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9-26-12 Bandon Dawn - This is a five exposure image taken at sunrise at Bandon, Oregon. I used Photomatix and Color Effex 4.0.
Critiques Welcome.BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120921IS00354HDRX
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9-27-12 Coquille Lighthouse. This is a 5 shot HDR processed in photomatix and silver effex pro 2.
Critiques Welcome.BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120918IS09709HDRX
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10-11-12 Face Rock and Kittens, Bandon, Oregon. This is a single long exposure captured at 8 sec and processed in Lightroom 4 and Color Effex 4.0. I took this during the workshop.
BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120921IS00751
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10-14-12 Dahlia in Black and White - This was taken at Shore Acres State Park, Charleston, Oregon. They have incredible gardens including several beds of dahlias. I converted this using Silver Effex Pro 2.
Constructive Feedback welcome.BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon CoastShore Acres20120919IS09840
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10-16-12 Another Bandon Sunrise
Constructive Feedback Welcome and Appreciated.
Thanks for all the feedback on my recent shots.BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120921IS00354HDRX
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10-19-12 Star trails at Bandon, Oregon.
Critiques Welcome.BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120921IS00849wstartrails
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11-13-12 Bandon Long Exposure - I went looking through my photos look for more contenders for my first assignment. I will be submitting it tomorrow. This is a 6 sec exposure.
Thanks for all the feedback and thoughts about my two images. I am currently leaning towards the first one uploaded called Samish River Long Exposure but I will not decide until tomorrow.
Added Info: This rock formation is called Face Rock and to the right are the kittens. There is a folklore about this. Local legend says that Face Rock is the face of an Indian maiden that was frozen into stone by an evil spirit. The Cat and Kittens Rock are her animals that were thrown into the sea and turned to stone by the same evil spirit.
Critiques WelcomeBandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120920IS00070
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10-22-12 Along the Skykomish RIver in Washington. We drove up Route 2 which is part of the Cascades Loop in Washington to see if we could find some fall color and were treated to some nice scenery. There was a winter cold front coming in so the air was a bit nippy. We were rewarded with out efforts here.
Critiques welcome.Ilene SamowitzNorth CascadesWashington20121020IS02394HDR
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10-24-12 The New Ferris Wheel Along the Waterfront in Seattle. This is a 5 exposure HDR shot with my Panasonic GH2 processed in Nik HDR Effex Pro 2 and Color Effex 4.
Critiques welcome.Ilene Samowitz201209281190312HDR
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10-26-12 Rockaway Beach at a low tide sunset. We have a place on the Oregon Coast in this town, in case you are wondering about why I have so many images of this location. It is a magical place and my heart sings whenever I am there.
Critiques Welcome.Ilene Samowitz20120915IS08783HDRX
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11-3-12 Storm Over Face Rock - this is a 5 image bracketed sequenced processed in Photomatix Pro and then converted in Silver Efex 4. Today I went down to Olympia, Washington to the Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest where John and Barbara Gerlach. spoke on Mastering Digital Exposure and Advanced Flash Techniques. The lectures were ok but I found them to be a refresher. I had fun meeting someone I met online and catching up with workshop friends. I was also able to get my camera cleaned for a good price and got to see some amazing images from the participants. If all goes well the next meeting will be in Eugene in April and Franz Lanting will be the speaker.
Critiques Welcome.Ilene Samowitz20120916IS08948HDRX
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11-4-12 The EMP (Experience Music Project Building at Seattle Center). I was able to get to the Seattle Center today and take this image which is a section of the EMP. The concrete in the lower right hand corner is the monorail track. This was a 5 exposure HDR processed in Photomatix Pro and OnOne Perfect Suite 7.
Critiques Welcome.Ilene Samowitz20121104IS02439HDRX
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11-15-12 Matthews Beach Foggy Morning - I was heading out to work this morning and saw such beautiful fall light. There was fog rising out of the lake at sunrise. I decided to take a quick run to the lake at the expense of getting to work a little late and was fortunate enough to photograph this image. I processed this as an HDR done in Photomatix using the natural (fusion) setting which just extends the dynamic range. I did the post processing using the new OnOne Suite 7 where I also added a texture. I think there will be additional images that I will share from this shoot. I used my Panasonic GH2.
Critiques Welcome.Ilene SamowitzMatthews BeachSeattle201211151190508HDRX
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11-18-2012 Sonoma Sunset - This is a 5 exposure HDR processed in Photomatix Pro and Color Effex Pro 4.
Thanks for all the comments and support on my Soaring Pelican.
Critiques WelcomeIlene SamowitzOR_CA_Coast_May_201220120506IS00575HDRX
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11-19-12. Trinidad State Park, California. This was an in camera HDR shot with my Nikon D800e.
Critiques welcome.Ilene SamowitzOR_CA_Coast_May_201220120506IS00423
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12-5-12 Downtown Seattle As Seen From Pier 66 - this is a 5 stop Hdr processed with Photomatix and then Color Effex Pro 4.
Critiques Welcome.Ilene Samowitz20121201IS02908HDRX
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12-16-12 Portland Head Lighthouse at Dawn. Thanks for all the positive feedback and support on my black and white photo of this lighthouse.
Critiques welcome.HDRIlene SamowitzNew EnglandPortland Head Lighthouse20121214IRS2591
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12-20-12 Dawn at Portland Head Lighthouse. This is a long exposure image that was 40 second single exposure. Thanks for the feedback on my two Nubble shots. I tried reprocessing the black and white with more contrast.
