Happy Friday.  Above is an HDR (High Dynamic Range) image I took in 2010.  It was one of the very first HDR images I tried.  At the time I thought it was pretty good but now it looks not so good to me.

I’ve learned a lot since I made this image.  Candidly the software has made some improvements as well.  I shot this HDR with the Nikon D700 full frame sensor.  I processed the images using Photomatrix software, which was pretty much an industry standard for making a composite and tone mapping multiple images into an HDR image.

Yesterday on the way home, looking for something for my 365 project I decided to re-shoot the church at Otter Creek.   One, because there were a lot of neat clouds in the sky.  The temperature was down to a cool 74 degrees and the steeple had a new paint job. 🙂

A little aside for a moment.  Yesterday as part of my duties of being the Chamber President I got to tour a company that works with plastics.  It is a family owned business run by some of the most gracious, friendly, and enjoyable people I have had the good fortune to meet.  They were celebrating their 20 years in business and giving tours of the production facility.

When I arrived at the plant (in a suit of course) my vehicle thermometer was registering 91 degrees.  So I quickly ditched the coat and went inside.  I took a one hour tour of a facility where the temperature was at least 110 (they use high energy ovens to heat the plastic.)  Let’s just say I was hot and perspired a tad.  🙂 Actually I thought I might just croak.  I’ve been hot before but I can’t ever remember being hotter than I was yesterday.

Okay back to the photography.  Here is the Otter Creek Church as I shot it last night complete with newly painted steeple.  The clouds were magnificent and menacing but nothing came of it.  Unfortunately no rain.

So after about 20 -30 minutes getting all set up and testing for different exposure values I shot five different groups of 5 images for the HDR processing.  If you check out my 365 project you’ll see what I used for my picture of the day. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by.  Back into the broiler this weekend.  I have a wedding to go to tomorrow. Ugh!  Well all weekends are great.  Some are just better than others.  🙂

Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your day and the weekend.  Be careful.