And Then The Rains Came

By bullshoalsview written 9/26/07 1:40 PM, published 9/26/07 10:38 PM

Tags: hdr

We were sitting on the cabin porch, and saw this rain coming across the lake. I grabbed the camera and fired off a few quick ones... within minutes it had blown up here, and by the time I got in the house, it was raining so hard you couldn't even see the railing on the deck! It lasted all of about 5 minutes... but hey... when you have been having a drought all summer, any rain is better than none!

Here It Comes!

I hope I am not burning you out on these HDR shots... but the sky just keeps throwing me more great clouds to shoot at! It is just such a fun process, and the new hasn't worn off yet! Comments and critiques always welcome... and yes I have one dust spot left on my sensor... so you can take a "raincheck" on commenting about that. I just don't bother cloning it out unless I think I might print it. Thanks for lookin!

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ClassyShots 9/26/07 1:47 PM

Nice shot. You knew you weren't getting away from that one.

- Oh Bull!
reddmomma 9/26/07 1:53 PM

Great shot.
chrissy63 9/26/07 2:01 PM

what a spectacular photo! And those clouds dont look like they have that much rain in them. Did I tell you how jealous I am of your view?

- Walking on Sunshine
BusyB1965 9/26/07 2:13 PM

You do have a great view from the cabin....so far am not burned out with the seeing the HDR effect...is something I hope to be able to try...At least you got a little rain....be thankful.!

- Blessings
ROCKADEE 9/26/07 2:28 PM

Just Beautiful!

- NATURE RULES!!!
enigmaticfaerie 9/26/07 2:32 PM

I'm jealous... if I had that view, I'd doubt I'd even moan at the thought of waking up at 5:30 to take a sunrise shot for class. Now, on to the shot. I'm in love with the color and the light.

- Film-junkie: Back in 2008
bullshoalsview 9/26/07 2:35 PM

Actually my view is sunSET... I have to drive down the road about 5 miles to the hill I take sunRISE on! LOL!

- Run Bubba Run!
Penny 9/26/07 2:38 PM

*WOW* that is amazing! Love love love the color! I am coming to visit and take pics the whole time well except for wearing the tin foil hat and having a drink.

- Smile
trio55 9/26/07 5:34 PM

Not gonna get tired of these. Beautiful shot.

- Climbing Higher
CanonFodder 9/26/07 6:03 PM

I have to admit that I'm envious of your view, living on the prairie as I do. Awesome shot!

- My "kids"!
BEARPHOTO 9/26/07 6:51 PM

Still impressed and HDR is quite spectacular. Now,we need that rain.
loweho 9/26/07 9:12 PM

We got the frog drowner yesterday. Awesome view, BSV, and you know how to shoot it. Fantastic!

- Fickle Finger of F8
auntilaila 9/26/07 10:40 PM

I wish I could vote more than once on this one. Great shot. All the color. thats a keeper

- 50 is easy
andreaeagle 9/26/07 11:33 PM

GLORIOUS! That is one H$#L of a keeper!

- come over for lunch
Ashton 9/27/07 2:09 AM

Wonderful!

- Say...CHEESE
physioman 9/27/07 3:42 AM

pro
bugaboo 9/27/07 4:33 AM

Awesome view!! I love the HDR, can you tell me how it is done? A great capture!
momof3pics 9/27/07 5:17 AM

luv it. i never get bored of clouds.

- Beauty in all
bullshoalsview 9/27/07 6:12 AM

I started to send you a PM Bug, but here is the quick version in case others want to know.... Best to use a tripod and a shutter release cable. If your camera has automatic exposure bracketing you set it for an underexposure, correct exposure, and overexposure. On my canon 30D I use the settings -2 0 and +2. Fire off your three shots and download as usual. The program I bought is called Photomatix. You can google it, there is a free download to play with, but it puts the photomatix logo across your shots, to get rid of that you have to purchase it, and register the program. It is $99, but at the time I got 15% off by entering a discount code which I will look up again. The program is very simple to use. You load in your three photos, generate a composite photo, and then the fun begins. Tone mapping the new shot. From all the tutorials I have read on it, there are no hard and fast rules, you just move your sliders for all the options until you achieve the desired look. You can save your settings, and if you are shooting a lot of the same thing (like my view) then you don't have to start from scratch each time, you can just tweak it. That is it, it is so simple. I am using Jpeg shots. I finally shot some in Raw, but haven't worked on them yet. Some of the really fantastic shots I have seen in HDR are up to 9 raw shots.... I will get there eventually. Any questions, please PM me... Carol

- Run Bubba Run!
jess 9/27/07 8:38 AM

WOW!

- "north is that way"
bugaboo 9/27/07 8:54 AM

Thank you! definately gotta get one of these!
RobinG 9/27/07 9:05 AM

I am loving your HDR shots! I love the power of the clouds. Great colors and composition. We didn't get any rain at all. :o)
JaxLove 9/27/07 9:57 AM

That's a fabulous picture!!! It gave me the goosebumps to see it. I love nature that's all!
Anonymous User 9/27/07 10:59 AM

beautiful shot, great depth of perception, almost looks 3 D.
Mamers 9/29/07 12:15 PM

Talk about a blessing...you are in the right place at the right time with the right camera. The picture is awesome.