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I’d have to say that this is probably my most successful HDR endeavor to date.  I’m finally getting the hang of properly bracketing to capture the entire tonal range of the image, and then blending and toning the final product.

East Waterfront – Steel Bridge, Rose Garden, Convention Center Towers:

East Waterfront – Burnside Bridge, West Waterfront:

US Bank Tower: West Downtown Area

I guess I would consider this my first “successful” HDR image.  I have still have ALOT to learn, but I successfully combined three exposures (hand held!) and did an *ok* job toning.  I also had a fun tram ride up the hill with my son!

One of my favorite bridges – the Hawthorne in downtown Portland.

Here’s another attempt at Mt. Hood (+) Coumbia River Marina (+) Sunset (-) shooting from a moving car.  Besides having my polarizing filter, I’m not sure it’s really that much better .  It did require far less Photoshop finess though ..

From a WWE appearance at the Rose Garden, in Portland, OR.  Who says you can’t use a Canon Powershot SD400 for sports in low light?

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I usually don’t recommend photography from a vehicle going down the freeway, but you never know what might happen ;).

Mother Nature in action ..

Predator:

Prey:

In between rain showers (and after forgetting a memory card for the camera), we have a few GREAT shots of downtown Portland.  I would say that these two photos are both in my top five favorites of all time.

Morrison Bridge with Convention Center spotlights on the clouds:

Hawthorne Bridge crossing over to the East side: