Here is an HDR photo merge of 11 photos taken without a tripod from our hotel window of the sunset over San Francisco.  HDR is not everyone's cup of tea, but I wanted to play.  You can see all the weird reflections from the hotel window as well as the camera lens from the intense sunset, which was amazing.  I have non-HDR versions as well, but as I ( Read more... )

Today I finished the 2nd of a 3-day photography class on Digital Artistry.   I'm learning SO much.  My brain is overflowing.    It's amazing what you can do with Photoshop.  I already knew this of course, but the photographer who teaches this class, Dan Burkholder, really takes it to the next level.

This is the class I'm taking:


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I talked about HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography in one of my posts of yesterday.  Here's a great example.   Click to enlarge.   (Sheesh I think I brain farted and called the acronym something else yesterday, oh well.)


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