All Eyes by RyanDyar

Yes, yes. This is one of the most iconic compositions from Ruby Beach... hell, even from most of Olympic National Park. But I just wanted to grab it real quick while out there with my friends Miles and Nagesh. It was a busy night on the beach with a mass transit of photographers, so I ended up having to clone out a few guys from the frame. This is also a stitch of two horizontal frames on top of each other to get the perspective I was after here. Also a couple shots for dynamic range. I've got a new video release I'm working on that covers some of this perspective blending stuff, as well as a few other types of perspective control techniques I use. There is also a BIG workshop announcement coming up for some epic international Aurora stuff that I'm super duper stoked on. Anyways, I recently released a tutorial video that covers some of the techniques I use in my processing (ones that were used in the making of this image). I also lead in-field workshops, teach processing online via Skype screen sharing, and blah blah blah... check it all out at Ryan Dyar Photography via 500px http://ift.tt/1nQdr4e

Show Off by RyanDyar

Mount Baker, some blooms of Heather, and a sunset. Nothing ground breaking here... But a fun evening shooting in the mountains with my girlfriend. I've got a very big workshop announcement coming up soon... so if you're the Aurora shooting type, stay tuned for that. It's looking to be an epic trip! I recently released a tutorial video that covers some of the techniques I use in my processing (ones that were used in the making of this image). I also lead in-field workshops, teach processing online via Skype screen sharing, and blah blah blah... check it all out at http://ift.tt/HjSx9r via 500px http://ift.tt/1nLOS65

Palouse Falls Sunrise by ParchenPhotography

Facebook page for updates Website for full portfolio It's hard to believe that this scene is nestled in the middle of nowhere, Washington, but what a sight it is! I got zereod on the sunset the night before but the sunrise more than made up for the four hour drive from Seattle. These 200-foot falls are a must see if you happen to be in the area, enjoy! Tech: Four shot panoramic with a final image size of 75MP. via 500px http://ift.tt/1vPtnF2

Broken Arms by RyanDyar

This was a tough shot to pull off... both with composition and processing. It's a fairly extensive perspective blend that I had to utilize to get all the elements shaped up properly with the frame while overcoming the limitations of the natural elements and my own lens. It was all focus blended, blended for dynamic range, hand-stitched from different focal lengths, and then warped to get everything looking ship-shape again. After all of that it was pretty straight forward processing for me. Some texture work, some luminosity masking to get the tones proper across the board, and a bunch of dodging/burning (some of which is covered in my latest video tutorial). I'm currently working on my next video tutorial which will cover many of these perspective blend, warping, stitching techniques I use. It's pretty labor intensive work to put these together, but isn't necessarily *hard* to pull off. As always, check out my site for more images, info about processing instruction, in-field workshops, prints, and yadd yadda yadda that everyone else in this community does. http://ift.tt/HjSx9r via 500px http://ift.tt/1p72oAl

Sun Tan by RyanDyar

Spent some time at the Olympic Coast last week with some friends. Had a great time despite some of the woes.... -First night I had my backpack rummaged through by what I was sure was a bear... or Miles. Turns out, it was a coyote. I knew I should have put it in a safe place before crawling in my tent... but the one time I thought "screw it" was the time my bag got ransacked. -In a mad dash to grab a shot, Miles dropped a lens. The sound it made hitting the ground was loud enough to scare away any wildlife that was nearby. It was a circus of expletives the rest of the day. -Nagesh soaked his iphone in a creek crossing. Oddly, this meant his phone would not turn on, but the flashlight on the back would not turn off. We put it in rice... and that did nothing but make the rice taste like phone. It was a heavy traffic week on the Olympic coast, running into some guys I knew, and guys I'd yet to meet. Was great to see some friendly faces out there, but the crowds are a little bothersome to shoot in. We ended up having Rialto Beach nearly to ourselves one of the nights and spent a couple hours getting soaked in the surf. I recently released a tutorial video that covers some of the techniques I use in my processing. I also lead in-field workshops, teach processing online via Skype screen sharing, and blah blah blah... check it all out at http://ift.tt/HjSx9r via 500px http://ift.tt/1lJFnCQ

Crimson Apex by alexnoriega

You may have seen this image of Mount Jefferson, Oregon before; I just realized I didn't have it posted over here, and it's one of my favorites from last year. Several fresh images to come from Olympic once I get around to processing them! This was a pretty special night of some crazy-late-evening intense red light, and romping around in wildflower meadows with some pretty awesome dudes. That's what real dudes do: frolic. If you like how my images look, you may be interested to know that I teach my processing techniques via Skype. Check out my website if you're interested: http://ift.tt/1k70o6M via 500px http://ift.tt/1fX68Eb

Serendipity by tulatop

Prints for sale at http://ift.tt/1eSTqTx "Better on black!" Cedar Creek · Columbia River Gorge · North Bonneville · Washington · USA A little-traveled path nestled between Aldrich Butte and Cedar Mountain winds its way through a Douglas-fir forest before crossing over Cedar Creek and snaking through a stand of monstrous black cottonwoods. In the thick of spring, this trail is as lush and verdant as it gets, but on this late-March day the buds and sprouts were just barely rousing from their winter torpor--though a few modest flourishes of lavender oaks toothwort and yellow deep woods violet brought some refreshing color to the journey. Sparse foliage and harsh sunlight made photographing the creek's namesake falls an unworthy pursuit, so I spent some time downstream studying the picturesque outflow and waited for some high clouds to diffuse the sunlight before pulling the trigger on this charming little stretch of meander. via 500px http://ift.tt/1jkbg4q

Weather The Storm by RyanDyar

This one looks ok on black or white... so I won't preach to you this this time. Well, I finally found some spare time to finish my processing video... I'm new to the whole video editing thing, so it took my feeble mind quite a while to figure out the most simple things. I'm happy with how it turned out. I'm not the most graceful of wordsmiths, but I think I was able to explain things well enough! Many of the techniques I show in the video were used in this shot. So if you'd be interested in checking it out head over to http://ift.tt/HjSx9r and check it out. There's also other stuff, you should check that out as well. via 500px http://ift.tt/1kijgQi

Real Creeks Have Curves by alexnoriega

Light filters through the canopy of Gorton Creek during a break in the rain, in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge. Met up with some dope dawgs (Bollino, Mody, Rossbach, and Van Breugel) and had a chill Sunday of huevos rancheros, naps, and green shooting. Sorry for the re-upload here, my contacts were messed up last night and I was squinting through calcium deposits (maybe I should stop wearing my weeklies for 3 months) - didn't see some clarity/sharpening/diffusion issues with the original. FYI, I teach my processing workflow over Skype! If you like the way my images look and would like to learn my techniques, please visit my website for more information: http://ift.tt/1k70o6M via 500px http://ift.tt/1kfGkQX