Recently I’ve been playing around with HDR (or tonemapped, if you prefer) photos. They seem to be somewhat of a love/hate affair, with many people voicing strong opinions against them. The term “HDR” refers to high dynamic range; more specifically in digital photography, it usually refers to the process of bracketing and combining multiple exposures of the same image. By combining underexposed and overexposed images, you end up with a final product that shows all the detail in both shadow and highlight areas.
March 4, 2010 by Luke
To HDR or not… that is the question
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February 13, 2010 by Luke
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NZ Trip Day 5-7
We left Wanaka and headed to Queenstown, where we spent 3 days. The journey goes by way of the Crown Range summit, pictured below. It’s the highest sealed road in New Zealand, at 1076 metres above sea level; as you can see from the photo, it’s so high that it’s obscured by cloud! Visibility was pretty average when driving through the cloud, and I really wish we had a manual rental car for all these mountain roads.
Cloudy road
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February 9, 2010 by Luke
NZ Trip Day 3-4
We started day three in Fox Glacier, waking up at 5am to get to Lake Matheson before sunrise. Without a torch, and with fog all around, it was a bit hard to see where the walking track was. After a while the fog started to lift and we started the 30 minute hike to the other side of the lake.
Just before sunrise at the Lake Matheson cafe
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February 8, 2010 by Luke
NZ Trip Day 3-4 Teaser
I haven’t had time to go through all my photos, so I’m about two days behind. Here is a teaser of what’s to come for day 3 and 4.
Lake Matheson
Fox Glacier
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February 7, 2010 by Luke
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NZ Trip Day 1-2
We got up early on Friday morning, as we had to be at the airport by 5:45 am. Not long after taking off, I discovered that I was already talking in a Kiwi accent, and adding “bro” and “ay” after every sentence. It hasn’t stopped since.
Camille and Flat Eric waiting for the plane to NZ
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