Largs beach

Largs beach, originally uploaded by greenplasticdave.

Sunrise yesterday down at the beach in Largs, Scotland. The front of the lens was mere inches from the foreground rocks here so to maintain sharp focus to the background I shot each of my bracketed images at three different focal planes and put them together in CombineZM before running through DPHDR.

Taken on a Canon EOS 40D and Sigma 10-20mm lens.

Hogmanay fireworks, Edinburgh 2009

Hogmanay fireworks, Edinburgh 2009, originally uploaded by greenplasticdave.

Happy New Year everyone! :D :D

We had a great night yesterday starting with drinks at the hotel followed by a sumptuous dinner at The Witchery.

We left the Witchery at 11:45pm to find that the Royal Mile had been closed due to a gas leak. Now I had discovered earlier that I would not be allowed to stand and take photos at the top of the Mile directly infront of the Castle as that area was reserved for a private function inside. A friendly policeman told us that we would infact be able to stand there due to the inconvenience of the gas leak closing off most parts of the street. I was really excited at this news but when I rushed up to the spot some guards there informed our helpful policeman that we STILL were not allowed there. This left me with about 10 minutes to find a spot. My wife shouted at me "David, GO!" so I raced off down a flight of icy steps to the next street and raced along that to find this spot here in the photo. The Castle lighting was TURNED OFF when the fireworks started throwing the near side into darkness so to get this shot I've layered two different exposures, one where the Castle was illuminated by numerous bursts from above.


Taken on a Canon EOS 40D and Sigma 10-20mm lens.

Sunrise over River Clyde

Sunrise over River Clyde, originally uploaded by greenplasticdave.

Taken down at the shore, Wemyss Bay, Scotland.

Pseudo HDR from one RAW file. Processed in DPHDR. 0.9 Grad used for some movement in the water. The waves here were caused by the passing ferry enroute to the Isle of Bute. I waited on it passing three times to get a nice wave in the right place :)

Shot on a Canon EOS 40D and Sigma 10-20mm lens.

Kelburn Waterfall Pool

Kelburn Waterfall Pool, originally uploaded by greenplasticdave.

Christmas Eve at Kelburn Country Park, Scotland. Everything was closed but I was still able to get to this nice spot, icicles and all :)

HDR [-2,0,+2] Shot on a Canon EOS 40D and Sigma 10-20mm lens.

River Clyde

River Clyde, originally uploaded by greenplasticdave.

We're on tour in Scotland right now and this shot was taken in the village of Wemyss Bay in Inverclyde. I had to get really low down and ended up sitting on the rocks as the waves rushed up near my feet.

Pseudo HDR from one RAW file. Taken on a Canon EOS 40D and Sigma 10-20mm lens.

Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford University

Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford University, originally uploaded by greenplasticdave.

A 360 pano taken in Christchurch Cathedral at Oxfrod University.

The interactive version can be seen here

Big ol' cloud

Big ol' cloud, originally uploaded by greenplasticdave.

This monster cloud/storm rolled in over Caloundra on Sunday while I was at a family bbq. I nipped out to Dicky Beach to see what opportunities there were.

HDR [-2,0,+2] panorama stitched with PTGui. HDR in DPHDR.

Taken on a Canon EOS 40D and Sigma 10-20mm.

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