1.4
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza 2 plugin

#786. Big Frosty

Taken this past weekend at a Christmas tree lot near our house in Houston, Texas.

Title: "Big Frosty"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to create an HDR image from one exposure > Nik Viveza plugin > Topaz Adjust plugin

#774. I. M. Back

Taken tonight in Houston, Texas. Happy Halloween!

Title: "I. M. Back"

Shot data: 0.80s f/5.6 at 380.0mm iso200
Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 100-400mm L zoom
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin

#734. State National

The State National building in downtown Houston.

Title: "State National"

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

#733. Crosswalks

Taken in downtown Houston near Buffalo Bayou.

Title: "Crosswalks"

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