Royal York Lobby
Toronto’s Royal York Hotel has a long term reputation for elegance.
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December 1, 2012
The glittering Royal York Lobby
September 29, 2011
Along the River
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From twilight to dark on the Grand River near my home. The dam and railway bridge are some of my favorite photograph subjects
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August 2, 2011
HDR in Cityscapes
HDR (High Dynamic Range) has become a very popular technique in processing files, especially landscapes. I find it is also useful in city and architecture images, as the geometric shapes and blocks of color seem comfortable with the strong results of HDR processing.
This is an image of the Eaton’s Center in Toronto. I used the popular software program Photomatix Pro to process it. This technique can turn out garish and surrealistic if you are not careful. I normally reduce the default settings to keep it under control. In general I prefer an HDR image without the typical “HDR look”.
My typical Photomatix settings might be as follows under the “Detail Enhancer” method:
Hit the default button and then reduce “Strength” to 65, “”Color Saturation” to 40 . Occasionally I will make a separate TIF file with the “Tone Compressor” method and use it as a layer over the”Detail Enhancer” TIF. Adjust the layer opacity as you like.
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July 29, 2011
Rocky Mountain Sunset
I recently spent 4 days in Pemberton, British Columbia, a half hour drive from Whistler. It is a small town in a valley surrounded by mountains. One of the evenings, dark storm clouds were brewing, resulting in these sunset images.
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June 15, 2011
Abandoned Ship- A timelapse
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I’m not sure of the real story behind this old ship. I had heard that the owner had originally planned to turn it into a restaurant but never found financing. Anyway, it now sits abandoned to the elements and home to various wildlife.
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May 1, 2011
Concrete and Glass
Toronto Towers
I like to visit the center of Toronto very early on a Saturday or Sunday when the area can be almost deserted of people. These two image where taken in the midst of the bank buildings which dominate the skyline of Toronto.
In the image below I made minor changes to correct theperspective, but in the image above I made none. In fact I took the image with these wild lines in mind.
Toronto Towers
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April 23, 2011
Freighter, a Timelapse Video
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A Great Lakes Freighter leaves Hamilton harbor. The lift bridge lowers behind it.
When I saw this freighter headed out of the harbor, I quickly tried to get set up and in place. The whole time I was answering a guy’s questions, trying to be polite and explained I was making a timelapse video. At the end he suggested it was too complicated and I should just get a camcorder.
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April 14, 2011
Finding the Edge
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Those familiar with Photoshop may be aware of a filter called Find Edges which simplifies an image to the edges.
I’ve used it on several series of timelapses to give a kind of poster effect.
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