Muir Woods

I always wanted to try out black and white HDR. I finally found an image in my library worth working on. This was taken in Muir Woods just outside of San Francisco.

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After:

Austin in August

I've got news for you...it's hot in the hot tub.

I had a chance to take a few shots on the Austin skyline from my hotel window at night, and of course I had to HDR-ize the view:

I also got to see some bats...one or two...or 1.5 million. Give or take.

(Click for larger images...They are worth it):

I took also trip to my own personal mecca. 

Lance Armstrong's bike shop Mellow Johnny's: 

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Library of Congress

One place I have never been in DC was inside the Library of Congress. The main show piece is the Jefferson building, which sits neatly nestled in front of the US Capitol building. I decided it was time to see if I could find page 47 of the presidents book for myself, and took a look.

I was amazed by the sheer amount of information and meaning embedded into the walls, the floors, the celling of the building. It is a stunning space, and well worth the trek to see it.

There are a number of quotes scattered around the walls, but two stood for to me (for obvious reasons):
Books Must Follow Sciences, and not Sciences Books --Francis Bacon 

Science is Organized Knowledge --Immanuel Kant

Oh yeah, and I took some pictures...HDR style I think they turned out very nice as well...take a look for yourself (click the picture to enlarge).

First Stab at HDR

I suggest you click on the picture to see the larger version. This is my first attempt at HDR photography. 

I am still working on fully understanding the post processing, but this is the first shot where it came out decent.

This was the original shot.