by Caryn Esplin | Jan 26, 2012 | Blog, Places
This time I thought I would try a black and white light painting for something a little different from my other images of this scene from the Main Street of Quartzsite,...
by Caryn Esplin | Jan 26, 2012 | Blog, HDR
Inspired by Shawn Hepworth: HDR + Light Painting! With this shot, I merged three different exposures of the same scene, just after sunrise. This time though, I did not use the traditional bracketed three exposures +2, 0 and -2. What makes it unique is the light I...
by Caryn Esplin | Jan 24, 2012 | Best, Blog, Gallery, HDR, Places
Interesting image, but three-level editing cleans and transforms it into art. I often watched my sister, a professional watercolor artist, paint on location. She carefully created a masterpiece from a scene that was often imperfect in real life. For example, in this...
by Caryn Esplin | Jan 22, 2012 | Blog, Places
I just to happen on a new discovery. I had never heard of Gold Eye Gold Mine, but when visiting family in Quartzsite, Arizona, I took a drive through the desert and found this abandoned old gold mine that really intrigued me. The most notable feature was the tall,...
by Caryn Esplin | Jan 21, 2012 | Blog, HDR, Places
In memory of Lehre Harold Erdman – #1 Goldminer – 63 years on this site. Even though this old stone cabin is not as fancy as cabin #2 (below), it seemed more intriguing. This is partly due to the personal items inside, such as a typewriter, miner’s...
by Caryn Esplin | Jan 21, 2012 | Blog
