Saturday, June 14, 2008

Similar Subjects


Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre shoot subjects similar to mine, but a much different look


I like their photos, so I'm sharing


Not as close up and apparently less use of photoshop.


Their blog is here.

Volcano shots

I think of these as being the "view from the Hellmouth"

I saw this in bldgblog and thought I'd share.





A 3K x 2K version of the last photo can be found here.

Friday, June 13, 2008

The Roofs of St. Petersburg

The other end of the buildings (from the gutters) -- in my mind not as unusual as the gutters but cool nonetheless.

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With the usual heavy debt to Photoshop and the Tiffen filters.

Monday, June 9, 2008

The Rain Gutters of St. Petersburg

I was in St. Petersburg ~ a year ago and finally finished processing/culling the photos.

The gutters were simply amazing. Interestingly I talked to someone who had lived there for a couple years didn't remember them as being noteworthy -- I guess it all depends upon what you grew up with.

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Yes, all of the photos were enhanced. If I remember correctly I used the Tiffen filters on all of thse