Last December at this time, I was in Pennsylvania to celebrate the holiday season. When we arrived, there was at least a foot of snow on the ground - with the forecast of rain the following morning. After a few hours of rain, the temperature would then drop below freezing for the next week.
Now to the photo. This series was taken the following night - just before actual sunset. And, this is a true HDR photograph. Instead of showing all three - I've shown the original RAW image and the final result. Keep in mind that the photo was taken looking into the shadows and yet I can get some great colors and reflections off of the top layer of ice.
The original 'normal' RAW image: (The normal image)
The Final Image:
On RAW images, the file is directly what the camera 'sees'. It does not get the final enhancement that Nikon wants to present to the world. But you get the idea. If I were to do a HDR demo - this would be one of the projects.
On most of my shots, I use the one image workflow. (I usually don't carry a tripod - and some of my subjects move around.) So this was a real opportunity to compare both images to see if the three image process is any different than the one image process. After this, I will carry a tripod more (and maybe use it) . In a small setting there isn't much difference. Blown up to screen saver size - the colors are fuller. There is a difference.
The four items I really like in this are the greens of the trees, the three bands of light in the sky and the ice of the road and the reflection of the trees on the ice covered snow in the lower right.
(1/20, 1/80, 1/5) f/4.5
Aperture PriorityISO 100
Focal length 25 mm (37 mm for 35mm film)
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