This is one of my very first HDR photos that became quite popular. I recently re-did it for a parallel-universe version. This one has more of a film-look. I’m not saying it’s better or worse, just different. I actually didn’t go back to all the original RAW files but instead did a re-edit of the final rendered photo from before.

New York Reimagined

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• Date Taken2007-03-31 01:27:43
• Camera
• Camera Make
• Exposure Time
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length10.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure Program
• Exposure Bias

Here is another recent Iceland Edit. These are some of the hardest rocks in the world to walk on. Also, if you lose your footing and fall, you’re going to end getting sliced into a thousand pieces because the edges are like glass. I almost went out a little further on the rock, but I figured that if I slipped and fell, no one would find my body for ages. Either way, if you’re a Passport Member, you can see the edit for that here!

The Rugged Coast of Iceland

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• Date Taken2007-02-12 12:48:39
• CameraNIKON D2Xs
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/25
• Aperture5.6
• ISO100
• Focal Length12.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-1

I was out in Yellowstone all by myself on a hike to get this shot. It probably wasn’t the smartest thing in the world because there could have been a grizzly bear or something! But, I figured I had a tripod so that I would have been perfectly fine defending myself.

Beautiful Sunset in Yellowstone

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• Date Taken2008-07-05 21:30:49
• CameraNIKON D2Xs
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/180
• Aperture5.6
• ISO200
• Focal Length20.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

I took this one when I was out on a dinosaur dig with Jack Horner. One day we jumped on some quad bikes and just kind of rode off into the wild. I had my son Ethan on mine, and it was his first time. His mind was totally blown away! We took a break to jump off and take a photo just at the perfect time.

The Lonely Road in Montana

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• Date Taken2008-08-11 02:43:03
• CameraNIKON D2Xs
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/45
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length18.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

I was happy to be sitting on a few photos from Montana that I had yet to edit. Pulling a few different brackets from this magical place seemed like the perfect way to experiment with the different settings I alluded to above.

Glacial Lake in Montana

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• Date Taken2008-08-09 07:30:28
• CameraNIKON D2Xs
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time0.4
• Aperture11
• ISO100
• Focal Length14.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

I made it out to this amazing temple three mornings in a row to take photos. Each one was more beautiful than the last. One of my favorite bits was there were a bunch of young Cambodian boys running all over the place offering to bring me coffee. They have this coffee there that they mix with evaporated milk to make it extra creamy.

Morning in Angkor Wat

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• Date Taken2007-06-02 22:43:40
• CameraNIKON D2Xs
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/160
• Aperture5.6
• ISO100
• Focal Length20.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

What a great city! It was my first time to Montreal and I’ve always heard such wonderful things about it! My very first international trip was to France with my dad, and that made my sort of a francophile for life. I was surprised at how deeply ingrained the French culture is here in Montreal. I thought it would just be a “light dusting” of French, but I think I heard more French than English!

Montreal from Above

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• Date Taken2019-07-26 18:53:32
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.5
• Aperture4.5
• ISO320
• Focal Length52.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I used a new technique to process this old photo. I took it about ten years ago at Angkor Wat, and it was a very steamy morning. My lens was fogged up for about half an hour as I waited for it to reach temperature equilibrium. Anyway, a lot of my photos came out a bit foggy/blurry. So now that Lightroom has the Dehaze feature, I ran that on all the photos before importing into Aurora HDR 2019… that made all the difference in the world for a clean photo!

Angkor Wat in the Morning

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• Date Taken2007-06-02 22:43:40
• CameraNIKON D2Xs
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/160
• Aperture5.6
• ISO100
• Focal Length20.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Seeing this and working on it puts me right back in the mood of Iceland! It’s so rugged and extreme there. It always made me feel quite small and insignificant. These black rocks were extremely sharp and dangerous. I believe this is the same location where Clint Eastwood shot a few of his war movies. I feel sorry for those actors having to climb around on this sharp black glass!

The Waves Crash in Iceland

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• Date Taken2007-02-12 12:42:51
• CameraNIKON D2Xs
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/30
• Aperture5.6
• ISO100
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-1

This was a great trip! That’s my son there being held by Jack Horner… what a great guy! We went up to the badlands to spend a few days digging up dinosaurs with him… what an experience!

Digging up Dinosaurs with Jack Horner

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• Date Taken2020-04-09 18:25:16
• CameraNIKON D2Xs
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/800
• Aperture8
• ISO200
• Focal Length15.0 mm
• FlashFired, Return detected
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias