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.
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