Our VP of sales was in town and joined us for a few prospect calls. We had lunch at a famous place in Boston, which was my opportunity to stop and take a few photographs with the iPhone.
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When I take the train into Boston I typically land in Boston’s North Station. On this day I was down by Boston’s South Station and was impressed with the old architecture of this grand building. Standing in the crosswalk I took a bracketed exposure of the face of the building and later combined them with an HDR package. I had been challenged in the past to make a good HDR image shots from the DSLR, but I feel now that I’ve got the whole process down pretty well. Now I just need to save up some pennies to get that pesky watermark removed. Anyone care to buy some prints to fund future projects?
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I was fortunate enough to catch both ends of a rainbow that appeared over Boston during a recent visit. I didn’t have my DSLR with me that night but I think I did a good job capturing things with the camera from my pocket. To make these images I first took several exposures of each scene by focusing on different brightness levels within the frame. Back at the computer I used an HDR (High Dynamic Range) plug-in to merge the best parts of the exposures into a single image. The results are good and look pretty natural, the way that our human eyes see things as opposed to a single camera exposure.
Standing on the edge of the Charles River in Cambridge I spotted a rainbow landing on the John Hancock tower in Boston. This is an HDR composite from three exposures taken with my iPhone. The differences between this and the “properly” exposed original are subtle, but I liked the additional contrast in the sky and the water that the HDR brought out.
While not as clearly defined as the other end of the rainbow, this end landed on top of one of the Massachusetts General Hospital buildings. That’s the Longfellow Bridge on the right crossing the Charles River of course. This too is an HDR composite made from pictures taken with the iPhone.
On a side note, our son was treated for a serious illness at MGH, and we spend a good number of days “living” in that shiny building. Our boy is healthy again and back to a normal childhood, so we did find our pot of gold at the end of this rainbow.
-Josh
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Recently I attended a technology user group in Cambridge Massachusetts. As I looked out the window I noticed the evening sun was just hitting the buildings in Boston on the other side of the Charles River. I took out my best camera (the one I had with me, of course) and fired off a number of shots using different points in the scene to focus on. Later I used the trusty HDR software to combine three shots from the iPhone to create the image we have here. Considering that I took this with a camera phone through the windows of an office building, I’d say the results aren’t half bad.
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When I was a kid my parents did their best to avoid going into Boston. Most of my memories of Boston involve driving over this huge elevated highway that disected the city. While I was away in California, Boston undertook the “Big Dig” project to the put that and other roadways underground. The results have been fantastic… the city is now inviting and walkable, with this beautiful greenway where an ugly highway once stood. Every time I cross the greenway I still stop to admire the beautiful views. One thing is for sure… my kids memories of the city will be very different than mine!
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I got up early and made the most of this business trip by taking a self-misguided photo tour of old-town Quebec. Stepping out of my hotel and turning towards the center I quickly came to see a large park on a hill just a block from where I was staying. I walked up to the park and was greeted with this splendid view of the rooftops and waterfront.
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On a recent trip to Austin Texas I spent a few evenings walking around with my camera exploring the downtown area. I got a few good shots of the city and the skyscrapers that piece the city skyline. Looking at them again, I realized that I have three very different looking photos of the exact same building. To be honest, it was my first trip to the city and I have no idea what this building is. I have a feeling, however, that I’m about to find out real soon. Anyway, they’re cool photos and I wanted to share them with you here. Enjoy!
