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505 - Melting Down

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted October 14, 2011109 views6 comments

This is the Tsaina River gorge, about 37 miles NE of Valdez, Alaska (taken from the same place as my last post only in the early spring and zoomed in to the far end). Once again, the dynamic range of the scene was far too broad to capture it in a single exposure so I set up the tripod on the cliff edge and shot 6 stepped exposures for an HDR blend. As in the last one, this is a blend done with an averaging algorithm in Paintshop Pro. It is not a tone mapped HDR.

It never fails to amaze me that it's possible to take 6 seperate exposures (touching the camera to adjust the shutter speed for each exposure)and still end up with this level of definition and clarity!

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6 comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on October 14, 2011 at 8:43 AM

Gary,

Looks like you've got a great place to return to frequently. I recognized it from your first post, well suspected ...I like the way the water is flowing beneath the blanket of snow. Thanks for sharing.

Paul

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on October 14, 2011 at 8:47 AM

I like this HDR much better. It did a nice job on this fine capture.
Good lines, good texture, nice contrast' good leading line and DOF.
the fisch

Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM

The processing does not "look HDRish". I like the stream popping out from under the snow and the green color of the water. In spite of the sunshine and the signs of spring, this does look cold.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 14, 2011 at 4:01 PM

I like the tele-comp in this one and the blend seems more natural than the last one. Alaska has it all and you are showing a really nice part of it with this shot.

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Comment posted by Varina Patel on October 17, 2011 at 7:33 AM

Good job with the blending on this one, Gary. I see lots of really nice details in both the highlights and the shadows... and the midtone contrast seems to be just right. The color in the water really draws my eye. Gorgeous! I love the composition, too.

Registered on August 22, 2008, 45 Posts, 1578 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 17, 2011 at 5:14 PM

Beautiful. Love the clarity you've achieved

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments