Distortion

So what’s the first thing you notice about this image? Why, the distortion of course! Stitched image of 7-8 pictures shot with my wide-angle glass, and here’s the result using PS stitching: image distortion. Downside of the wide-angle? Probably, but I left it this way just because it’s very funny. The freaking Space needle got [...]

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Space Needle

What’s the benefit of having a cosplay gathering at a popular tourism location? You get to take pictures of both. This, was the case for January 2010′s Gasukan, and I very much enjoyed taking pictures of the Seattle center, and particularly the Space Needle, albeit the fact that there are probably millions of pictures of [...]

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Wonderland

I am starting to do more panoramic shots now, for experiment, and for learning purposes. Above is a stitch of roughly 7 images, all shot hand-held. Once you have pictures covering all areas in your scene, just use any stitching tool, such as Photoshop, to either let it automatically stitch for you, or do it [...]

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Winter Flower

Doing HDR handheld has its benefits, but the definite downside is camera shake and movement. This one looks fine at this size, but you’ll see a very clear blur as the result of camera movement that the subjects shot in all three exposures don’t have the exact match location on the images, and this is [...]

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Fruit, Stream, Bridge

I realized that many people actually prefer HDR art. From my observation, almost all of my most faved artwork on DeviantArt are HDR work. Whilst it’s a good thing knowing that people appreciate my art, it also brings me back to the question: is HDR overused? Depending on how the artist goes about creating their [...]

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