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Where the HDR fascination started…
By Silver Blue
I was in Ghent, Norfolk, VA, and had shot a good number of photos of the Naro Theater and … back in those days, the only option I knew of was the somewhat primitive Photoshop option.
A different look (not necessarily better, but different) is now available by clicking three buttons.
The lower is garish, while the top appears lost in a fog. The difference is that the top photo took (when I rendered it, back in 2007) about 15 minutes of heavy computing power. The lower one took about 8 seconds.
Sometimes, however, just a proper exposure for neon can make all the difference. This one has no HDR effects applied at all, and it’s the one I prefer most:
Silver Blue…. who tries to capture what lights up his world.
In the summer time….
By Silver Blue
The following photos, taken in 2007, remind me of summer. From pampas grass, to neon.
Listen as the wind goes through the grass, that looks like feathers….
And, well, as the disco song goes, “I love the nightlife…” because that’s when the neon comes to life. These are all from the Virginia Beach Boardwalk, July, 2007.
Pasta anyone?
Or maybe some coffee and donuts?
Maybe Mexican is your thing.
Or Wings…
Or… (hopefully) VERY fresh seafood.
Shall…we…play…a….game?
The opposite of retro is nouveau?
A club, or a suggestion? Fishing, or companionship?
Okay, why not just list EVERYTHING, dammit!
DQ, there everything is tasty….
…and we have year round fireworks.
The Virginia Beach Amusement Park, complete with electric palm trees. (That would make a good rock band name.)
A new meaning to “Rock Fish.”
Finally, I liked the angles on this hotel. It’s different from the norm.
Silver Blue, who is ready for the thunderstorms to let loose, and cool us down a bit.
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