Foggy Roadtrip and more HDR play!

By loweho written 11/14/07 2:50 AM, published 11/14/07 5:26 PM
  Yesterday I got a last minute early morning call from the boy wanting me to watch Jaryd.  So we got an extra roadtrip this week.  It was real nice and foggy but with the late start the sun was already up pretty high.  Luckily the fog was pretty thick for awhile.
Glow.
Ghost tree.  B&w but not much color in the color version anyway.
Light in the forest.
Backlight.
Baclight-HDR This is an "over the top", in my opinion, HDR version of the previous shot.
Baclight -Mild This is more like the amount of effect I prefer.
  The first backlight shot is pretty much straight from the camera and the last is closer to what I saw but I've been shooting a lot of shots with the auto bracketing turned on so I could play with them later using the HDR software.  It's very easy to get a gaudy, unnatural look with the adjustments in Photomatix which I think I did in the middle shot. Of course, others may prefer it.  While I prefer the more natural look it is fun to play with.
Comments and criticism, hopefully constructive, are welcome.  Except for those mentioned all other shots are not HDR.

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  • chrissy63 11/14/07 6:24 AM
    very nice, they are all great, but I like glow the best lighting wise, and ghost tree is really something! great job!

    - Walking on Sunshine


  • Pyro43 11/14/07 6:33 AM
    "Glow" is a glow-reous shot, Don. I like it. I haven't done anything with HDR at this point but do like the effects. Having not been there - you didn't call - I will assume that "Baclight-Mild" is the better of the two HDRs.

    - Mmmmmm... Multiplicative


  • surferguy 11/14/07 6:38 AM
    Nice Lowe.....

    - WoooFrigginHoooo...


  • RobinG 11/14/07 10:37 AM
    Nice shots! You and Jaryd are going to have such great memories! It is wonderful that you get to spend so much time with him. :o)

  • jam9663 11/14/07 11:02 AM
    Don, Glow is really a wonderful shot! The backlighting is really superb

    - ain


  • grami 11/14/07 11:09 AM
    I agree... the HDR shot is a little unnatural looking, although the mild one is nice and did help the foreground. The colors in glow are beautiful. But I really like Light in the forest. The trees have just enough color, you can still see the fog in the background and the sunlight is striking.

  • msjudi 11/14/07 11:26 AM
    wow.. awesome captures.. Love "glow".. perfection!

    - Smile ; )


  • MRQUACKERS 11/14/07 11:47 AM
    Love 'glow', it's just plain wongerful. Second was the Mild HDR, it shows off the foreground nicely without adding too much color to the sun.

    - A quack with an camera


  • andreaeagle 11/14/07 3:33 PM
    Glow and Light in The Forest are gorgeous, Don!

    - come over for lunch


  • Penny 11/14/07 5:26 PM
    Love love love "light in the forrest"!

    - Smile


  • BEARPHOTO 11/14/07 7:12 PM
    Glow is warm light flooding magic. Forest light is well done and Backlight-mild is right on.

  • Birdie 11/15/07 3:38 AM
    mild is right on, your having fun with that program aren't ya! glow is my pic of the litter

  • debora 11/15/07 2:46 PM
    don, i saw these last night - powerful images. gorgeous work.

  • Wildman 11/16/07 3:07 PM
    You have a good feel of what looks right with the HDR shootin! Glooooo is a keeper!

  • bugaboo 11/17/07 2:16 AM
    Glow and Light in the forest are my favorites, what a great morning the 2 of you shared.

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