(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Oct
27
2012
A part of the UCSD campus around the La Jolla Scripps Pier, this is most probably used by the research staff & graduate students of the university.
If you’d like to buy a print of the image above click here or on the image itself
(No Ratings Yet)Apr
18
2012
No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.
~J. Robert Oppenheimer
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big advocate of education and I’m actually working on my grad degree. I just agree with the quote, the more I know the more I know there is more to know 
(No Ratings Yet)Mar
13
2011
Canon 5D MkII, EF 16-35 f/2.8L II
Today’s diptych tells the story by itself: when there is an emergency call the fire department.
(No Ratings Yet)Mar
08
2011
Canon EOS 5D MkII, EF 16-35 f/2.8L II @ 16 mm , f/16, ISO 200
Continuing with my series of shots from UCSD, this will probably be the best image I produce out of that photowalk. I still can’t believe that this what UCSD students have to deal with, its true that the scenery is gorgeous but lets be honest, I don’t think I could’ve passed anything if I had the ocean this close to me! Since I’m using a wide angle lens here the far looks a lot further than it really is, the beach was literally a 3 minute walk down. Needless to say its a great campus to just walk around on a beautiful day.
On more a technical side, I went with a really small aperture to emphasize the sunburst effect and keep most of my scene in focus.
Technical:
- 6 RAW Images [-3,-2,-1,0,+1,+2 EV] merged into Photomatix 4
- Lightroom adjustments
- Topaz Adjust on the whole image and set opacity to 50%
- More Lightroom adjustments
(No Ratings Yet)Mar
07
2011
Canon EOS 5D MkII, EF 16-35 f/2.8L II @ 16 mm, f/16, ISO 200
Believe it or not this is a dormitory for UCSD students in San Diego!! Yes they have a tough life over here, specially if you compare them to the dormitories in Toronto where I went to school. Lets just say there is no comparison!
I thought the tilt would add to the effect of being trapped, as if you are falling into a sinkhole… all lines seem to naturally lead your eye to the locked gate.
Technical:
- 6 RAW Images [-3,-2,-1,0,+1,+2 EV] merged into Photomatix 4
- Adjustments in Lightroom
- Topaz Adjust on the whole image, brought down opacity to 50%
- More adjustments in Lightroom
(No Ratings Yet)Mar
05
2011
Canon EOS 5D MkII, EF16-35 f/2.8L II @ 26mm, f/2.8, ISO 200
I’ve been trying to redo the shot below now that I have full frame camera, I wanted to redo it in landscape mode and print it on a canvas that I got from groupon.com. Unfortunately the Pier was crowded with 3 other photographers already setup with all their tripods so I thought I would just add to the mayhem. I ended up walking around UCSD’s campus instead and it turned out quite a good shooting opportunity. Goes to show that when one door of opportunity closes there just another one right around the corner full of other opportunities
I’ll post more shots from today in a future entry…
The image that I was trying to redo:
Canon XSi, EF-16-35 f/2.8L II @ 23mm, f/8.0, ISO 100
