Views Seen Walking the Santa Elena Canyon Trail (HDR, Big Bend National Park)
While walking in the namesake canyon with a view looking to the west and upstream along the border with the US and Mexico. My thinking in composing this image was to use the Rio Grande flowing by and trail as a leading line with the canyon walls to frame this setting. Given the perceived large dynamic range of the image, I had to meter it properly to avoid blowing highlights in the portions of the canyon walls caught in sunlight versus those and in shadows. I chose to work with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 5 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.
Views Seen Walking the Santa Elena Canyon Trail (HDR, Big Bend National Park)
While walking in the namesake canyon with a view looking to the west and upstream along the border with the US and Mexico. My thinking in composing this image was to use the Rio Grande flowing by and trail as a leading line with the canyon walls to frame this setting. Given the perceived large dynamic range of the image, I had to meter it properly to avoid blowing highlights in the portions of the canyon walls caught in sunlight versus those and in shadows. I chose to work with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 5 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.