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Another HDR photo.
I’m a huge New York Giants fan. And after participating in the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure 5k in New York’s Central Park today, I came home and watched the Giants turn the Saint Louis Rams in to lambs. I have a bad cold or the flu and watching the game was what I needed to recuperate. Anyway…
In our house, my wife and I have these two embroidered pillows - one for my home state of New Jersey and one of her home city of New York. This picture shows the NJ one on the left which features the Jets and Giants (because the Meadowlands Stadium is in East Rutherford, NJ) and the NYC one on the right.
So It's Come To This: posted a photo:
Another HDR attempt. I kinda like how this one turned out.
Story behind the image:
When my wife and I first started dating, I took her to Rosedale Park in Pennington, NJ. Walking around, I started spouting on about the plants, animals, and insects (mostly insects) as we walked along the equestrian trails. When asked how come I knew so much about insects, I said, "Well, I have my Insect Study merit badge."
At which point, she burst out loud laughing thinking I was kidding and being tongue-and-cheek about it.
Seeing my feelings a little hurt, though, she apologized. Needless to say, I understood she didn't know I was serious and didn't think much of it. After all, we are married now. ;)
Fast forward a bit to Christmas 2006, she takes my merit badge sash and has it framed as a Christmas gift; we have it placed in our living room for everyone to see. When people see it, we both laugh at the story as we tell them what happened on our first date in my home town area.
While I never made it to Eagle, I am very proud of my merit badges and the time I spent in Scouting. I met lots of great people and still keep in touch with a few of them today.
From top to bottom, moving left to right:
Environmental Science
Wilderness Survival
Astronomy
Insect Study
Canoeing
Mammal Study
Skiing
Reptile Study
Lifesaving
Athletics
Sports
American Heritage
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This weekend marked the annual (or is it semi-annual?) Italian Festival. At its conclusion, they launched fireworks from or near Pier A. I captured this from my living room... I probably should have gone on the roof for it but, well, there's my couch... from where I sat and watched the rest of the show.
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I took the tripod out after Hurricane Hanna passed and took some pictures of the buildings near me. I used the 'bracketing' features of my camera to produce three different images in an attempt to create an High Dynamic Range photo. The only tutorial for producing HDRs with GIMP wasn't the most helpful but I think I followed the directions they way the author intended.
This image doesn't look like the original three so I'll assume that whatever I did, it created an HDR. I'll be sure to play around with this a little more and see if this affects my photography any. If anyone has more advice or tips on how to create HDRs in GIMP or Photoshop, I'd really appreciate them.
