58/365: Matrix Hotel

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Yesterday’s photo was taken late at night … VERY LATE. I went out at 11pm and caught this picture at nearly midnight and considering I had to wake up for work at 6am the next day, I went straight to bed instead of posting it here. The Matrix Hotel is a very sexy upscale hotel in Edmonton and its bright red colors are an attraction for local photographers. Hope you like it.

56/365: Digger

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This construction digger is sitting at the end of 153 Avenue in Edmonton. My guess is that it will be digging a trench to lay down some storm drain plumbing prior to completing the extension of 153 Avenue to 142 Street. This is a 3-shot HDR and then stitched in PhotoMatrix and finally post-processed in Photoshop.

20/365

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Edmontonions would know that this is a shot of the Santa Maria at West Edmonton Mall (formerly the largest mall in the world). I have attempted this shot many times in the past, always resulting in blown out roofline or just dull/muted colors. So this time I went out with a vengence and did a high dynamic range image. I am extremely thrilled by the output of the HDR and it has to be my favorite HDR of all time.