{"id":1609,"date":"2017-05-01T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic-photoblog.bobleafe.com\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2018-01-17T11:29:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:29:07","slug":"2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=1609","title":{"rendered":"2013 – HDR imaging, Part 1 + The best photos of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new toy this year was HDR – High Dynamic Range imaging. You can find all kinds of definitions online, but I’ll just tell you how I did mine.<\/span><\/h4>\n

First, you must<\/em> have a tripod because you have to take 3 shots of the same thing with the exact<\/em> same framing. The only difference will be the exposures of each: a normal-exposure shot, another shot that’s overexposed by 2 stops and a third short that’s underexposed by 2 stops.<\/span><\/h4>\n

That seems like everything will simply average out to be a normally-exposed image, but that’s not the case, as you’ll find out when you run the trio through the HDR program of your choice. You may need to try out a LOT of these programs to find one you’re happy with because the results will vary wildly, from something that looks like a painting to something that’s incredibly (and beautifully) weird.<\/span><\/h4>\n

At the time I started, I was using an old Mac and a loaned PC until I got a better Mac. I found a simple PC program that got interesting results that I could augment as much as I wanted (or as much as the image should really have).<\/span><\/h4>\n

I shot HDR in 2013 and 2014. I finally got my better Mac in 2015, but my program of choice was incompatible. I looked around for something similar for Mac without success.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Thus ended my HDR flirtation.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Here are my favorites from 2013. Some are subtle and some are not. The first two show an original and its adjusted version:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Drinko de Mayo (taken the day before Cinco de Mayo)<\/span><\/h4>\n

This girl was walking through the parking lot, holding a bottle of supposed Sunny Delight. She took a sip and appeared to be instantly beamed into a heavy metal concert. A few seconds later, she looked ill.<\/span><\/h4>\n

This all transpired in a period of about 15-20 seconds.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Frosty the Selfie:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Cardrophenia<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

I must have been listening to the Who when I named this shot of what looks like 4 cardinals (it’s the same bird).<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Girl: “Why are you smiling?”<\/span><\/h4>\n

Guy: “Oh………no reason.”<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Moving Day at the church:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Taken on Christmas Day:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Strawberry Candy Straws and………….BEER<\/strong>? (Well, these were<\/em> found on a college campus):<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Sunday morning after church:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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The Smoking Dog:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Dead red oak tree:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Found by the river:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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New Year’s Day: Annual Ecuadorian “Our Lady of the Cloud”\u009d procession starting point for marchers<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Nature’s drying rack:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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“Death to street signs!”<\/span><\/h4>\n

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I used to see this guy boarding to and from work at a bank almost every day:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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At Hackensack’s annual Main St Festival:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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At Lark Street Music in Teaneck, NJ:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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I was given a Valentine’s Day balloon. Four days later, I let it go…………….to Manhattan:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Planes landing at Teterboro Airport come in pretty low over Rt 46 (the fence is a few feet from where I’m standing).<\/span><\/h4>\n

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The New Anderson St RR Station is finally taking shape after the devastating fire of 2009:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Another juvenile red-tailed hawk shows up on my building:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Cubert’s Cube:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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“The Modern” (the first of two towers) construction in Fort Lee, NJ:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Two versions of the same shot of the GWB:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Clever egg placement\/protection:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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“Hulk need work!”<\/span><\/h4>\n

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This guy was in front of a Mexican restaurant right next door to where the Hulk was:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I told my super to go fly a kite and………….<\/span><\/h4>\n

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What could possibly make clouds form this uniformly?<\/span><\/h4>\n

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PHOTO STITCHES<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

This 8-image stitch was done at the Union St Park in Hackensack. The wall is L-shaped.<\/span><\/h4>\n

I’m not sure how often it happens, but periodically, the artwork is completely changed. They’re all interesting, but so far, I think this one is my favorite (subject to change).<\/span><\/h4>\n

Click the image once. After it takes over the screen, hover the mouse over the image. You should get a + sign. Then click it again. It’s now full-size and must be scrolled to see everything. Click it once more to shrink it back and then use your back button to return to the post.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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This was really cool and fairly easy to get. It’s a 6-image stitch of a World War II bomber called “The Yankee Lady”\u009d, which had been coming here every year as part of an air show at Teterboro Airport, which is just south of me.<\/span><\/h4>\n

When it’s here for the weekend, paying customers get to take 40-minute flights in it. This occurs several times a day for two days.<\/span><\/h4>\n

The plane has distinctive-sounding engines and when I hear it coming, I can sometimes get a decent shot of it from home. There are a couple of these shots elsewhere on this blog.<\/span><\/h4>\n

This particular Sunday morning, I was out on my roof reading the Sunday paper (with my camera right next to me), when all of a sudden I heard those engines. The plane was coming right towards me from Teterboro.<\/span><\/h4>\n

The plane then started turning well short of my location and I took 6 pictures of the turn that luckily stitched together nicely, considering that I didn’t have a chance to plan anything or even think. I originally thought I might be getting a couple of shots of the plane as it went by me overhead, but then suddenly had to switch to stitch mode.<\/span><\/h4>\n

And I even got to include most of my favorite steeple.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Start this scroll from the right – the same way I shot it.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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