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Here are a couple of shots that I took at Legoland last weekend. Tried playing around with the DOF to make them look a little more "lifelike."

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38mm f5 @1/250th ISO 100

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50mm f5.6 @1/400th ISO 100

I really need to get some lenses. I could have done more if I wasn't saddled with the 18-55mm that I got with the XTi when I bought it.
 
A couple 3 exposure builds from the beach in Carlsbad, CA.

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For being 3 exposure HDR, I'm pretty happy with the lack of ghosting or noticeable horiz/vert shift. Both were shot hand-held with auto-bracketing at -1,0,+1.
 
Those do a pretty good job of giving them that "real made miniature" feel, though. Nicely done.
 
Looking good, Blurk!

I use three shots for HDR almost as much as five. It just depends upon the overall tonal range of the on-meter image.
 
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That one is currently the 11th most popular image in the last 24 hours on airliners.net. It's the first of my images to be accepted by them. Their panel of photographers that review images for addition to their database are discerning to say the least. They've rejected probably two dozen other pics of mine, and they say they only approve 1 in ever 200 that are submitted. To get accepted (finally) as a contributing photographer there is a pretty big deal for me since I've been trying so long. To have that image be so popular there is un-freaking real.
 
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That one is currently the 11th most popular image in the last 24 hours on airliners.net. It's the first of my images to be accepted by them. Their panel of photographers that review images for addition to their database are discerning to say the least. They've rejected probably two dozen other pics of mine, and they say they only approve 1 in ever 200 that are submitted. To get accepted (finally) as a contributing photographer there is a pretty big deal for me since I've been trying so long. To have that image be so popular there is un-freaking real.

Congrats! I didn't comment on that shot when you posted it earlier, but it's an amazing photo.
 
Wow, those do look good, and very clean for three shots and having considerable motion. Are you using Photomatrix for these? I think I really need to sit down with that program and try and figure it out a bit more, my results are not nearly this good.
 
...Tried playing around with the DOF to make them look a little more \"lifelike.\"

Speaking of this, have you guys seen any of the focus stacking that people are doing? Very interesting results, it is sort of like HDR, but instead of taking multiple frames with different exposures, you are taking multiple frames with different focus, then combining them to get greater (or different) depth of field.

Examples (all not mine):

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Yeah... Photomatix and then some additional tweaking in Photoshop.

It's usually hit and miss for me. I don't usually have very good results with the single frame conversions at all. The multi-exposures are usually more cooperative.
 
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That one is currently the 11th most popular image in the last 24 hours on airliners.net. It's the first of my images to be accepted by them. Their panel of photographers that review images for addition to their database are discerning to say the least. They've rejected probably two dozen other pics of mine, and they say they only approve 1 in ever 200 that are submitted. To get accepted (finally) as a contributing photographer there is a pretty big deal for me since I've been trying so long. To have that image be so popular there is un-freaking real.

That's awesome! Congratulations, Glenn.
 
Pretty cool online framing store with great prices for all your goofy sized prints:

American Frame

Just placed an order with them, I'll let you know how it goes.

$110 for a nice, clean wood frame with double matte (!) for a 16" x 24" with shipping. Last time I had something like this framed, it was $300 for a single matte, if the quality is good, I'm sold on this place.
 
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There's a site that I looked into that was linked through Flickr.

Framed Art | Poster Art | Wall Art | Photography Prints

You post your photos similarly to Flickr, (you can import them directly from flickr if you want) and then people have the option to purchase your photos and you get a percentage of the sale. You can set your own markup and they'll cut you a check when you've accrued enough. I think you get a percentage of any framing, matting, or anything like that as well.

I haven't ordered anything from them but I did have them send me a paper sample kit. They've got quite a few options and custom frame size doesn't seem to be an issue.
 
5D mkII is here. Same sensor as the 1Ds mkIII, some weather sealing, live view, 1080i movie, but its biggest strike (in my opinion) is it has the same AF system as the original 5D, so only one cross type sensor right in the middle.
 
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That one is currently the 11th most popular image in the last 24 hours on airliners.net. It's the first of my images to be accepted by them. Their panel of photographers that review images for addition to their database are discerning to say the least. They've rejected probably two dozen other pics of mine, and they say they only approve 1 in ever 200 that are submitted. To get accepted (finally) as a contributing photographer there is a pretty big deal for me since I've been trying so long. To have that image be so popular there is un-freaking real.


Wahoo!! I won the Photographer's Choice award! That image is now featured on the front page of Airliners.net!!

Airliners.net | Airplanes - Aviation - Aircraft- Aircraft Photos & News

The Photographers Choice Award is given to the photo added within the
last 7 days that have received the most votes by Airliners.net
photographers. It is updated every day (but the same photo can remain at
the top for several days in a row). If you aren't reading this in time to
view your photo on the frontpage of Airliners.net, you will find it in the
Photographers Choice Award archive located here:
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?choicehistory=yes

Kick ass!

Don't know how long it'll be up for. My guess is it'll fall off after a day or so. But still.

This was a photo opportunity I almost passed up, too!
 
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