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Photos of Valleyview Park in Oshawa

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Shooting RAW images with a point and shoot?!

I've only just recently started to get into photography and got myself a Canon Powershot SX30is, a higher-end point and shoot. I figured this would last me a couple years before I'd want to get a DSLR. Well, I already want a DSLR. :P

One of the things I have been playing with is producing HDR photos, which is basically combining multiple exposures of the same shot into one picture. The problem I've been having is in getting enough information (mainly lighting) from my photos to get the effect I wanted.

Anyway, while asking some questions on a photog forum it was suggested I look at CHDK. Zoink!! It does a ton of stuff but the biggest thing for me is that it captures the RAW image in addition to the regular jpeg.

The result of all this is that I feel like my Canon Powershot has a much longer useful life than I had been thinking. There is still a lot more I could get out of a DSLR but this'll keep me happy for now.

Now I just need to figure out how to upgrade my $10 tripod. ;)

What in the...? UFO?!?

Ok, I don't actually think it's a UFO, but what is this??  It was in the sky toward the east of us.  Initially it looked like a blinking light and this is started zipping around in the sky.  I'm thinking maybe it was a meteorite or something. /shrug

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Windy day at Lake Ontario! #photos

Just before heading home for the day I was able to run and capture the drama of the waves hitting the pier in Oshawa.

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More shots taken with @Palm Pre 2

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Did a little post prod on these but they are all taken with the Palm Pre 2.

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Using Pro HDR on the iPod Touch

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Just an example of how much more you get from using this great little app. It keeps the darkness of the sky yet lightens the houses so you can see them clearly.

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Was out taking some pictures today #HDR

Not everyone will like how these look but I quite like the overall effect of doing heavy post production on my photos.  Here are three shots I took with three different exposure of each.  Once combined and reworked you can get a realistic look or something that looks more like a painting.

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Just for comparision, here are the original photos...

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Some more #HDR photos

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Hmmm...I think I over-HDR'd these a bit but not too bad. Still trying to figure out the right processing software.

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Picture of car taken with @Palm Pre 2

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I shot this with my Palm Pre 2 and then did a bit of post production on it to bring out the water droplets. I quite like the result. :)

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Bunch of photos processed in iOS

Here are a bunch of photos I processed on my iPod touch 4G.  The shots were taken with my Canon Powershot SX30is using bracketing (multiple exposures of the same shot).  I used Pro HDR in iOS to layer the photos and then used Camera+ with the Clarify filter.  Not everyone will like this kind of detail but I quite like it.  It isn't as nice a result as using Photomatix and Photoshop but who can afford those??  ;)

 

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