Sunset HDR of Mount Timpanogos Temple
I have been wanting to get a shot like this for quite some time now with some good color in some clouds and some good light on the mountain peaks at the same time. The problem I most often face is that there are only two day per week that this place is not packed with cars in the parking lots and a lot of people walking around the grounds. Anyway, last Monday after work I was watching the sky pretty close to see if the sunset was going to be as good as the last 3-4 nights had been but there were no clouds to the west at all. The only clouds in the sky were to the Northeast above the mountains. So I thought this might be my chance to get the shot I have wanted of the temple. I headed directly there from work and found that I had left both of my tripods in my truck after driving it all weekend and I was back in my car doing the daily commute to and from work. Luckily there's a set of benches straight back from the temple in an almost perfect spot for the shot I wanted. So using the bench to set my camera on I composed my shot and went to let go of the camera and it was way to front heavy, so now the light I wanted is coming and I know I can't get a good shot holding on to my camera I start emptying my pockets to try and find the right combination of things to hold my lens up. I finally resorted to using my eye drop bottle i keep to keep my contacts moist during the day but the only way it would work was standing on end with the very small pointed end up against the camera lens. Needless to say it was not too steady. Anyway after working this image over in Photomatix for the HDR processing, CS5 to remove a car and another photographer shooting a little kid by the fence and LR5 for the final touches this is what I ended up with. I'm still not sure this is the final product I was hoping for. Luckily I only live 6 blocks away and digital pictures are cheap.
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Sunset HDR of Mount Timpanogos Temple
I have been wanting to get a shot like this for quite some time now with some good color in some clouds and some good light on the mountain peaks at the same time. The problem I most often face is that there are only two day per week that this place is not packed with cars in the parking lots and a lot of people walking around the grounds. Anyway, last Monday after work I was watching the sky pretty close to see if the sunset was going to be as good as the last 3-4 nights had been but there were no clouds to the west at all. The only clouds in the sky were to the Northeast above the mountains. So I thought this might be my chance to get the shot I have wanted of the temple. I headed directly there from work and found that I had left both of my tripods in my truck after driving it all weekend and I was back in my car doing the daily commute to and from work. Luckily there's a set of benches straight back from the temple in an almost perfect spot for the shot I wanted. So using the bench to set my camera on I composed my shot and went to let go of the camera and it was way to front heavy, so now the light I wanted is coming and I know I can't get a good shot holding on to my camera I start emptying my pockets to try and find the right combination of things to hold my lens up. I finally resorted to using my eye drop bottle i keep to keep my contacts moist during the day but the only way it would work was standing on end with the very small pointed end up against the camera lens. Needless to say it was not too steady. Anyway after working this image over in Photomatix for the HDR processing, CS5 to remove a car and another photographer shooting a little kid by the fence and LR5 for the final touches this is what I ended up with. I'm still not sure this is the final product I was hoping for. Luckily I only live 6 blocks away and digital pictures are cheap.
Please note:
All of my photos are copyrighted with All Rights Reserved.
Do not copy, print, download, display, alter, blog, stream or otherwise use my photos in any manner without my written permission!
DSC_6233_4_5_tonemapped +CS5_2