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Seattle Space Needle Skyline HDR

For a recent conference, I had the opportunity to stay at the top of Westin Seattle’s north tower and had an amazing view of the Seattle Skyline that includes the Space Needle.

I made this pseudo-HDR with my Nokia Lumia 920, plus a little editing help from Thumba Photo Editor for Windows Phone 8, all in-phone. Here is how I did it.

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Pike Street Market, 2/2013

WP_20130205_09620130205150736Each year, Microsoft’s technical employees (as opposed to sales and marketing) get to attend a technical training event in Seattle called TechReady. In 2013, TechReady happened in early February.

This year marks my 10th TechReady (and its predecessor). Each year, I visit the world famous Pike Street market at least once during break. Sometimes my friends and I grab lunch there; this year I went there alone, with the idea of doing some street photography with my Nokia.

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If you’ve been to Seattle during the winter before, you’ll know that sky is usually gray. Fortunately the sun came out one of the days, so I took a stroll down Pike Street to get some shots in.

These pictures have gone through my standard workflow – Nokia camera > Edit > Nokia Creative Studio.

 

Rainbow for Sale

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