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Pro HDR App: Here’s Why It’s Worth $1.99

The scene: gorgeous sunset sky as the backdrop to an impressive, this-is-why-I-live-in-Chicago buildingscape (yep, it’s a word). Perfect for a photo! But, oh no, I can’t have detail for both! I’ve got to pick an exposure for either the bright sky or the dark buildings, right? Right!?
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Review: Pro HDR App (on iPhone 4)

Currently staying at the Hotel Breakers at Cedar Point, here to push my limits at the Rev3 half-Ironman triathlon. Turns out, with access to the amusement park from 6 – 9 PM, it turned out to be a great opportunity to push the limits of my newly purchased iPhone HDR photo app—perfect for the high contrast scenes created by the setting sun on the park’s coasterscape.
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Nighttime El Train Photos: Blurred, Not Shaken or Stirred

With the goal of getting that cool nighttime blurry effect from motion in a low shutter speed photo, I headed over to my brother’s rooftop last Sunday evening: conveniently, for my purpose, located right above the Brown Line track in Old Town.
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