A few shots from this summer

[jay mcdaniel]

Well, I had a pretty busy summer. I brought my Canon XSI along with me to Rwanda, Tanzania, and British Columbia. Its been a few months, but I have finally gotten around to editing them. Just wanted to show off some of them and get some feedback.

On My Way Home

Cold Water
Tone-mapped RAW using photomatix and a little photoshop

Lake Manyara Impala
Shot of an Impala buck at Lake Manyara in Arusha, Tanzania

The View From Flag Point
Tone-mapped RAW, lowered saturation on selected colors

Frankenstein
The peak in the middle-ish of the picture is named Frankenstein… tilt your head sideways

The only regret I have is that I didn’t bring a fly rod. It would have been worth the extra trouble to get it to British Columbia, atleast.

I have more up at my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymcdaniel/

[mtnman2888]

Very nice photos, must have been a wonderful trip.

I especially like the one of the impala.

[John Bennett]

Nice Jay.
Im not a big fan of HDRs, migth have preferred to see the 2nd as is. Like the composition and placement of the isle in the last.

[Corey Kruitbosch]

Nice .. From the photos it looks like you had a great time and went to some beautiful locations!

[jay mcdaniel]

Guys, thanks for the comments. As for the HDR waterfall pic, the original picture was slightly out of focus. Somehow in the HDR process, it turned that shot into a much better picture. Combining the exposures added a better contrast of light and dark + great detail which was previously lost in shadows.

Thanks again for your comments–they are much appreciated.

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