the ramblings of Tyler Gill

Need to get back into photography, such a rewarding and challenging hobby.

Need to get back into photography, such a rewarding and challenging hobby.

Leo the Lion
Took this photo last May only a few weeks before he was attacked, miss you very much Leo. Rest In Peace.

Leo the Lion

Took this photo last May only a few weeks before he was attacked, miss you very much Leo. Rest In Peace.

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Nick Brandt Photography
VIA Young Gallery

Nick Brandt Photography

VIA Young Gallery

experimenting with HDR photography & the Olympic Cauldron

I’ve only had my Canon S5IS for a few weeks now, which has been my first semi-serious take at photography. Although its no DSLR and its sensor fails at lowlight, the S5IS is extremely versatile with its 12x zoom lens and very capable with the CHDK firmwares RAW mode. I’m thinking my next purchase will be a Gorillapod SLR, which should help out with long exposure shots. Yesterday I woke up extremely early to make it downtown for sunrise, while I was messing with settings I remembered that AEB could be used for HDR images. So after putting the images through Photomatrix, a little tone mapping, and few adjustment layers in Photoshop and little help from Pixelperfect episode 92 I created this:

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