HDR Night Photos
Combining two interests, night photography and HDR image processing, I've created a new set of images: HDR Night photos!
Taken in Salina and Lindsborg, these high dynamic range photos present the world in a new and different light.
You can see more of these interesting images by visiting my Flickr HDR at Night set.
Stiefel Theatre. We saw Willie Nelson here in April (and I've seen movies ranging from Old Yeller to Star Wars back when this was the Fox Theater.)
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Santa Fe Avenue looking south.
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The famous Cozy Inn; they're great!!
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Stained glass at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Lindsborg.
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I love how this photo captures the stars that are visible behind Lindsborg's Messiah Lutheran Church. The streak of light at the bottom of the photo is from a passing car (yes, it was a long exposure).
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Night Sky October
We saw Bob Dylan in Salina on Friday, and on the way home I stopped to take a few night photos.
Tonight's concert was probably the best performance by Bob Dylan that I've ever seen, surpassing the wonderful May 1995 show at the Berkeley Community Theater, and vastly better than the Kansas City show a year or so back.
Bob was very personable tonight. He was relaxed, smiling and dancing and generally enjoying himself. He often picked the mic up from the stand and held it while gently dancing back and forth and making hand gestures that reminded me of Al Jolson! He mostly played keyboard, but took the lead guitar part on 2 or 3 songs early in the show.
Also, compared to the KC show, tonight's performance had great dynamic range, both in terms of volume as well as tempo. In Kansas City, there was one level for both: full on intensity!
The rest of the band included 2 guitar players, a drummer, an additional keyboard player who also played fiddle and banjo on a couple of songs, and the very powerful, driving bass player, who sometimes played a stand-up bass.
All in all, it was a great little concert, borne of the last minute when Dylan had a free night between Colorado and Oklahoma.
And with that, here's a couple of photos I took after the show, about 1/2 way between Lindsborg and Salina.
Fall Lake Reflections
One of my favorite HDR images so far:
This was taken at Maxwell Lake and processed using Photomatix software.
Misc HDR Images
Here are few high dynamic range (HDR) images I created earlier today. HDR images display an extended dynamic range and are often created by taking multiple, bracketed, exposures of a subject and then merging them to create the final HDR image. HDR images look different from standard images in ways ranging from the sublime to the surreal.
It was windy today, and the outdoor photos of the airplane plant exhibit some "whispiness" as a result of movement caused by the wind. I think it adds to the overall mood of the images, making them a bit more "artsy."
These are my first attempt at creating HDR images and like most novices, I've gone for the bright, exaggerated, look. If you want to see HDR images by a true master, check out the photos by Stuck in Customs.
If you want to learn more about HDR imaging, here's a great place to start! The software I used to process the HDR images is known as Photomatix.
There are a few more of my HDR images at Flickr.
Svensk Hyllningsfest 2009
Lindsborg's Swedish Honoring Festival, officially known as Svensk Hyllningsfest, has been celebrated since 1941. Here are a few photos from the first day. Additional photos are available at Flickr.
