#833. Ring Me

Taken yesterday evening at Kemah Boardwalk.

Title: "Ring Me"

Shot data: 1/40s f/5.6 at 320.0mm iso640
Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 100-400mm L zoom
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Color Efex

#729. Wild Horses

Taken a few weeks ago at the Kemah Boardwalk.

Title: "Wild Horses"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

#715. Ticket Takers

Another shot taken yesterday morning at Kemah Boardwalk. It's a little early for Halloween but these folks at the Boardwalk are very patient. :-)

Title: "Ticket Takers"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three explosures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin (exposure color stretch preset)

#714. Tickets

Taken this morning at the Kemah Boardwalk.

Title: "Tickets"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine 3 exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Topaz Adjust plugin (exposure color stretch preset)

#670. Saltgrass Chevrolet

Taken yesterday evening at the Kemah Boardwalk in Kemah, Texas.

Title: "Saltgrass Chevrolet"


Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

#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

#663. Kemah Railroad

Another shot taken this weekend at Kemah Boardwalk.

Title: "Kemah Railroad"


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

#662. Police

Taken this afternoon at Kemah Boardwalk in Kemah, Texas.

Title: "Police"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm f/2.8 fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one High Dynamic Range (HDR) > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

#659. Vacancy

Taken a few hours ago at the Kemah Boardwalk. It was pretty quite this evening on the Kemah Boardwalk. In the summer the star shaped fountain in front of the Boardwalk Inn Hotel would be surrounded by parents and covered with fifty or sixty wet and screaming children. :-)

Title: "Vacancy"


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

#637. Boardwalk Stairway

Another shot from my trip to the Kemah Boardwalk this past Saturday night.

Title: "Boardwalk Stairway"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

#636. Dylan

Taken Saturday night. I don't know who Dylan is but I can't seem to pass up an opportunity to try and photograph both the subject and the work of art every time I pass the caricature stand on the Keman Boardwalk.

Title: "Dylan"


Shot data: 1/30s f/3.2 at 31.0mm iso640
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

#625. October Kemah Sunrise

Taken this past Saturday morning at Kemah Boardwalk, Kemah, Texas.

Title: "October Kemah Sunrise"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine 3 exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > textures from flypapertextures.blogspot.com

#595. Kemah Boats #2

Taken at sunset today at Kemah Boardwalk. My ability to occasionally get a shot like this is why I keep going back to the Kemah Boardwalk when I feel like I NEED a killer shot for my blog! :-)

Hope you like it!

Title: "Kemah Boats #2"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine 6 exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) Image > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin using Photo Pop preset plus DeNoise noise reduction

#566. Rock the Dock Fireworks #1

Last night the Bay Area Photo Club took a field trip down to Seabrook to photograph fireworks. Eighteen club members participated and we all received valuable tips from Mark Westerman to improve their firework photography. This display was part of the Rock the Dock event held at the Kemah Boardwalk in Kemah, Texas. The fireworks were launched from a barge in Galveston Bay between Kemah and Seabrook.

Title: "Rock the Dock Fireworks #1"


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Adove Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

#548. Boardwalk Palms (Rollover)

Taken at Kemah Boardwalk yesterday as a small storm started to roll in. The image underlying the rollover is straight out of Photomatix Pro.

Title: "Boardwalk Palms" (rollover)


Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > Red Paw Media Beautifier plugin > textures from flypapertextures.blogspot.com

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

Aviator #2

Today's photo was taken at the Kemah Boardwalk during an outing there in July. The Aviator is one of my favorite nighttime attractions to photograph

Title: "Aviator #2"


Shot Data: 1/50s f/2.8 at 17.0mm iso1000
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom

Kemah Carousel

We went down to the Kemah Boardwalk last night to see what was going on. I took a few photos and this was one of my "keepers".

Title: "Kemah Carousel"


Shot data: 1/50s f/2.8 at 17.0mm iso1000
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom

The Aviator

One of my favorite shots from the archives. This is a long-exposure shot of one of the rides at Kemah Boardwalk. This shot earned a Gold Award for me in the October 2007 Assignment category of "Night Lights".

Title: "The Aviator"


Camera / Lens: Canon XTi / Canon 100-400mm L zoom
Shot data: 0.80s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso200