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Antelope Canyon
We took about 9 days to travel in Arizona and Utah to visit most of the great National Parks and Canyons. We rented an RV and stopped at the campgrounds near the parks or canyons that we visited. Overall, it was an amazing experience. 9 days in a raw, we woke up early to capture ...
HDR demo video (Hawaii, the sunset)
Hi folks, I started to create a series of HDR demos videos. In this one, I used photomatix, lightroom and photoshop to get my final image. Please leave your comments.
The HDR book is on the way
Good news everyone! Finally I have time to concentrate and finish my HDR book! Initially I am planning to release it only as ebook. My plans is to keep it somewhere at 40 pages. I would like to include several samples of HDR from start to finish and also some general photography tips. I am ...
Istanbul, the new inhabitants
Here is again a retouch of my an old work. When I compare it to the first version that I made about 4-5 years ago, there is a huge difference. It seems that I changed/improved my post-processing very significantly. There is no shame with post-processing. When people ask, did you do photoshopping, I laugh at them. ...
Hawaii, the fire
Apparently I spent a lot of time shooting the sunset in Hawaii Sunset and sunrise times are great for photo shooting, therefore, they are called “Magic Hour”. I made this one by lowering my camera to the sand as much as possible. I tried to frame the sun, to get a long view of the ...
Sunset at Pacific
I made this one when we were driving from San Francisco to LA. We stopped on the way, at highway CA1, and watch the sunset. I made this HDR in photomatix then worked on it mainly in PS. I used a lot of dodge and burn to highlight the waves at the foreground and darken ...
Hawaii, gathering at the beach
While I was in Maui, there was a wedding at the coast. It was very beautiful weather, great sky. Surely I set up my tripod and made my shooting…
Hawaii, the blanket
Another sunset scene from Hawaii, Big Island. This photo is made by 5 images with 1 EV steps. I combined them in photomatix. At the initial settings, I chose semi-automated ghost removal. By doing so, I selected only the sea and the wave, then for this are I chose only the brightest photo. Therefore, the ...
Karasu, sunset
This is my hometown in Turkey, it is called Karasu, a little town. It has a beautiful coastline at the Black Sea. I spent my childhood in Karasu where we could go to beach 3 months during the the summer. I made this photo back in 2007. This place has a lot of fisherman boats ...
Hawaii, sunset
Another HDR in Hawaii, and again sunset In this one, I lower the camera to the ground, and try to get the movement of the water as well as the lights from the sun. How did I get the water clear as if it was taken with a single fast shutter speed? Well, I made ...