Vacation in Dallas Part I of many (I still have over 200 pictures to edit)

BoblyBill · May 16, 2007

I went down to see my sister graduate college in Dallas, TX. I took over 300 pictures and posting my favorates of this trip.

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6. My Dad. Most talented person I know.

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1. My sister. I'm so proud of her.

2. I got a little lucky on this one. I'm sad that I wasn't able to take it a bit sooner to get that guy out of the way.

I'll probably be posting more when I get done editing them all. Tell me what you think.

William · May 17, 2007

Where did you take number 7? That looks like a pretty cool place.

Vero · May 17, 2007

wow there are some really fantastic pictures in there!

I love #3,4,6,7,10,11,13 & 14!

BoblyBill · May 17, 2007

William said:
Where did you take number 7? That looks like a pretty cool place.

It was in some rest area on highway 87 (I think) that goes between Amarillo, TX and Lamar, CO.

Vero said:
wow there are some really fantastic pictures in there!

I love #3,4,6,7,10,11,13 & 14!

Thanks for the compliments.

GrfxGuru · May 18, 2007

#9 is very nice indeed, love those rays!

cigrainger · May 18, 2007

I like them. Did you HDR a few of them?

Alex_B · May 18, 2007

5 is great, and 7 must be taken in dartmoor, UK

I also like the clouds
and the water running over that brick structure.

BoblyBill · May 18, 2007

cigrainger said:
I like them. Did you HDR a few of them?

9 of them are HDR.

BoblyBill · May 18, 2007

Alex_B said:
5 is great, and 7 must be taken in dartmoor, UK I also like the clouds
and the water running over that brick structure.

Thanks Alex, the water ones are my personal favorites as well.

cigrainger · May 18, 2007

BoblyBill said:
9 of them are HDR.

Other than the clouds... why? It looks like even your dad is HDRed.

I think these are good captures, or would be without the HDR. It's just not necessary and makes everything look cartoonish.

BoblyBill · May 18, 2007

cigrainger said:
Other than the clouds... why? It looks like even your dad is HDRed.

I think these are good captures, or would be without the HDR. It's just not necessary and makes everything look cartoonish.

Thanks for the honest comment. I simply did it because since I have been storm chasing it's been a habit to auto bracket every shot (or most of the time) and I was curious on how it would turn out. I personally like them the way they all turned out (as does my family), but I'm ok with it if nobody else does. That will give me a better idea of what the majority thinks about HDRing people HDR in general. If a lot a people don't like them, then I know that I won't waste a lot of time printing HDR's unless somebody happens to see one and request it. Then if I ever get good enough to take portraits and weddings then I also probably won't waste my time with it unless it's been requested.

moracca · May 19, 2007

I'm not sure why everyone likes to bash HDR shots so much, I personally really like the way they turned out, and I don't find many of them cartoonish at all. Granted some shots are suited for HDR and some aren't but there's not many of these that look so totally unnatural.
The way i see it, our eyes are capable of taking in a lot more tonal information than our screens are capable of displaying, so sometimes it actually lets the picture get closer to what we really see in life. (depending on how its used, and whether or not the person goes overboard)