I just had a quick trip to Detroit and my hotel had a remarkable bamboo style forest in the lobby. I had my Sony NEX-7 with me and nice wide angle lens to boot. I brought up some red colors in the rocks but didn't do much else to it. This was a single shot RAW.
Here's a shot I finally got around to processing. Honestly I didn't have to do too much considering the remarkable conditions over Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand. Every 30 seconds during this sunset the light was changing to something new and fantastic.
Here I shot seven bracketed photos with a 1.0 exposure variation; this is something you want to do when shooting directly into the sun. Using the tone mapped image I pulled in the sky from the +1 exposure to fix some of the gray sky. I also brought in some of the redder grasses from the 0 level exposure. These grasses were unbelievably red while I was standing there.
This was really one of those magical sunsets in New Zealand. This grass had an amazing color of orange that I was trying to capture here without going overboard. The sun hit the grass and it almost looked like it was on fire. This sunset lasted forever and the light changed every few minutes to something different and remarkable.
This is the first time my son helped me shoot some photos. We were about to have dinner at the Dog Watch Cafe in Stonington, CT and I couldn't pass up this amazing sunset on the water. My son couldn't wait to help with the tripod, set up the shot, and press the shutter button. He didn't help set the 7 exposures, or reduce the exposure compensation to -1, but he was my moral support.
Stonington, CT
Since I grew up loving astronomy (subscribed to Astronomy Magazine) I couldn't wait to get out and practice some star photography. After practicing for 60-70 shots I managed this one. I managed to get about 4-5 shooting stars in this one. I will be doing a lot of this during the Summer months. I also plan to write up a nice post on how to shoot these.
Starry Night in New Zealand
I'm in the midst of a trip to my sister's house to see her new baby girl. I decided to keep the computer at home and just travel with the iPad mini. I shot a bunch of photos using my Nikon D800 but I edited them on my iPad using SnapSeed and some simple touch-ups in iPhoto for iOS. It's kind of freeing not using the computer on the road. I love that I can shoot and edit RAW photos on my iPad. I'm going to write a larger post about traveling and shooting with the iPad soon.
Baby niece asleep