Along Dallas Divide [Monthly Theme]
Uploaded: August 04, 2014 03:23:59 | Entered: August 04, 2014 03:23:59
In the San Juan Mountains, southwestern Colorado. HDR for the monthly theme.
I often use HDR for my landscape shots, especially if a brighter sky is involved. I use Photomatix software (although there are a variety of HDR programs, including Photoshop and lately, newer cameras have an HDR mode). The advantage of HDR is that it balances exposure throughout the scene. Often, a single image will have proper exposure in the sky, and silhouettes in the foreground. Or, the foreground will be exposed properly, but the sky will be washed out. HDR allows you to chose the best of both worlds.
The main thing is to have several exposures from the same position. You can do this via exposure bracketing, or take the parent RAW image and expose it multiple time. Ultimately, I strive for exposures at -1, 0, and +1. But depending on the scene, I may do five exposures at 2/3rd stop.
Next, I call up Photomatix and highlight the photos I want to use. Photomatix has several options fo
Exif: F Number: 18, ExposureTime: 1/80 seconds, ISO: 250, FocalLength: 35.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Debbie Bray August 04, 2014
A beautiful scene Ken, I love the rails leading your eye into the field and mountain behind. Beautiful colours too! #1581636Carolyn M. Fletcher August 04, 2014
Fabulous shot, Ken! And nice tutorial on the HDR. #11100926Michelle Alton August 04, 2014
I agree with Carolyn. The realistic HDR that you strive for is fantastic. In this case I love the composition and the view through the fence! #11100928Colette M. Metcalf August 04, 2014
I love everything about this!! Very nice capture, Ken! #11100933Tammy M. Anderson August 04, 2014
Great HDR capture and MT. HDRs are fine as long as they look natural but so many don't. Then they are a turn off to me. Yours are natural looking. Good job. #11100955Joy Rector August 04, 2014
gorgeous shot #11100973Michael Frazier August 04, 2014
Nice capture of the San Juan's Sr. I agree with Tammy also your HDR looks natural. #11101052JO ANN CLEVELAND August 04, 2014
A fave Ken, this is absolutely gorgeous, loved the info too you provided!jo ann c. #11101153
Leslie McLain August 04, 2014
Beautiful capture and perspective , Ken. #11101598Terry Cervi August 04, 2014
Just beautiful, Ken! #11101754JO ANN CLEVELAND September 21, 2014
Congrats on this great Finalist Ken, bet we see it againtoo! #11139208John Connolly September 21, 2014
A fantastic scene and congratulations on your finalist award Ken! #11139552Joannie Bertucci September 21, 2014
Obviously you don't mean Dallas Texas Ken! :-) Stellar composition and beautiful HDR work! Congrats on your finalist! :-) #11140029Leslie McLain September 21, 2014
Congrats on a beautiful finalist, Ken. #11140043Patrick Rouzes September 22, 2014
CONGRATS on the incredible finalist, Ken. #11140745Carol Eade September 24, 2014
Beautiful finalist, Ken, congratulations. Love how natural this looks. #11143290Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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