It’s a cruel joke that patience would be one the most important facets of photography while also being one of those things that I have barely any of. The act of waiting is like any other game of chance – sometimes you will be rewarded for the gamble and other times you’re left with the inside of your pockets hanging out.
In this shot here, Seattle’s moody weather cheated me out of a sunset but did offer up some beautiful shades of blue and grey in the sky. The problem was that I wasn’t 100% sure when that fleeting point would occur when light starts shifting from that gorgeousness to the flatness of darkness. It’s like throwing chopped garlic into hot oil – wait 1 second too long and it starts to smoke and burn.
Thankfully, I think I fired the shots for this tone-mapped HDR scene at the right time. I also masked in some of the moving traffic from one of the brackets. Not bad for five images from the Fuji #X100.
Now if only I can get that time machine to be built small enough to fit in my camera bag. :)
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Very nice Brian
Great shot.
Good luck with the time machine. Awesome job with the photo and thanks for sharing!
So true. When I’m in that situation, I usually end up with way too many shots because I fire em off all the time, just in case. You got a great sky there. Well done!
This rules. Rad detail. The needles pops off the dark sky nicely. Always a fan of negative space, too.
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Excellent shot, Brian! Love the processing.
Wow, great sky, deep colours. Thanks for waiting. :-)
Nice capture of the actual Seattle.
Cool shot! +Brian Matiash what software are you using for HDR? My favorite is Photomatix Pro but also been trying out HDR efex pro.
I can't wait to smoke and burn with you sometime!
Great shot +Brian Matiash! Even without patience :)
patience…???….what is that..??? is it waiting 2 years to get photos of a local pond to make an all 4 seasons series of the pond…. taking multiple shots and comparing the shots with the baseline photo so that they all line up…. if that is what it is….then i have it…. i will post the shots shortly… thanks Brian…
trekking your amazing photos!!! thanks for sharing, inspiring people and keep posting!
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Way to rock that Fuji, Brian! Great shot of the needle. And, like, Laz, I’m also a fan of the negative space here.
Amazing shot. Now what would HDR photography be without moody weather!