HDRing old stuff


The main trick for HDR is to make sure you capture the whole tonal range in as few exposures as possible, to avoid ghosting, camera move, etc. If your darkest histogram has no clipped whites and your lightest histogram has no clipped blacks, you would have attained the whole tonal range. Do not overdo this.… Continue reading HDRing old stuff

The Moose is Loose


Maine reportedly has the biggest Moose populations of the country and a lot of them hang around the Moosehead Lake area. A pristine, unpopulated area where cell phone service is not always available and you travel by dirt roads only bothered by logging trucks that take the wooden gold out of the forests. Chris Young,… Continue reading The Moose is Loose

When you can’t land…


Machias Sea Island, a small rock island that serves as nesting ground for Atlantic Puffin, Razorbills, and other species, could be a rough destination. We booked two trips in case of inclement weather. Sure enough, the second trip, although we left port, the swells did not allow us to land and the trip had to… Continue reading When you can’t land…