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Saturday, 27 November 2010

Victoria Park in winter

This is a picture I shot five years ago today at Victoria Park in Regina, SK, Canada. That was the coldest place in the world that I have ever been...

The original picture was skewed in Pixelmator 1.5.1 for correcting minor distortion, then was processed using the Tone Mapping function of Photomatix Pro 4.0 in various enhancement effects including Deep, Smooth, Painterly, Grunge, and Black & White.

This was an experiment of using HDR software to enhance a single image, rather than multiple images in different exposures. Thanks to the new design of Preset Thumbnail Panel and Preview Window of Photomatix Pro 4, users may visually see the Tone Mapping results and adjust the effect instantly. That's a great user experience. The same work with the previous versions were painful, and that's why I chose to buy this version 4.

Image skewed, and enhanced in Deep and Smooth effect.

Image enhanced in Painterly, Grunge and Black & White effect.
War Memorial, Victoria Park, Regina, SK, Canada
Canon IXUS 50, F/2.8, 1/50 sec, 5.8 mm, ISO 50, Pattern Mode, 08:05 27 November 2005
Based on the last B&W image above, the following image was processed in Picasa 3.6.7 in turn to represent some of my personal feelings on that winter in Regina. Finally all images were published from Picasa as well.

War Memorial, Victoria Park, Regina, SK, Canada
Canon IXUS 50, F/2.8, 1/50 sec, 5.8 mm, ISO 50, Pattern Mode, 08:05 27 November 2005
Image skewed, level changed, enhanced in Sepia and Warmify effects, sharpened and cropped

Sunday, 21 November 2010

Sydney Opera House at night

Sydney Opera House
Leica D-LUX4, F/2.8, 1.6~6 sec, 12.8 mm, ISO 80, Spot Mode, -1, HDR, 16:9, 19:46 11 October 2010

Monday, 20 September 2010

A Thai restaurant in Adelaide

This is where I had dinner tonight, a Thai restaurant located at 68 Hindley Street, Adelaide, SA 5000.

The Wines and the wine glasses
Leica D-LUX 4, F/4.0, 2 sec, 5.1 mm, ISO 80, Pattern Mode, -1/3, 16:9, 19:18 20 September 2010
Image level changed

A waitress girl reading newspaper while waiting for guests
Leica D-LUX 4, F/2.8, 1 sec, 12.8 mm, ISO 80, Spot Mode, 16:9, 19:21 20 September 2010
Image level changed, cropped, and soft focused

Two waitress girls having a break while waiting for guests
Leica D-LUX 4, F/2.8, 1/3 sec, 7.9 mm, ISO 80, Pattern Mode, -1, 16:9, 19:29 20 September 2010
Image level changed, cropped, and soft focused

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Sunset at Scarborough Beach

Sunset at Scarborough Beach Road, Scarborough, WA
Leica D-LUX4, F/4.0, 1/1300~1/125 sec, 13 mm, ISO 80, Pattern Mode, -1, 16:9, 17:53 3 September 2010
Image generated by Dynamic Photo-HDR Trial, cropped and level adjusted

Monday, 30 August 2010

Chinese restaurant in Scarborough

A Chinese restaurant located on Scarborough Beach Road, Scarborough, Perth, WA
Leica D-LUX4, F/5.0, 3/4 sec, 5.1 mm, ISO 80, Pattern Mode, -1, 3:2, 20:44 29 August 2010
Image cropped and level adjusted

Old poles in Perth

Poles along the Scarborough Beach Road
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/500 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:09 29 August 2010

Poles along the Scarborough Beach Road
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/500 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:11 29 August 2010

Poles along the Scarborough Beach Road
Nokia E72-1, F/2.8, 1/500 sec, 5.4 mm, 4:3, 14:12 29 August 2010

Sunday, 29 August 2010

The Scarborough Beach in Perth

The pictures taken after lunch while walking along the Scarborough Beach on my first day in Perth, Western Australia. Some pictures are enhanced by Microsoft Office Picture Manager 2007.

In my first glance at the Perth airport and the Scarborough Beach area, the city looks like an American town. Everything is big and has enough space, people drive fast, and the street layout is well arranged vertically or horizontally based on rectangular street grids (not like Sydney at where almost no any street runs in a straight line from the beginning to the end).