Spudbud Photos

Mostly Nature Photograghy

This is an introduction to my photography. I enjoy hiking so you will see many photos taken at state parks or regional parks, or...who knows where. Though mostly nature photography, I am sure that there will be other subjects as well.

Since this hobby has taken a significant amount of my time, so I at least want to share and document a small part of it for family and others who might enjoy it. Thanks for taking time to look at my work.

Top 25 Picks

This is an album of the photograghs that I think are my personal best. I think I have pushed the shutter button about 10,000 times since 2005. For this album I will try to select my top 25. This will be ongoing process and will take time because I will be working from present time back over the last 6 years, selecting and perhap reprocessing each shot. Sounds like alot of work doesn't it?

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Most Recent Story

02/24/2012 My most used image processing software packages are CaptureOne, Bibble, and Photomatix. For my first HDR project I am going to artificially make an exposure bracketed 16-bit tiff set with CaptureOne which is a great and accurate straight forward processing package. Then process those for HDR in Photomatix. Details to follow.

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Most Recent Photos

Here are some photos I took while out for a late evening walk at Fort Snelling State Park. I continued taking pictures until the sun went down. Without a tripod I had to use trees and bridge railings to steady my shot. The exposure times ranged from 1 to 10 seconds.

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Skateboarding Photos

Since I have three boys that skateboard I have taken alot of photos at indoor and outdoor skateparks. It's fast action and alittle challenging to catch the right moment. I have some good shots but I feel like I have missed photograghing the most interesting locations like "The Pizza Hut Gap", "The Old Warehouse", "The Streets of Downtown", and "The Random Handrails".

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