Critiques WelcomeIlene SamowitzNew England20121214IRS2643
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12-21-12 Another Portland Head Lighthouse Shot - thanks for all the wonderful support and comments for my photos of late. Recently there have been just some incredible images. I appreciate the feedback and critiques as well. I often enjoy doing multiple versions of an image. I hope that you all joy that as well.
Critiques welcome.Ilene SamowitzNew England20121214IRS2673hdrx
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1-4-13 Snowy Owl at Fort Stevens - this is another image I took at Fort Stevens at 1-1-12. I used my Nikon D800E with its magnificent 36 megapixels. I was able to crop this image and then was able to resample using Perfect Size and now have a cropped, high res image.
Feeling very tired tonight so I apologize for not commenting tonight. Should be able to have time over the weekend.
Critiques welcome.BirdsFort StevensIlene SamowitzOregon CoastSnowy Owl20130101IS03085
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1-10-13 Bandon Starry Night - This was taken as a 25 sec single exposure and processed in Lightroom. I took the processed photo into Topaz Star Effects to add the extra umph to the stars.
Critiques Welcome.BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120922IS00873starfilter
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1-13-13 Bandon Long Exposure Twilight - this is a 30 sec exposure.
Critiques Welcome.BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120917IS09049
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1-15-13 Coquille Lighthouse- this is a 130 sec exposure and then converted to black and whit. I thank you all for the many comments and support of making the other Coquille Lighthouse image number one. What a thrill especially when there were many exceptional photos posted.
Critiques welcome.BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120918IS09718
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3-3-13 Seattle Blue Hour - taken with my Nikon 1 v1 from the Seattle Fishing Pier near the Grainery earlier today.
Ilene SamowitzParksSeattleSkylineWashington20130303DSC0963
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3-22-13 The Mary D Hume
BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120922IS01157
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3-25-13 This is a 274 sec (4.5 min) exposure. This is the Astoria Bridge.
Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20130324IS03653
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3-28-13 Garibaldi Fishing Pier 30 sec exposure
GaribaldiHistoric PierIlene SamowitzOregon Coast20120421IS45450
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3-30-13 At the Quad at University of Washington. This area is known for the cherry blossoms. I heard that the trees were in bloom so Doug and I went to do some long exposures. Unknown to us, there was an article about the blossoms on the front page of thevSeattle Times. So the area was teeming with people. This is a 5 min plus exposure converted to black nd white. See all the ghosting? Tell me whether you like this and find this effect interesting? I am doing a lot of experimentation with long exposures for my class.
Ilene SamowitzSeattleUW20130330IS03791
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4-6-13 Tillamook Bay - down on the Oregon Coast on a windy rainy afternoon. We drove out to Bay Ocean Spit before the rain started pelting. I did some long exposure work for my class/project until I got drops on my filter. I used 13 stops of ND and exposed this image for 357 sec ( almost 6 minutes).
Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20130406IS04253
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4-7-13 Tillamook Bay, Oregon. This was taken at the same time as the image I posted yesterday. I used my Lee Big Stopper for 10 stops of ND compared to 13 stops. I am taking a long exposure class where I am earning to vary the exposures. I think I like the 30 sec exposure better than the 357 sec exposure http://www.ilenesamowitz.com/Photo-A-Day/PAD2013/i-ckkRpZ8/0/M/20130406-_IS04253-M.jpg .....what do you think?
Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20130406IS04251
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4-9-13 Looking to Haystack - another image for my long exposure class taken yesterday. This is 414 sec (almost 7 min).
Clatsop CountyIlene SamowitzOregon Coast20130408IS04266
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4-15-13 This is a 15 sec long expsure taken on the Cental Oregon Coast at Strawberry Hill looking north.
Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20130412IS04304
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4-28-13 From the archives a 30 sec exposure of Face Rock at Bandon, OR taken near sunrise.
Thanks for making my tulip sunrise the number one shot of the day. I really appreciate and cherish this wonderful community.BandonBandon Workshop 2012Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20120917IS09049
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5-2-13 From my archives...could not post or comment last night or earlier due to Smugmug in read only. Hope to get back to routine soon.
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5-8-13 This is a black and white conversion of the Coquille lighthouse that I posted yesterday. I think I like the black ad white one better. Thoughts?
Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20130429IS05327
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5-10-13 This is a 204 sec exposure of the Cape Blanco lighthouse taken on a very windy day in Oregon. I sat at a picnic table shielded by the gift store to shelter me and the camera from the 35 mph winds.
Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20130429IS05367
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5-14-13 Another long exposure taken at Bandon, Oregon from the overlook at Elephant Rock. This is a 274 sec exposure that was converted in Silver Effex 2.
Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20130428IS05192
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5-21-13 Reflections on Second Avenue - I used to work in the building on the left. I shot pointing upward and was able to capture multiple reflections n each.
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5-28-13 Yaquina Lighthouse. I tried to really work the scene with the stormy light
Ilene SamowitzOregon Coast20130525DSC1348
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5-30-13 This is another in my series of building reflections in downtown Bellevue. I converted using Silver Effex Pro 2 and used the new Clarity from Topaz.
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6-11-13 This is a 202 sec exposure taken at sunset. I took this last week when I met Judy and Phil. I wonder which one you prefer? Today's or the black and white conversion that I posted yesterday?
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6-16-13 This is a 5.5 minute long exposure of Mount Baker taken from Semiahmoo, WA.
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