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Bald Peak – Vette

geoff — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:07:16 +0000

Let’s not forget how we got to the park

Bald Peak – Foggy Morning

geoff — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:08:35 +0000

Took advantage of some dry roads this morning to head to Bald Peak State Park. I should have worn a jacket as it *looked* MUCH warmer than ~30deg outside!

Crow’s Nest at Night

geoff — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:19:06 +0000

Crow’s Nest at Night, originally uploaded by Geoff Thomsen.

Little Crater Lake

geoff — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:54:29 +0000

Definitely didn’t hit this at the right time of day, but what a SPECTACULAR view!!

Cooke Park II

geoff — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:40:10 +0000

Cook Park, originally uploaded by Geoff Thomsen.

So glad to dust the camera off and get some snaps in!

Between Storms

geoff — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:25:13 +0000

I’ve had my eye on this old barn right off Scholls Ferry Rd, and finally pulled over to snag a few shots ..

Harvest Moon

geoff — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:20:27 +0000

The moon was CRAZY orange last night, in case you didn’t notice IMO, this was much more spectacular than the Lunar Eclipse we had not too long ago.

update - found some info on the FOX12 Weather Blog about the moon last night:

Many of our viewers have been writing, wondering about the freakishly red full Harvest Moon.� It’s due to smoke from the Rattle Fire, near Diamond Lake in S.W. Oregon.� The flow in the upper atmosphere has turned southeasterly, sending a surge of smoke north.� The flow stays generally the same way through Wednesday, so I think we have a smoky/hazy day on the way again for tomorrow.

Rood Bridge Park

geoff — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:56:15 +0000

Started off an early Saturday morning with a drive in the vette, in search of a new playground.� Not so coincidentally, we chose the one on the other side of some curvey country roads � Just south of River Road in Hillsboro, OR, is Rood Bridge Park.� There are currently MANY improvements being made, with small streams flowing around, a frog pond, a nice play structure, nature trails, etc.

Cooke Park

geoff — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:05:53 +0000

Snapped a few shots of the Tualatin River while visiting Cooke Park in Tigard.� Lots of smoke from a BBQ, and some drab lighting.� HDR to the rescue!!

HDR Test

geoff — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:26:45 +0000

I’ve been messing around with creating HDR (high dynamic range) photos for quite some time. In the past, I did this with the “increase dynamic range” setting for Fred Miranda’s Velia Vision Plugin for Photoshop (not really HDR, I know). In the past few months, I’ve realized that there are MUCH better ways to accomplish this, which include shooting multiple exposures of the same scene, and then combining them into a single shot.

Here are some of my first “successful” attempts at getting the correct exposures. These were created by exposure bracketing on the Canon Digital Rebel XTi, and then combining / toning the exposures with Photomatix. My main goal here was to work on the correct exposure bracketing settings, as well as the correct toning in Photomatix. There are some big flaws with the image alignment of the three exposures (these were all shot hand-held – tripod highly recommended). The result is some funny looking halos around the clouds (and other stuff), but I was too lazy to go back in to Photoshop and fix all the issues.

Maybe I’ll find a really good “subject” for my shoot, and I’ll go through a full Photoshop treatment.

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