By Rudy Lopez, on November 25th, 2009%
This image was created as an HDR. FIve shots over two stops. The HDR process shows details in the highlights and shadows that do not exist in traditional digital photography. Shooting HDR without a tripod in low light conditions can be tricky, controlled breathing is . . . → Read More: In Focus: “Interior debris”
By Rudy Lopez, on November 24th, 2009%
Enforcement of the rules by the caretakers of the Robben Island prison was pretty lax. I was able to roam around the old prison completely unsupervised. The sounds of a tour group echoed through the empty halls as I . . . → Read More: In Focus:”Robben Island prison cell, South Africa” by Rudy Lopez
By Rudy Lopez, on November 23rd, 2009%
East Village Sidewalk
A have walked for hours through Greenwich Village. Each block, every corner, is unique in it’s aesthetics as well as in it’s indefinable qualities.
By Rudy Lopez, on November 23rd, 2009%
A street piper exchanges change for songs as the London Eye turns slowly behind him. This was the only clear night during my time in London. I was rushing from shot to shot, not wanting to miss a moment of the good light. It was on my way back to Notting . . . → Read More: In focus: “London Street Musician – 2006″ By Rudy Lopez
By Rudy Lopez, on November 23rd, 2009%
It happens more times than can easily be explained. Once again, I came upon the most incredible location randomly and at just the right time. This time I was heading south on a narrow country road in eastern Colorado near Kirk, just around sunset. As I was driving, I caught a glimpse of . . . → Read More: Road Trip: Nov 22 – A lucky find
By Rudy Lopez, on November 22nd, 2009%
Road trip – Hitting the road on a Sunday afternoon.
Providing live updates with images and maps via the website is proving to be a challenge. So, in the mean time, I will be updating photos and locations via the Twitter feed below.
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By Rudy Lopez, on November 21st, 2009%
A worker deftly uses a knife to remove banana bunches from the stalk at a plantation near Mtuba, South Africa,2005.
This was a very sophisticated banana harvesting operation. The bananas are moved by overhead wire from the fields into the processing plant. The bananas are then cut, sorted, packaged, then shipped . . . → Read More: “A worker cuts bananas in South Africa” by Rudy Lopez
By Rudy Lopez, on November 21st, 2009%
A Zulu woman breaks into dance during her shift at a small banana plantation in Monzi, South Africa in 2005.
The farm workers live near where they work, in huts either close to the banana fields or the cane fields. The daily cycle is: eat, work, sleep. HIV rates soar in this . . . → Read More: “Dancing farm worker” Photo by Rudy Lopez
By Rudy Lopez, on November 21st, 2009%
Looking through a window onto the porch of an abandoned house in eastern Colorado. This location was littered with old appliances and every other manner of large, rusty debris.
nov14, originally uploaded by RudyLopez.
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By Rudy Lopez, on November 20th, 2009%
Planes trace graceful arcs against a star field north of DIA as they wait to land.
Nikon D300, 12mm, 493 seconds at f4.5
. . . → Read More: “Holding Pattern” Photo by Rudy Lopez
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