Ken Bondy - 12-26-2010 at 09:58 AM
It's not Russ's view, wish it was, but it's not bad. Here's what I saw to the east this morning:
Amazing how the sky changes so quickly in just minutes, and the mist starts creeping up in the canyons:
Finally the airplanes heading for LAX start to show up:
[Edited on 12-26-2010 by Ken Bondy]
wessongroup - 12-26-2010 at 10:49 AM
Some really interesting shots... thanks Ken... all are great to see
Bob H - 12-26-2010 at 11:00 AM
Wow, fantastic images Ken. Thanks.
Russ - 12-26-2010 at 11:43 AM
Breathtaking images ! Tankx
KASHEYDOG - 12-26-2010 at 12:13 PM
Great photos, Ken...
.. Just where are you..
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willyAirstream - 12-26-2010 at 12:17 PM
Great pics, but #2 is amazing!!
Ken Bondy - 12-26-2010 at 12:38 PM
Thanks wessongroup, BobH, KASHEYDOG and willyAirstream!! KASHEYDOG I am in Bell Canyon, in the southwest part of the San Fernando Valley. Calabasas
and Woodland Hills are very close. It's about 35 miles north of LAX.
KASHEYDOG - 12-26-2010 at 12:49 PM
Thanks, Ken. Your photos almost look like "Thomas Kinkade" paintings.. ..
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Ken Bondy - 12-26-2010 at 12:58 PM
Appreciate that KASHEYDOG! These are HDR images, that's what gives them that "painting" effect.
24baja - 12-26-2010 at 03:30 PM
So cool Ken, love them, thanks for posting!
BigWooo - 12-26-2010 at 06:35 PM
Those are phenomenal. What's HDR though?
woody with a view - 12-26-2010 at 06:38 PM
yeah, what he said ^^^^
Ken Bondy - 12-26-2010 at 07:47 PM
"HDR" stands for "High Dynamic Range". I don't fully understand all the technical details, but in digital photography it is a technique that brings
out the fullest range of colors and textures available in any image. It is done by bracketing, taking at least three images of the same scene at
three different exposures. In these images I took one at the "correct" exposure (the one the camera thought was correct), then one 2 stops
overexposed and another 2 stops underexposed. The three images are then processed with commercially available software. I use a program called
"Photomatix". It can also be processed in Photoshop, but I prefer the results in Photomatix. If you overdo it it can look kinda gaudy, cartoonish,
but done carefully it can produce some really beautiful effects, similar, I think, to what the eye actually sees.