Every photographer who goes anywhere near Rockport, MA has to get a photo of the iconic Motif #1. This is a 3-shot HDR I took at sunset on a nice October afternoon.
This is an 8-shot HDR photo of the Hoover Dam I took in February. I took this photo from the new Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, which affords an incredible viewpoint of the dam for anyone willing to walk out on the sidewalk. Just don’t look down, especially if you have a fear of heights.
Inside the Gates Family Bridge, Cambridge, Vermont.
I took this photo at roughly the same time as my other photo of the Gates Family Bridge in Cambridge, VT. This photo was a 7-shot HDR.
Dog Bar Breakwater Lighthouse, Gloucester, MA.
My wife and I took a sailing trip in the Gloucester Harbor where I was able to take this photo of the Dog Bar Breakwater Lighthouse.
Taking an HDR photo from a boat is a giant pain. To get three clean shots, you have to time the up and down movement of the boat exactly. (The calmer the water, the better.) Even then, I had to do some heavy editing to clean up the movement shadows from the HDR processing.
A Seat by the Sea, Ogunquit, ME.
I took this nice sunset 3-shot HDR photo near Ogunquit, ME. There’s a small beach nearby, and when the lifeguard is on duty, they can watch the swimmers from this chair. It has a commanding view, and it’s a fantastic spot for anyone to watch the ocean.
Pink Sunset, Salisbury, Massachusetts.
Sometimes, you’re just standing in the right place at the right time. You have your camera ready to go and it’s pointing in the right direction at the right things. Such was the case with this sunset over the Merrimack River as seen from the town pier in Salisbury, MA (facing Newburyport). For a brief moment - maybe 60 seconds - an already beautiful sunset suddenly lit up the sky with the most psychedelic shade of pink. For an instant, the river and sky were the color of pink lemonade, and then it was over.
This was a 7-shot HDR with some basic cleanup in Photoshop (to correct for some of the boat movements between shots). Otherwise - not much was done to this photo. If anything, I toned down some of the pink. It was one of the craziest sunsets I have ever seen.
Gates Bridge, Cambridge, Vermont.
The Gates Family Bridge was originally in a different location, but after the Seymour river changed its path in the 1950s, the bridge was moved to this location. It currently provides access to the Gates Farm via VT 15 in Cambridge.
This is a 3-shot HDR.
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