Over the weekend Ann Nyberg, who I work with, sent me an email with a link to a Hartford Courant column by Rinker Buck. I've written about Rinker's famous telling-off-the-boss column in the Courant.
This time Rinker wrote about a photographer in Litchfield County who is fooling with HDR (high dynamic range) photography. It's all the rage, though often it turns out overdone and unrealistic.
I had a few shots I took at Lake Watrous and bracketed for HDR, but never processed. Tonight I found a tutorial by Bert Monroy and tried my luck. The result is the photo at the top of this entry. The sequence on the left is made from three of the images used to create the HDR.
Without HDR you can see the trees/lake or the sky, just not both together. There are a few other little tweaks I did which I'd mention, but Helaine gets upset when I fool with Mother Nature.
This is a lot closer to what I saw than "Clicky" can provide on his own.
Beautiful photograph.
I messed w/ hdr for a bit, and I'm glad to see you didn't fall for the trap of over-producing the image. It's a great process if used in moderation - nice shot.