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I was temporarily totally disoriented after this shot...
what was I really SEEing here?

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Fresh stuff from an exciting shoot on Tampa Bay with a new friend Chris (tebographics). Early morning start paid off with Grand Light and Mother Nature had conveniently provided morning clouds for us too! It was a perfect morning... if these shots don't portray that, it's my fault, not the Supreme Beings!

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Alternate Title: Ahoy CAPTAIN! GRASS DEAD AHEAD!!!
Coast Guard ship 213 is in dry dock for a complete "Makeover" looks like she's seen some action days on the high seas....for now the Captain watches the grass growing...

Thank Mr Chain Link for inventing chain link fencing!!!! My friend and I were only able to hold our lenses up to that darn tiny diagonal hole if the fencing to get our shots of many of the interesting boats all in "secure areas".

This work is from a single NEF/RAW shot at 0ev, converted into 3 tiffs (for -2/0/+2 evs) then sent into Photomatix to HDR/tonemap the combo.
(THANK YOU CHRIS for the tips...Wahoo! I feel like I'm finally getting it!)

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Sunny morning on the Alifia River with a massive rain cloud pouring in the distance.

I tried to emulate an old Japanese woodblock print (ukiyo-e artist) Master's work here... Hiroshige. He was one of the last great artists in that tradition. Many of those prints had a special bright-Light quality and had black borders.

single shot processed in Topaz Adjust & Elements.

THANKS Pareeerica for superb texture "PAPER GRUNGE"!

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Busy "visually" Port Tampa and the tug David Brisco with interesting weather above.
Made it a shot to show the complexities in structural Forms & Function...
and bright colors. Actually I was pleasantly surprised that a rusty smokey dusty old Port could produce a scene like this.

3 shots -2/0/+2 HDRd in Photomatix

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