Torpedo Room

Torpedo Room
Originally uploaded by SdosRemedios.

The idea of being able to see in all directions at once has motivated me to take these equirectangular panoramas in interesting places. This image was made from 26 photographs taken in the very cramped space of the aft torpedo room of the Soviet Foxtrot class submarine "Scorpion", docked in Long Beach, California. I would normally shoot this in HDR, but the low light levels would make the exposure times too long to be practical.

Farm Shed

Shed
Originally uploaded by SdosRemedios.

I've been struggling with the "proper" use of HDR techniques to produce quality high images. Here is an example of increased detail without the surrealism normally associated with HDR shots.

The location is a small farm near the northern tip of Pt. Reyes; the photographs were take in cloudy (foggy) bright conditions, which helped tremendously with natural saturation and fine detail.