Under the Hatley Castle

Under the Hatley Castle

This is the last of my favorite photos from Hatley Castle.  Again I think the umbrella’s add so much mystery to what happened the night before.  I didn’t bring the umbrella’s or anything!  I did however remove one broken one from the frame.  I think what would make this picture perfect is the lack of tents.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

Umbrella’s in the Fall

Umbrella's in the Fall

This afternoon I managed to find a bit of sun and go and snap some shots at Hately Castle.  This castle showed up in X-MEN as Xavier’s school for the gifted.  The odd thing was there was umbrella’s laying on the ground everywhere!  I do not know why.

Taken in Colwood, BC, Canada

Halloween Zombie Cat

Halloween Zombie Cat

This girl was a Halloween cat, however, on the way over to the party, was attacked by a Zombie and thus, is now a Halloween Zombie Cat.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

Halloween Wench

Halloween Wench Hosting a Halloween party this year, we had some pretty interesting costumes.  Along with that, we have some pretty hilarious friends as well.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

Chico’s Day after breakfast

Chico Naping

Chico wakes us up around 7:30am, rushes outside to do his business, leaps around begging for food, and then runs upstairs and gets back into the bed.  He stays here for most of the day, despite my working out of my home.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

The Empress Hotel

The Empress Hotel in HDR

Again I’m still working on my technique of post processing HDR photos.  I snapped this one from across the inner harbour in Victoria.  I like how this one turned out in the larger version, although the smaller version looks a bit gray.  Still working on it..

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada

The Victoria Parliament Building

HDR - Parliament Building

I’m still working on my technique with HDR, but I’m definitely liking the results more.  This one has some noise and could use with a bit of sharpening.  While I’m focused mostly on the technique, I am stealing ideas… to give credit for this one, you can see my example here.  Click on the image to see the larger version.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Pandora’s Church of Scientology

Pandora’s Church of Scientology

Yesterday evening I spent a while reading Trey Ratcliff’s HDR Tutorial.  I’ve been viewing his photos for quite some time, and other HDR photos (search on Flickr for HDR, you’ll see TONS!).  Anyways, I wanted to give it a go,  This morning I ventured downtown Victoria in hopes to get some images to manipulate, then spent a good 2 hours this morning learning beginning of the process.  This image isn’t completely finished (per Trey’s guidelines) but I have more learning to do, and wanted to post what I have done this far.  I’m pretty happy with this image as is, although it could stand for a bit of noise cancellation, and Flickr won’t take my whole 21megapixel image, so I need better re-sizing software (which I’m working on).  But it’s a start! I hope to improve and do more HDR photography in the future.  The images usually end up breath-taking, just see Trey’s blog to watch a professional at work.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Feeding the Hair

Feeding the Hair

This little girl’s hair is crazy awesome.  Taking a break to eat a sandwich, she posed for this photo.

Taken in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Un-doing Mom’s Work

Un-doing Mom's Work

Mom rolled up this little girls pants so she could get her feet wet in the water.  She wasn’t happy so she was in the process of un-rolling them when I snapped this.

Taken at Thetis Lake, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Sailing, Despite the Lack of Wind

No Wind Sailing

This is an old photo, but one of my favorites.  This guy was attempting to sail on Lake Union, in Seattle by Gas Works park (shown in the back).  Struggling to catch all the wind he can.

Taken in Seattle, WA, United States.

Cornelius Apts. Overshadowed

Cornelius Apts Overshadowed

In Seattle this past weekend staying at an apartment in Belletown.  Here is a view of my two favorite buildings downtown Seattle.

Taken in Belletown, Seattle, WA, United States

Clos Saragnat visits Seattle

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Yesterday I talked about being on assignment.  Well the assignment was to make this bottle look like it appeared somewhere in Seattle.  Out of the photos that I snapped I think this one turned out to be my favorite. 

Taken in Seattle, WA, United States

Empty Pike’s

Pike's Hall

While out on assignment, I wondered through Pike’s Place Market late Sunday evening when it was almost completely closed down.  I have never seen this place so empty.  I snapped this shot at the far end of the market with a few stragglers hanging back.

Taken at Pike’s Place Market, Seattle, WA, United States