Third Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
May 20^th 2006

As this picture demonstrates rather clearly, the basics of putting together multiple exposures to create a HDR image and get an interesting effect are easy, but making it look real is not. I kind of like this one as an expression of the mood of the forest, but I was actually going for realism and in that I think I failed.

This is from a trip last weekend to the westest coast, and some time I'll start putting sensible pictures up from that trip, but it may take me a while to process them because there are quite a few I want to apply this technique to with more realistic results, and I have a lot to learn.

Tradition Lake trails, Washington, USA
May 14^th 2006

Tradition Lake, Washington, USA
May 14^th 2006

Hiking near Tradition Lake, Washington, USA
May 14^th 2006

On Wednesday evening, I took part in Seattle's local contribution to the Ride of Silence, an international, slow, silent ride ro memorialise and draw attention to cyclists killed or injured on the road. Turnout was incredible (these pictures don't get the whole crowd—official estimates were around 700), and it was quite moving to be a part of this.

Gasworks Park, Seattle, Washington, USA
May 17^th 2006

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christoffer jon sinnbeck
chromasia
frozen images
photogranny
point and shoot
worksongs

http://www.virginiav.org/

A recently-restored steamship; one of only two operating in the US right now. She used to do a daily Seattle - Tacoma - Seattle ferry service.

I had the pleasure of meeting the ship and her first mate at the Lake Union Sweep, and I volunteered for occasional unskilled deck hand work, which should be a nice way to get some free rides out to sea, and learn more about the area's maritime history.

Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, USA
May 13^th 2006

What did I do last weekend? Well among other things I hauled a small portion of that sad heap out of Lake Union as part of the annual Lake Union Sweep.

Bear in mind that this was only one of 5 collection points.

Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, USA
May 13^th 2006

That building was once where the huddled masses of legend were screened and processed, and most were welcomed into the country while a few were sent home. It's now a very interesting and rather moving museum.

New York, NY, USA
April 2^nd 2006

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chromasia
ephemera
worksongs

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

lest we forget

Liberty Island, New York, NY, USA
April 2^nd 2006

This is the ferry from Battery Park to the statue of liberty & Ellis Island. I had been trying in vain to get pictures of the skyline without tourists' heads in them, until my cousin pointed out that the tourists are an interesting subject in themselves.

Lower Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
April 2^nd 2006

Lower Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
April 2^nd 2006

Bath, Somerset, UK
June 4^th 2002

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chromasia
gedney
houser
myla kent
national geographic
polly chandler
smudo
sportimage

your guess is as good as mine

Bath, Somerset, UK
June 4^th 2002

Bristol to Path Railway Path, in Bristol, Somerset, UK
June 4^th 2002

I'm very slowly editing and uploading old photos. This one's from a particularly nice day out in my 4-month stint as a resident of Bristol. You can see the whole set on Flickr