June 7, 2008

day 81 - amazing night

see more from tonight here
http://www.rachelschell.com/gallery/4437785_cAzsa#309107434_LQgpV

I want to know how I lived without this grad nd filter for so long. *sigh* All I had to do to this was a little curves (where before I would have to set up my tripod and take 5 shots, different exposures and then spend an hour or more in photoshop blending them together without making it look HDR ish).

I have a few more from tonight. The sky was really really amazing.

PS - this is down by my moms house where I took this photo. I finally got down here to see how much the river had flooded. They closed off her street (Upriver Drive) because the river had covered it at one point. Most of the Centennial Trail is dry now, but there were a couple of areas that were still flooded. We saw a guy a bicycle just keep on riding into the water. I told him the trail was pretty flooded and deep, but he kept going. A little while after that we saw him coming back our way and he was soaked up to his knees. He said farther up the current was too strong and water too deep for him to continue. LOL...

June 7, 2008

day 81 - amazing night

see more from tonight here
http://www.rachelschell.com/gallery/4437785_cAzsa#309107434_LQgpV

I want to know how I lived without this grad nd filter for so long. *sigh* All I had to do to this was a little curves (where before I would have to set up my tripod and take 5 shots, different exposures and then spend an hour or more in photoshop blending them together without making it look HDR ish).

I have a few more from tonight. The sky was really really amazing.

PS - this is down by my moms house where I took this photo. I finally got down here to see how much the river had flooded. They closed off her street (Upriver Drive) because the river had covered it at one point. Most of the Centennial Trail is dry now, but there were a couple of areas that were still flooded. We saw a guy a bicycle just keep on riding into the water. I told him the trail was pretty flooded and deep, but he kept going. A little while after that we saw him coming back our way and he was soaked up to his knees. He said farther up the current was too strong and water too deep for him to continue. LOL...