As a little study like project I love mixing together different levels of detail and smoothness in a photo. I think it’s important to have a series of transitions. This one has many transitions, jumping from smooth dull colors to riotous textured colors to bright smooth areas to dull-colored highly textured areas. It’s a fun way to process a photo because it comes out a little different every time, and I’m not ever sure I could re-create this.

Colors and Lines in Venice

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• Date Taken2016-02-08 16:53:17
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1.6
• Aperture11
• ISO100
• Focal Length38.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

This is not a new photo, but it’s one I took a number of years ago as soon as I got that Hasselblad. Nice, eh? I was still trying to figure out the camera, as the behavior was quite a bit different than my Sony. So, I spent a day traveling around the South Island here in New Zealand to try using the camera in a lot of different conditions. I took this over near Jack’s Point in Queenstown.

First Shot With the Hasselblad H5D

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• Date Taken2015-12-21 01:19:48
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/100
• Aperture16
• ISO100
• Focal Length42.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Where three seas meet on the southern tip of India you’ll find this massive statue just out of the ocean. I took this at sunrise one morning after we got off the train. It was a disorienting morning because the train rumbled down the tracks all night then we got out off at about 4 AM. Everything is a bit confusing when waking up at 4 AM! Then it was even more confusing navigating a bunch of tiny and crowded Indian streets in the dark of morning. I had no idea what I was really seeing until a little bit of light hit the scene, and then I was totally blown away!

Tina, my first wife, as I liked to refer to her when we were married, had a small panic attack here. Our youngest, Scarlett, kind of got lost in a mass of tourists. We found her about a minute later and of course, being a true extrovert, Scarlett was not worried at all and didn’t even notice!

The Mighty Statue

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• Date Taken2016-01-09 01:33:12
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time3
• Aperture5.6
• ISO400
• Focal Length70.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I probably visited over 50 of these amazing temples in India. Besides the ancient structures, it was fascinating to watch remote villagers also making the same pilgrimage. I think I averaged about 1,000 photos a day, and I still have only processed about 20% of them.

A Pilgrimage

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• Date Taken2016-01-05 12:29:22
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/640
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length35.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

On a helicopter flight, we flew out over where the Dart River empties into the Wakatipu lake in Glenorchy. I don’t know about you, but I’m mesmerized by the patterns these deltas make. I’d love to see a time-lapse over the past 50,000 years of how it has changed. I wonder if there is a computer simulation out there that shows it.

The Dart River Delta

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• Date Taken2016-03-30 05:55:38
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/30
• Aperture16
• ISO100
• Focal Length35.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

I probably stayed at least four weeks at the amazing Hotel O’lorogio in Venice. It’s a great place and the team there is amazing. Wow, what a fun time! Anyway, there was basically only one way back to the hotel, and it was over a small bridge that gave this view. One evening, I stopped to take my time and capture this scene.

Walking Home Again

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• Date Taken2016-01-27 19:16:18
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time8
• Aperture8
• ISO200
• Focal Length70.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

This is the train, The Golden Chariot, that we spent 10 days touring Southern India. It was so cool to take Tina and all three kids on such an adventure.

That guy sitting there is “Aman,” one of the crew of the train that absolutely loved Scarlett. She must have been about 6 years old. She called him “Almond.” He kept correcting her with a smile and said, no, my name is “Aman.” Scarlett was like, “No, to me, you are Almond. I shall call you Almond.”

Madurai, India

One of the last nights on our moving hotel

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• Date Taken2016-01-07 17:18:04
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time23
• Aperture9.5
• ISO100
• Focal Length40.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Yesterday’s image, with its added texture, reminded me that I do love to play with that concept. Here’s another favorite image of mine with a bit of enhancement.

Texture

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• Date Taken2016-02-05 07:43:36
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/4
• Aperture32
• ISO100
• Focal Length75.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Here’s another piece of Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman. Those guys really do know how to pack detail, pattern, and texture without overloading the eye.

Design in Oman

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• Date Taken2016-01-13 08:13:09
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/25
• Aperture9.5
• ISO100
• Focal Length28.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

While we were in Oman I had the Hasselblad H5D with me to play with. It was huge, heavy and a bunch of fun. Here’s one of the shots I captured while seeing what it could do as far as dynamic range goes.

Sunset in Oman

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• Date Taken2016-01-14 14:28:53
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/640
• Aperture5.6
• ISO100
• Focal Length90.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias