Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge Originally uploaded by briburt Viewed from the Marin viewpoint looking back south toward San Francisco when I was down in the Bay Area last week. Just had a couple of moments to stop and take a view quick shots, and it was gray and foggy and just generally not a very good [...]
Sunrise and Fog at the Space Needle, Seattle
Sunrise and Fog at the Space Needle, Seattle Originally uploaded by briburt More from my little morning jaunt out to Kerry Park a couple of weeks ago. The light coming through the fog was just amazing. Almost looks like I was on another planet, but the light really did look like this.
Freighter Anchored in Elliott Bay, Seattle
Freighter Anchored in Elliot Bay, Seattle Originally uploaded by briburt I’ve been biking by these freighters a lot lately and wanted to catch the sort of stillness they emanate as they sit anchored in Elliott Bay. Again, I processed this as HDR and then used a mild “Orton” effect in Photoshop to create that kind [...]
Foggy Sunrise, Seattle Skyline & Mt. Rainier
Foggy Sunrise, Seattle Skyline & Mt. Rainier Originally uploaded by briburt Got out of bed early a couple of weeks ago and went the few blocks from my house over to Kerry Park in Seattle to shoot the sunrise, and I almost missed this shot, as the fog was really moving in fast and soon [...]
Dreamscape, Ruby Beach
Dreamscape, Ruby Beach Originally uploaded by briburt Well, this one now seems to be gaining some popularity out on Flickr. When I took it, I didn’t think the light was right, but thanks to some (subtle) HDR processing, I managed to bring the light out of the foreground and get the clouds and mist just [...]
At the Grain Terminal (2)
At the Grain Terminal (2) Originally uploaded by briburt OK. I admit it. I had a lot of fun doing this one. When I bicycle to work along Elliott Bay in Seattle, I go through Myrtle Edwards Park on the bike path and pass the grain terminal, where there is invariably a grain ship from [...]
Striding Confidently to Nowhere
Striding Confidently to Nowhere Originally uploaded by briburt I took this photo of Jonathan Borofsky’s Walking Man just outside the West Wing entrance to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Borofsky has an installation in the Upper Galleria of the West Wing that includes a number of these figures, either falling or flying (it’s [...]
Seattle Skyline at Night
Seattle Skyline at Night Originally uploaded by briburt And one more from my little twilight photo shoot on the Water Taxi pier in West Seattle. This one is of course looking the other way than the previous two shots I posted. I iniitially processed this from 3 exposures as HDR, but mostly just to get [...]
West Seattle Fishing Pier at Dusk
West Seattle Fishing Pier at Dusk Originally uploaded by briburt OK. I had to post this one to my blog as well. It’s the result of some serious digging into Photomatix Pro for the HDR creation and tonemapping and then Lightroom for final processing. I am simply amazed at what these software tools can do [...]
Fishermen at the Water Taxi Pier, West Seattle
Fishermen at the Water Taxi Pier, West Seattle Originally uploaded by briburt Well. I had quite a time a week ago Friday hanging out on the fishing pier where the West Seattle water taxi comes in from downtown. I had intended on getting only some twilight skyline shots, but the fishermen and the water taxi [...]
Sunset Walk on Kalaloch Beach
Sunset Walk on Kalaloch Beach Originally uploaded by briburt Had a lot of good light out at Kalaloch on the Olympic Peninsula. It’s quite a dramatic place no matter what the weather, and I tried to capture this feeling in all of the photos I took on Kalaloch Beach, Beach 4, and Ruby Beach. This [...]