Ha Ha Tonka and Aurora HDR
This is the first photo that I've processed using the new Aurora HDR software that was just released today... and I'm certainly having fun with it! I had drifted away from HDR after I began using the Google Nik Collection. Clearly, however, Aurora HDR is going to entice me to become involved with HDR a lot more now.
Old habits die hard. Although you can do just about everything in Aurora HDR and no longer need to use Photoshop or Lightroom (it even has layers), I exported this image in Photoshop for some touchup... but that was just a personal choice and not a necessity. Also, I wanted to mention that this is what I term as "realistic HDR." I rendered this as close to what the human eye (yes, my eye) saw at the moment the shot was taken. I could have easily lightened the foreground and brought out more detail, but instead I chose to tone it down (good advice given regarding another image by my cohort's master, Martin Bailey, in the Arcanum.
Aurora HDR is a joint project between Macphun and Trey Ratcliff to produce the finest HDR software in the world, giving you all the tools needed to create breathtaking images. It is currently available for the Mac platform. To learn more about it, go to aurorahdr.com/getstarted/overview-aurora-hdr
I took the shot while visiting the former Robert McClure Snyder's 5,000+ acre estate, now a part of the Ha Ha Tonka State Park in the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. At the beginning of the 1900s, Snyder, a prominent Kansas City businessman, began construction of a magnificent European-style mansion or "castle." The stone ruins of the turn-of-the-20th-century castle are just a short hike from this location along the right-hand side of this photo (you can see parts of the ruins in this shot.. look for an arch in the upper right-hand corner along the skyline). More than 15 miles of trails wind through the Ha Ha Tonka State Park, which has sinkholes, natural bridges, caves and an arm of the lake that you see here. The land is situated on the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks, a man-made lake which has over 1,000 miles of shoreline and attracts visitors from throughout the world.
Missouri Legends - Ha Ha Tonka www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-hahatonka.html
IMG_9610_HDR-v4
#AuroraHDR
© Stephen L. Frazier - All of my images are protected by copyright and may not be copied, printed, distributed or used on any site, blog, or forum without expressed permission.
Looking for Steve Frazier's main photography website? Visit stevefrazierphotography.com
Contact him at stevefrazierphotography@gmail.com
Ha Ha Tonka and Aurora HDR
This is the first photo that I've processed using the new Aurora HDR software that was just released today... and I'm certainly having fun with it! I had drifted away from HDR after I began using the Google Nik Collection. Clearly, however, Aurora HDR is going to entice me to become involved with HDR a lot more now.
Old habits die hard. Although you can do just about everything in Aurora HDR and no longer need to use Photoshop or Lightroom (it even has layers), I exported this image in Photoshop for some touchup... but that was just a personal choice and not a necessity. Also, I wanted to mention that this is what I term as "realistic HDR." I rendered this as close to what the human eye (yes, my eye) saw at the moment the shot was taken. I could have easily lightened the foreground and brought out more detail, but instead I chose to tone it down (good advice given regarding another image by my cohort's master, Martin Bailey, in the Arcanum.
Aurora HDR is a joint project between Macphun and Trey Ratcliff to produce the finest HDR software in the world, giving you all the tools needed to create breathtaking images. It is currently available for the Mac platform. To learn more about it, go to aurorahdr.com/getstarted/overview-aurora-hdr
I took the shot while visiting the former Robert McClure Snyder's 5,000+ acre estate, now a part of the Ha Ha Tonka State Park in the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. At the beginning of the 1900s, Snyder, a prominent Kansas City businessman, began construction of a magnificent European-style mansion or "castle." The stone ruins of the turn-of-the-20th-century castle are just a short hike from this location along the right-hand side of this photo (you can see parts of the ruins in this shot.. look for an arch in the upper right-hand corner along the skyline). More than 15 miles of trails wind through the Ha Ha Tonka State Park, which has sinkholes, natural bridges, caves and an arm of the lake that you see here. The land is situated on the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks, a man-made lake which has over 1,000 miles of shoreline and attracts visitors from throughout the world.
Missouri Legends - Ha Ha Tonka www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-hahatonka.html
IMG_9610_HDR-v4
#AuroraHDR
© Stephen L. Frazier - All of my images are protected by copyright and may not be copied, printed, distributed or used on any site, blog, or forum without expressed permission.
Looking for Steve Frazier's main photography website? Visit stevefrazierphotography.com
Contact him at stevefrazierphotography@gmail.com