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Pyramid Wall

Jason Benz — Tue, 20 May 2014 13:30:50 +0000

This is the great Pyramid on the edge of Cairo in Egypt. I was trying to use the wall to lead the eye and give a sense of scale.

It has been a busy week. We have both been working in the day and moving furniture in the evenings. Tomorrow we hope to collect our fridge which should be the last big thing to move in to our new house. I will then give our van a well deserved oil change and service.

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Southport Streets

Jason Benz — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 09:53:08 +0000

This Street Art was done by Greg McDonald as part of the Southport Urban Art Project Gold Coast. I imagine they hope to emulate the drawing power of Hosier Lane in Melbourne. They certainly add some colour to the city.

Festive Frost

Jason Benz — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 07:24:21 +0000

I am still waiting to see my first snow this winter. This festive frost is from the village of Wyville in the UK.

Street Art

Jason Benz — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:45:24 +0000

This is an example of the Street Art in Hosier Lane in central Melbourne, Australia.

Graffiti City

Jason Benz — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:06:33 +0000

Melbourne is renowned for its street art. You don’t have to go far to see examples and it always seems to be of a certain standard. Maybe they remove anything which is not up to scratch. It is a pity Melbourne‘s construction workers are not so discerning as one destroyed a Banksy last month during a cafe renovation. More surprisingly it is not the first time Melbourne has lost a Banksy.

News Flash: We have just experienced a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Melbourne‘s Eastern Suburbs. 30 seconds of rumble and shake but everything is still standing.

Rose City

Jason Benz — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:17:15 +0000

This is the Rose City in Petra, Jordan. To process this image the Recovery slider was set to 100. Normally this adjustment is used to recover detail lost in the highlights. In this image the highlights were not blown out however the Recovery adjustment was used to tone down the harsh brightness of the sun. The other main adjustment was to add some subtle split toning to give the rock its rose colour.

Hadrians Wall

Jason Benz — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:50:43 +0000

Karen took this is a shot of me on Hadrians wall. The sky was almost completely blown out in order to capture as much detail as possible in the stones. I managed to squeeze out some more detail by using an extreme tone curve. You can see from the gray bar chart the original image had almost no mid-tones.