We went to check out the old military fort on middle head…I thought it would make an epic location for a skate or bike event…

1 week: 18 jobs, 522kms…

Sometimes time just passes too fast. There dont seem to be enough hours in the day.

I’d like it to slow down please so I can savour more moments and get more done…

Photodump from the last week…trying Piers style of all images in a line instead of clicky carousel…not sure if I like it more…

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Chocolate wave…mmmm

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I got the PHOTOMATIX PRO software a while back but havent had a chance to really test it out until recently.

So I have been trying out some HDR shoots around my new favourite part of the city, just north of the bridge. So far I think that the more the light changes (from day to night for eg) and the more images that are blended, the more interesting the results.

There is obviously too much ghosting around the bridge in the first two shots but the software is pretty good at auto blending and tone mapping the images together, better than my version of Photoshop anyway. The best current HDR techniques still involve huge amounts of time spent manually masking the layers together which I’m not keen on so I hope this can be a good alternative. Photomatix isnt as good as the human eye but it is considerably quicker and, with some more time and research, will certainly get better.

4 shot blend

3 shot blend

14 shot blend

6 shot blend

14 image day to night HDR blend and a great dinner…

Bought an underwater housing…took it in the (small) surf and then up to the point for a quick snorkel to test it out today.

I need some more interesting subjects/objects but so far I think it has mad potential…