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When I was younger I raced motocross so I can say unequivocally that it’s in my blood. The transition to motocross photography is an easy one for me. I still get the adrenaline rush with my camera in hand as I sprint from jump to jump and corner to corner. I call it “Photo-cross.” The action on the track is a great place for sports photography, it allows experimenting with testing different shutter speeds for motion blur, fill-flash, wide angle and long lenses. After processing about 250 pics I decided to create images with a painterly look. I started with the out-of-camera image and used photomatix to tone map the single exposure into what is referred to as a Pseudo-HDR image. After a couple of oil painting filters and plugins viola a cool image that would make a nice print, even a poster. Stay tuned, I’m going back to another event the first week of May. .jpg)   
This snow caused it’s share of frustrations, it was hard on the back, hard on the trees and the mailman decided, 44 cents ain’t worth it. It does however evoke excitement from anyone with a camera that seeks to capture beautiful landscapes. I become more inspired when the snow hangs on the branches and in this storm with temps around 32 degrees, it was one of the best sticking snows I’ve seen. May you experience more beauty in the snow this week than back ache. .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg)  .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) I went to visit my brother in Atlantic City, NJ, he’s a savvy poker player and is able to make a living at the game. I on-the-other-hand never caught the gambling bug so instead of betting on the “River” and the “Turn” I gambled for a good photo opportunity along the beach. Actually I just opened his bedroom door and took a few pics then walked on the beach until I got cold then turned back.
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You timed the twilight exactly right, with pink light just leaking up into the stars; so magical! Also the second one is beautiful in its realistic rendition. I love how your HDR is varied, some surreal and some realistic!
Gorgeous.
Really gorgeous shots.
Amazing image of the sunrise AND the stars. Really like the natural look.
How far did you have to space the exposures to get the stars visible? And how did you not get star trails doing it?
Just a great great image.
The image is a composite of several, I started shooting very early, long before sunlight. I took the star image and brightened them with a small brush, added a few then included it in the composite.
Fantastic images! I love the stars in the first one and the lines in the second, great job!
Wow! Sums it up. Nature’s art in the “hands” of an artist. Thank you, Ferrell! I love looking at these.
Very inspiring indeed… All is about light, everything is worth when light is there… Paintors worked centuries with light, photographers are beginning working on it…
sincerely,
bruno lombard
These images are just magnifiscent.
I am waiting for your next visions.
Sincerely,
bruno
Gorgeous work…. also speaks to getting down low and getting a lot of foreground interest…. just sensational work.
Hi Ferrell,
I love the image of the bay with the stars. Thanks for the help with respect to how you created it. I’ll definitely give it a try.
Thanks, steve
Amazing picture indeed. Thank you. Kudos to the photographer.
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