Sandra D. Payden

Perfecting HDR imaging

Below is a recent HDR image I blended together using Photomatix. After Tone mapping I use the Tone Compressor function to keep the colors as close to the original as possible. This also has the effect of keeping the image looking more like a photo and less like a painting which the details enhancer function tends to do. Comments and critiques always welcome.

I am a REALTOR with Greg Garrett Realty.com in Newport News, VA.

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St. Maarten Sunset

While on vacation in the Caribbean, my husband shot this beautiful sunset over the Great Bay-Philipsburg, St. Maarten.

This image was shot with a Mamiya 645AFd medium format camera on Fuji NGHII 120 film.

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I am a REALTOR with Greg Garrett Realty.com in Newport News, VA.

Grand View On the Chesapeake Bay in Hampton, VA

You wouldn't believe what an amazing deal you can get on homes at the beach. This is a great market to finally get your dream home - INCREDIBLE!

Below are a few shots from a recent upscale custom home in Hampton, Va. To view the full featured Virtual tour click here: http://paydenvirtualtours.com/show/47823

Front of House:

View from Widows Walk of Chesapeake Bay:

Great Room:

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Sandy Bottom Nature Park-Hampton, Va.

Hampton's premier park is a 456 acre environmental education and wildlife management facility. Born from borrow pits and garbage dumps, the park is truly a success story of reclamation of our natural resources. From the 10,000 square foot nature center overlooking Sandy Bottom Lake to the elusive creatures that inhabit the wetland marshes, there is something for everyone at the Sandy Bottom Nature Park.

Below are just a few examples of a recent trip to Sandy Bottom:

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Norfolk Botanical Garden-Flowering Dogwood

The Norfolk Botanical Garden is an 155 acre botanical garden with arboreatum located in Norfolk, Va. It is open daily except major holidays; an admission fee is charged. The gardens date to the mid-1930s, when the city of Norfolk set aside 75 acres of high, wooded ground plus 75 acres of reservoir for a city garden. Below is an image of a flowering Dogwood tree I recorded in the spring of 2008. I was primarily shooting the azaleas and camellias in their spring explosion of colors, but couldn't pass up shooting these two blooms in B&W.

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