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Balboa Park - San Diego, California

This is a panorama-type image of the Casa del Prado Theater in Balboa Park. It consists of 9 photos. I shot 3 photos, one above the other, with 3 different exposures for each photo. The HDR composite was done with Photomatix, and the stitching was done with Autopano Pro.

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Uploaded on May 11, 2008  |  Map

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Balboa Park - San Diego, California

The is the same image as the other one I just uploaded, but with this image I used the Lucisart Photoshop plugin, with a bit of layer masking to give some added dimension to the image. I think this technique works very well on some images, but not all. It seems to work best on images with a lot of detail, as in the architecture in this image.

Some people love this effect and others hate it. You can decide.

This image looks sort of interesting if you view it at the large size.

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Cabrillo Bridge - San Diego, California

The Cabrillo Bridge in Balboa Park (San Diego, California) was the main access across Cabrillo Canyon (formerly known as Pound Canyon, which was used to hold cattle and horses in the late 1800's) built for the Panama-California Exposition dedicated April 12, 1915 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is now easily seen from the scenic Cabrillo Freeway (State Route 163), which is located on the floor of the canyon below.

The unusual height of the bridge is dictated entirely by the topography of the canyon; Laurel Street continues across the bridge at the same level as the ground on either end of the bridge, while State Route 163 passes beneath it at approximately the level of the original canyon floor. The bridge extends 916 feet across.

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Uploaded on May 10, 2008  |  Map

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Cabrillo Bridge - San Diego, California

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Uploaded on May 10, 2008  |  Map

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