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Back In Action

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Oct
October 25, 2011 by Jason Hines

I’ve had to take a little break from blogging the last several days because I’ve been so busy with work. I am happy to announce that I am back in action however. This past weekend I had the opportunity to act as photographer on a canyoneering trip with several Boy Scouts. It was a really fun trip and I was able to take some nice pictures. I will post of a few of them in the upcoming days.

So what’s next on the agenda you ask? I have a quick weekend trip planned to Sedona this week where I will be looking to get some killer fall foliage shots. Next week on Wednesday I’m leaving to spend 6 days in Southern Utah in search of arches, slot canyons, natural bridges and with a little luck, some great Milky Way shots. All of this followed up with a possible trip to Monument Valley and Arches National Park during Thanksgiving weekend if the weather (snows) cooperates. This next month is going to be very exciting so keep checking back!

Cape Woolamai

Today’s image is another from the Pinnacles at Cape Woolamai taken on Phillip Island Australia. This place remains one of my favorite places that I’ve photographed so far. I’ve been playing around with some different processing styles and today, I wanted to ask your opinions of the processing on this image. Which do you like better?

This first image is the result of manual blending and brightness/contrast/saturation adjustments in Photoshop:

HDR Photo of Cape Woolamai

This second image is the result of Tone-Mapping in Photmatix followed by slight brightness adjustment in Photoshop and finished with Topaz Adjust:

HDR Photo of Cape Woolamai

Camera: Nikon 90
Lens: Tokina 11-16
Processing: Photomatix Pro 4, Adobe Lightroom 3, Photoshop CS5, Topaz Adjust

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Friday Photo Spots & A Sly Smile

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Oct
October 7, 2011 by Jason Hines

Welcome to Friday Photo Spots. This post is part of a weekly series, Friday Photo Spots, which showcases some of the best photos of the week from around the photo blog community. This is just a sampling of some awesome photos I’ve come across in the course of the week. Be sure to visit their sites and comment if you like their images! Also, make sure to subscribe via RSS or email so you don’t miss any future posts!

Do you have a photo blog? Would you like to be featured in a future Friday Photo Spots Post? Please feel free to leave a comment below with a link to your blog and I’ll be sure to check out your work!

Landscapes & Nature

 

Landscapes & Nature

 

Animals

 

Black & White

 

Architecture & Cityscapes

 

Architecture & Cityscapes

 

Urbex

 

Miscellaneous

 

And Finally

  • This week’s sunset photo of the week award goes to Chris Frailey for this fantastic photo entitled “Sky Fire.” These are truly some spectacular colors here so make sure you check it out!

A Sly Smile

As we were preparing for our trip to Australia, Kristi had only one thing on her mind – Koalas. She wanted to pat them, she wanted to hold them, I think she even wanted to take one home with us. We were therefore pleased to have the opportunity to pat a Koala at one of the wildlife parks on Phillip Island. She never got to hold one, but all and all I think she was quite content. We met this little guy at a Koala Conservation Center. He was just waking up as we passed and when he noticed that his alertness was getting lots of attention he became quite active and even posed for a several pictures. As I look at this shot I almost expect him to wink at me. Enjoy your weekend and thanks for commenting!

Baby Koala

Would you like to be part featured in Friday Photo Spots?

The photos featured about come primary from people I interact with through comments as well Twitter and Facebook. I very much enjoy checking out the work of fellow photographers and I would love to list you in a future post. Thanks!

 

14 Replies Categories: Animals, Australia, Nikon D90, Phillip Island

The Pinnacles

29

Aug
August 29, 2011 by Jason Hines

Happy Monday everyone!

Today’s image comes to you from Australia. I took this shot at The Pinnacles which is a point at Cape Woolamai. It was a really interesting evening as we walked about a mile along to beach before climbing a path that meandered it’s way along the cliffs that hugged the coast line. We met a fellow hiker along the way that explained to us that the all the holes we were seeing along the path belonged to a species of bird referred to as the “muttonbird” and told us that this was their nesting season.

I didn’t think too much of it at the time and had soon put it out of my mind. I took a couple shots from the ridge but soon decided to climb down the steep bank to get some shots closer to the water for sunset. While I was watching I saw several of these birds come in on the horizon and by the time I climbed back up to the ridge after sunset there were literally THOUSANDS of these birds flying overhead. We found out later that Phillip Island is home to over 1.5 million of these birds that nest in various areas throughout the season. It was one of the strangest experiences of my life. Kristi took a video of the birds which you can check out here.

The Pinnacles at Cape Woolamai

Camera: Nikon 90
Lens: Tokina 11-16
Processing: Photomatix Pro 4, Adobe Lightroom 3, Photoshop CS5, Topaz Adjust

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Hi!

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Jul
July 16, 2011 by Jason Hines
Baby Koala

Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikkor 28-300
Processing: None

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The Third Wheel

29

Jun
June 29, 2011 by Jason Hines

Happy Hump Day Everyone!

Today we head back to Phillip Island, Australia to visit an old barn on the property of a Koala Reserve. Old barns and shacks like this always remind me of a time just out of the mind’s reach which never fail to get my imagination going. This one is not leaning like the other two shacks I photographed which you can see here and here.

On another note, I have enjoyed playing around with the different filters from onOne’s Phototools. The only problem is that there are so many and I can never remember which one I actually used!

HDR Image

Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikkor 28-300
Processing: Photomatix Pro 4, Adobe Lightroom 3, Photoshop CS5, Topaz Adjust onOne Photo Tools

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