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On a cold and Gray New England Day …..
Posted by Peter in HDRI, Historical Location, Lightroom, Massachusetts, Photomatix on January 24th, 2009
…… I went back into my catalog of recent images I captured of the Concord River and Old North Bridge.
Normally when I merge to HDRi, I capture a range of exposures of +2,-2,+1, -1, 0EV. However for this set I only capture +1,-1,0 EV .
I was particularly concerned how this was going to render due to the snow cover (which is difficult to expose correctly without blowing out details in other parts of the image) and the fact that I was shooting mid afternoon on an overcast day.
Here are the +1, -1, 0 EV captures
After merging to HDR with Photomatix and while I was still in Photomatix, I applied a subtle tone mapping to avoid that “grunge” HDR look.
The tone mapped version was then imported into Lightroom. Once in Lightroom, I removed the blue cast that you can see in the snow, applied a local gradient to the sky to bring back some blue that was removed from the sky due to the previous step. I Then applied some tonal adjustments to the bridge to bring it more inline to what I saw. Lastly, I sharpened image and removed dust spots.
Resulting in this rendering of the Old North Bridge -
“the regulars are coming, the regulars are coming”
Posted by Peter in Historical Location, Massachusetts, Matt Kloskowski on April 17th, 2008
Paul Revere never said “the British are coming, the British are coming”, since he, like all the other colonist considered themselves British. He actually called out – “the regulars are coming”, meaning the regular British Soldiers.
Well this weekend, the regular tourist are coming to Lexington Green, where on April 19th, 1775, the regular British Army met the Militiamen of Lexington and started the American Revolution.
Since it was such a great day in the Boston area, I decided to take a break from painting, get out my bike and head to the Minuteman Bike trail for some much needed exercise.
I found it to be unusually quiet on Lexington Green. I am sure that it will not be that quiet this weekend.
Here is an image that I captured of the statue of Captain John Parker.
I decided to apply the Surreal Edgy Look Lightroom Preset developed by Matt Kloskowski and recently posted on his blog.
Cape Cod Light
Posted by Peter in Historical Location, Light Houses, Massachusetts on February 4th, 2008
There are not to many Lighthouses in New England that allow enough room to shoot a “contre-jour” image of a lighthouse at sunset.
Due to the erosion of the shoreline, Cape Cod Light was moved further inland in 1996, offering the opportunity to stand on the east side of the lighthouse.
A volunteer ” Lighthouse Keeper”, offered the opportunity to climb to the top of the light and take pictures of the sunset (notice the people up inside the tower). Unfortunately, since I’m recovering from an inner ear infection and my equilibrium was not to steady, I decided not too chance climbing the spiral stair case with all my gear. If I had done so, I probably would have missed out on this shot.
(click on image for larger view)
About this image -
- Captured with a Canon 5D
- RAW data processed with
Adobe Lightroom
About Cape Cod Light -
- Located in Truro, Massachusetts (Cape Cod)
- Also known as Highland Light
- Established in 1798 – Cape Cod’s Oldest Lighthouse
- The existing lighthouse and keeper’s house were built in 1857
- Moved to existing location in 1996 due to eroding of the cliff
Google Earth Locator – Cape Cod Light
Winter at Hartwell Tavern
Posted by Peter in Historical Location, Massachusetts on January 17th, 2008
One of my favorite places to take images is the Minuteman National Park.
In particular, I enjoy trying to capture the moment at Hartwell Tavern.
Here is the tavern as captured yesterday blanketed with New England snow.
And as I processed in Lightroom
Something about a Lighthouse
Posted by Peter in Historical Location, Light Houses, Massachusetts on January 16th, 2008
There is just something about lighthouses that just makes you want to take a picture.
For example, here is a very simple lighthouse located at Fort Pickering in Salem Massachusetts.
Known as Fort Pickering Light , it was established in 1871.
Located in Salem, Massachusetts on a former island that is still known as Winter Island and also near the Salem Willows amusement park.
Fort Pickering Light – Google Earth Locator
Image data -
- Date of Capture – January 15, 2008
- Canon 5D with 24-105mm set at 55mm w/circular polarizer
- ISO 100 for 1/60 sec @ f/10
- hand held
- Post Processing – Only
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