Paul Hartrick » Digital Photography

Dawn Breaks over Shinjuku

-Paul — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:53:08 +0000

Sunrise over Kita Shinjuku

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Shinjuku at Dusk

-Paul — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:22:55 +0000

As I have mentioned before the view I get of Shinjuku is just too good not to photograph some days. This was taken last Sunday at 4:48pm. It is a series of 3 photos stitched together with PTGui. Taken with a Sony DSC R1 camera, ISO160, F3.2, 1/25 exposure. All colors are original, no funny post processing at all.

The original full resolution image (6287px X 1647px) can be downloaded from here.

How to Create HDR Images

-Paul — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:04:26 +0000

Recently I have been creating and showing off some of my HDR images. Invariably I get the “How did you do that?” question. Rather than explain I found this great tutorial on YouTube that explains all the steps needed. In the tutorial they show 3 photos merged with touch-up’s in Photoshop. I like to take 5 to 9 photos with up to +/- 5EV and never use Photoshop to re-touch. Your results always vary with subject and shooting conditions. I would love to see some of your results if you care to share. Happy HDR’ing.

PhotoHunt High

-Paul — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:09:26 +0000

This weeks Photo Hunt theme is High. I took this photo from the observation level of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (東京都庁舎, Tōkyō Tochōsha).The photo is looking in the direction of my apartment, as you can see I was up pretty high.

The Metropolitan Buildings consist of three main buildings:

Tokyo Metropolitan Main Building No.1:
243 meters (797 ft) high with forty-eight stories above and three stories below ground.

Tokyo Metropolitan Main Building No.2:
163 meters (535 ft) high with thirty-four stories above and three stories below ground.

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Building:
41 meters (135 ft) high with seven stories above and one story below ground.

Located in Shinjuku, it held title of the tallest building (by roof height) in Tokyo, at 243 meters (799 feet), from 1991 until late 2006, when it surrendered its title upon the completion of Midtown Tower. The two top-floor panoramic observation decks are free of charge to the public and contain many gift shops. They are open till 11 pm on weekdays. Use of cameras is permitted, but tripods are forbidden.

High [hai] adjective
at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc

Example: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board

Arabic: عالٍ
Chinese (Simplified): 高的，具有相对高度的
Chinese (Traditional): 高的，具有相對高度的
Czech: vysoký
Danish: høj
Dutch: hoog
Estonian: kõrge
Finnish: korkea
French: haut
German: hoch
Greek: (υ)ψηλός
Hungarian: magas
Icelandic: hár
Indonesian: tinggi
Italian: alto
Japanese: 高い, たかい , takai , also used to express expensive.
Korean: 높은
Latvian: augsts
Lithuanian: aukštas
Norwegian: høy
Polish: wysoki
Portuguese (Brazil): alto
Portuguese (Portugal): alto
Romanian: înalt, de la înălţime
Russian: высокий
Slovak: vysoký
Slovenian: visok
Spanish: alto
Swedish: hög
Turkish: yüksek

As always the original image is available on my .Mac photo gallery.

Photo Hunt: Wooden

-Paul — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:26:39 +0000

This weeks Photohunt theme is Wooden. I took this Photo in Kyoto, Japan. As people were standing on the bridge taking nice photos of the mountain scenery I was captivated by the wooden edges of the bridge. As always the original high resolution image is available on my .Mac Photo gallery.

wooden – adjective
made of wood
Example: three wooden chairs
Arabic: مَصنوع من الخَشَب
Chinese (Simplified): 木制的
Chinese (Traditional): 木制的
Czech: dřevěný
Danish: træ-
Dutch: houten
Estonian: puust, puit-
Finnish: puu-
French: en, *de bois
German: Holz-…
Greek: ξύλινος
Hungarian: fából való, fa-
Icelandic: tré-, úr tré
Indonesian: dari kayu
Italian: di legno*
Japanese: 木製の, もくせいの, mokusei no
Korean: 나무로 만든, 목재의
Latvian: koka-
Lithuanian: medinis
Norwegian: tre-
Polish: drewniany
Portuguese (Brazil): de madeira
Portuguese (Portugal): de madeira
Romanian: de, *din lemn
Russian: деревянный
Slovak: drevený
Slovenian: lesen
Spanish: de madera
Swedish: av trä, trä-
Turkish: tahtadan