Sometimes you come across an “aww” moment. While walking through Newport, Rhode Island myself holding hands with my girlfriend, we came across this couple walking slowly in front of us while holding hands. With the old shops, the angles and the details created by everything else; I had my camera out already, so naturally I had to snap a photo and this is what I got. I wish I knew who the couple was, but they were complete strangers walking through Newport, Rhode Island on Tuesday, May 24, 2011.

I have plenty of photos of Rhode Island, particularly in the Newport area, including the 40 steps, Newport Harbor and more!

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Boats rest in the Newport, Rhode Island harbor near downtown Newport. This photo was taken in May 2011 as Rose and I were driving on our east coast road trip. After spending some time in downtown Newport, Rose and I had lunch at the Brick Alley Pub, took a drive along Ocean Ave and then headed north to Boston.

Be sure to check out more photos of Newport, Rhode Island, including photos at the Newport, Rhode Island harbor as well as at the cliffs along Ocean Ave!

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Newport Harbor by Joey B. Lax-Salinas is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.joeyblsphotography.com.

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Newport, Rhode Island bluffs and cliffs nears Ocean Ave. This photo was taken in May 2011 at the bottom of the “40 steps” near the famous Newport mansions. Rose and I spent a couple of hours in Newport, RI as we passed through heading from New York City to Boston. We visited downtown Newport, had some lunch, then took a scenic drive down Ocean Ave before heading into Providence and then on to Boston for the night.

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Cliffs of Rhode Island by Joey B. Lax-Salinas is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.joeyblsphotography.com.

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Newport, Rhode Island is a beautiful place to be almost any time of the year. I was there in May 2011 and took this HDR photo of these boats in the Newport, Rhode Island harbor. If you plan to visit Newport, RI, be sure to take a walk through the downtown area where there are plenty of places to eat and shop. Rose and I ate at Brick Alley Pub and had lobster bisque soup which was probably the best lobster bisque that we had on our road trip! Be sure to take a drive down Ocean Avenue to see the famous mansions and the view from the bottom of the 40 steps and scenic oceanside drive!

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Newport, Rhode Island Harbor by Joey B. Lax-Salinas is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.joeyblsphotography.com.

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This photo is a before and after of what an HDR photo looks like in its original form before being merged with others. The photo on the left if the original taken at regular exposure. The photo on the right is the result of the merging of three photos; one underexposed, one overexposed and one that is normal exposure. You can clearly see how detailed the HDR photo on the right is compared with the normal photo on the left. I also went ahead and removed some of the logos as well as the number on the boat in the foreground. The sky is much more enhanced and detailed and the water is much more reflective in the HDR photo.

There are a number of steps that I need to do in order to get a photo like this. First, I have to take at least three photos of the scene with a high quality camera that has a RAW format. I set the camera to take three photos very quickly and all at different exposures. After that, I merge the three photos with HDR merging software and export it as a 16 bit TIFF image. Then, I open it in Aperture and adjust the colors, hue, temperature and any other aspects of the photo to what I see fit. Next, I process my HDR photo with noise reduction software to clear out digital artifacts. I then go back into Aperture and sharpen my photo as needed. Finally if anything needs to be removed from the photo (logos, trademarks, etc.), I open the exported photo in Photoshop and digitally remove anything that I don’t want.

That’s it! It sounds easy, but it’s actually pretty time consuming per photo. The HDR photo above took me nearly a half hour to get it just right. Not bad I suppose, especially when the photo comes out so nice! But when you are like me and you come home from a vacation with over 3,000+ photos, it takes months if not years to really get through them all to do everything that I want to do to them. I took this photo in May 2011 as I was on an east coast road trip with my girlfriend Rose. We loved Newport, Rhode Island and are excited to return there someday!

Check out this other HDR before and after photo of the rocks along Ocean Ave in Newport, RI.

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