Some photos manipulated in Photoshop to extend luminance values, and other experiments.
Absinthe visions
the Pope sneaks into the shot. Noisy light, but so is drinking absinthe.
August traffic lights
turn blue tomorrow...
Sunset on DaVinci
from my office rooftop a couple weeks ago. Don't know what happened to the sun - looks like some digital artifact.
Chocolate city
with apologies to George Clinton
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_City
a quickr pickr post
and no, I haven't been to Vansterdam recently, or at all, but I hear the salmon is delicious and the view spectacular. (I've read rumors that the light one sees after ingesting psilocybin is quite similar to those created by using HDR inspired techniques such as the photos posted above. Note, I don't think any of these are actually HDR photos, but they all extend the normal histogram of a typical snapshot.)
These lovely photos reminded me; I tried Absinth Amer and liked it significantly more than the Elixier. The taste wasn't much better, but I found a more interesting effect with fewer gulps.
Of course it may have been the S. Div. kicker which pleased...