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Heath OFee — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:40:01 +0000

I’ve been having a bit of fun for the past couple of days going back through the photos from the trip I took to Italy in 2009. A lot of the shots are not up to my current standards, so it’s been a bit of a challenge to find some that are worth re-processing to share. It’s a challenge, but fun nonetheless, if only to see the progression I’ve made as a photographer over the last year and a half.

This is a close-up of one of the many busts on display in the Coliseum in Rome. I probably should have written down whose likeness this is when taking the photo, but I didn’t…so we’ll just say it’s a famous Roman emperor I decided to send this single RAW image through Photomatix Pro to see what kind of extra detail I could bring out. Even with only one exposure it did a great job of accentuating the textures and age in the stone. I then used onOne Phototools to help define the shadows and highlights to add a bit more punch. Hope you like this ‘in-your-face’ image

Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L, 97mm, F 4.0, ISO 800, Single Tonemapped RAW

Bellagio Ceiling – Chihuly

Heath OFee — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:07:38 +0000

This photo is 100% inspired by Trey Ratcliff over at Stuck in Customs. After seeing the images he was able to capture in Las Vegas, I made a point to try and find a few of the locations and see what I could come up with.

The picture below is a set of 3 handheld brackets of the amazing ceiling installation in the lobby of the Bellagio. All the glass sculpture is done by Dale Chihuly and you can find a few more of his masterpieces around Las Vegas…they really are quite stunning.

Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5, 10mm, F 3.5, ISO 200, 3 Exposures

Sculpture – heath ofee dot com

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Bellagio Ceiling – Chihuly