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"Makati RCBC" Manila, Philippines

The urban skyline of Makati inspires to create HDR views. This one is looking towards the RCBC tower.

November 17, 2008

"Shy" Makati, Philippines

While trying to get some HDR photo footage from the surrounding skyscrapers in Makati I caught this cute little girl on camera.

November 17, 2008

"Dawn over Manila"

day night dawn

November 16, 2008

"Miniature jeepney" Makati, Philippines

Using the fake tilt-shift technique in Photoshop I recreated this "miniature" version of the jeepney resting place near our Condo in Makati. This is a zoomed in view using my 55-250mm lens on the area in the bottom right of this overview photo.

November 13, 2008

"Pictorial preparations" Manila, Philippines

This week we had our wedding pictorial photo's in the east digital studio in Manila. Being a photonerd offcourse I couldnt resist and brought my own camera so I can get some "stolen" shots during the preparations. Here is my soon-to-be wife in a "formal" Filipino dress. Just wait 'till you see the photos of us in traditional Dutch costume.

November 11, 2008

"Lake taal" Tagaytay, Philippines

Panorama of lake taal in Tagaytay philippines. With a view on the unactive vulcano in the middle of the lake. Shot from the terrace in front of Dencio's. Created with 3 photo using lightroom and the photoshop panorama function.

November 7, 2008

"Condo view at night" Makati, Philippines

day night dawn

November 5, 2008

"Condo view" Makati, Philippines

After 9 months in Europe we are back in Philippines again (getting married on 21 november in Tagaytay). This is our view from the rented Manila/Makati condo. day night dawn

November 4, 2008

Scheveningen pier in the Winter HDR

Shot from the beach in a cold Scheveningen, The Netherlands at 31 oktober 2008. 3 auto bracket exposures made with my Canon 40d then fed into Photomatix pro. Finally step is some minor level corrections Adobe Lightroom.

October 31, 2008

40d to Polaroid

Converted my canon 40d to a cheap polaroid camera with the great "poladroid" apple mac application.

October 28, 2008