Tankman

Had fun with these ...

Friday Fireworx!

Looks like this guy is sucking up sand through his tentacles ...

For HDR layering, I use Photomatix Pro 5.1 (Download the cracked version, the trial version leaves a nasty watermark all over!) Works pretty cool and is easy to export directly from Lightroom and import again once done. The other presets I use in Lightroom is mostly Googled freebies www.photoinsomnia.com/category/free-stuff/ www.stuckincustoms.com Also has some cool stuff

Silver Protea on the Silver Tree. First time I have ever seen one of these last week even though the are only found in the Cape Peninsula. Numbers are down from around 7000 in the late 1970s to around a 1000 trees in 2005. The Silver Trees were planted and harvested in the 17th and 18th centuries mainly for firewood. The trees grow quickly, up to 8m in 10 years but have a relatively short livespan of only 20 years. Today it is a Rare, Endangered and Protected species.

Praat Afrikaans ... of hou jou bêk! Afrikaanse Taal Monument, Paarl

... Sorry wrong one ... that one was cropped for instagram

Agreed ... But I am really struggling to find a baseline to work from and I blame the monitors at this stage. I work on a shot on the laptop and it looks one way, lift my head or stand up and it looks different! Copy and paste to view on the lcd monitor at work ... and it looks different! HD TV looks awesome but different! Phone ... looks different. And that is even before exporting to FB or Insta and the apply their own editing. What to do?

Campsbay at the end of Braaiday

Thanks again for the tips! Great news, I found a plugin for layering/blending in Lightroom that works perfectly for what I need. So no need for Photoshop just yet! This is a combination of 3 shots ... what do you recon?

Green and Gold .... Chapmanspeak/Houtbay on Braaiday

Here is proof that there is ONE Capetonion with a working indicator! Unfortunately the car in the left hand lane was already in the frame when I started the shot ... would have preferred it enter and exit the whole frame

Decided to take my baby out for her first night ride last night!

Close Closer ... on the way to Rooiels. Before you get to Koelbaai

Didn't have a tripod handy for this shot ...

Looked like spring yesterday, sure doesnt feel like it yet!

Pump Track at the XCO Nationals in Coetzenburg a few weeks ago. Shot with the GoPro, so I dont know if it counts for this thread!