Big Pixel Pusher

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to my personal blog. Here I post examples of my photography and writing. I specialize in making unique and highly detailed photographs. Notice I said making and not taking. Yes I take photos but a lot of time and work is involved in pushing and punishing the pixels in my images to achieve the look I like.

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Entries in National Building Museum (2)

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Shine on you crazy diamond

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 6:09AM | in

HDR,

Museum,

National Building Museum,

Travel,

Washington DC

Shine on you crazy diamond, originally uploaded by big_pixel_pusher.

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun?
The National Building Museum (NBM) in Washington D.C. is a huge space to a big guy like me so it must look even bigger to my Nephew Manny here. As you can see he took it in stride. The great hall is supported by several of the giant columns you see in the background. They are truly colossal in scale. While the NBM is not the most popular destination in Washington, it's a fantastic place to go if you are in town.

This is a 3 shot HDR which is the largest number of exposures I can generally shoot hand held and have some chance of aligning and stitching together. Since the kid is naturally wired, he moved around during the sequence so I had to mask him into the HDR image from the middle exposure and adjust his saturation and tonal values so he seamlessly blends into the background. Shoot right into the sun? Sure. Photoshop just rocks!

National Building Museum - Great Hall

Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 11:44AM | in

HDR,

National Building Museum,

Travel,

Washington DC

National Building Museum - Great Hall, originally uploaded by big_pixel_pusher.

Built between 1882 and 1887 as a home to the US Pension Bureau and to provide a grand space for Washington D.C. social functions, this hall has been the scene of many Presidential inaugurall balls and other important events.