The Blue Hour Rocks!

The Blue Hour Rocks!

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Technique
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-Sony a300 w/ Tamron 10-24 lens
-Tripod
-10mm
-ISO 100
-F8
-3.2 seconds
-Tonemapped using a single RAW exposure in Photomatix Pro 4.0. File>Open
-Contrast adjustment, Vibrance Boost, and Unsharp Mask in Photoshop CS5

I did take multiple exposures for this shot, but when I blended them in Photomatix, the details of the water and clouds disappeared. By using just one exposure, I kept all the details that I wanted.

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The Story
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I captured this shot at Portside aka Crab Park on my meet-up with Eyesplash.
Here is his series from the same night.

If you're in the Southern British Columbia area, there will be a BIG flickr meet up in downtown Vancouver on February 12th. The one year anniversary of Vancouver's Olympics. If you didn't get to experience the games in person. This is your last chance to for a taste of what it was like. The streets will be shut down, the cauldron will be lit, and there will be events with some of the medalists in Robson Square.

To sign up and receive updates on where we'll be meeting, just tag yourself in this photo.

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Permissions
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© 2011 Brandon Godfrey

Not for profit bloggers are welcome. I can always use the free publicity.

I do not use Getty Images. If you would like to licence a full resolution version of any of my photos. Please contact me by flickr mail, or email. Which can be found on my profile. Why pay a middle man 80%? Save money by going straight to the artist.

Posters, framed, and canvas prints can be purchased on my Imagekind. I only have a few select photos on the site, so If you have a certain one of my flickr photos in mind. Again, just contact me by either flickrmail, or regular email, and I'll upload it there for you.

Thank You

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