Day's End
After hiking down to a primitive campsite and then on down to the shoreline below it on Lake Argyle, I began searching for fall colors and hoping for a beautiful sunset. The sky was cloudless, however, and the autumn colors were not abundant (primarily because of the large numbers of oak trees whose leaves turn brown rather than colorful). Also, the water level was higher than normal so I couldn't walk along the shoreline as I had in years past.
After taking some photos, the light began fading rapidly and I prepared to pack up and leave. Then, I heard the commotion of a flock of geese on the water further down the lake but I couldn't see them in the shadows. Hoping that they might head my way, I focused the camera (mounted on a tripod) on the oposite shore and waited a few moments. Then, when I realized they were headed towards me, I pressed the shutter release for a series of bracketed shots. I thought that I missed them... but luckily, the under-exposed shot (in which they were not blurred) caught the geese in the position shown here--and I was anxious to get home to see how it turned out.
I used Photomatix to create this HDR rendition. I have Aurora also but could not figure out how to select the ghosting replacement to use the image with the birds exposed properly... I suspect it is possible but I just don't know how yet.
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Day's End
After hiking down to a primitive campsite and then on down to the shoreline below it on Lake Argyle, I began searching for fall colors and hoping for a beautiful sunset. The sky was cloudless, however, and the autumn colors were not abundant (primarily because of the large numbers of oak trees whose leaves turn brown rather than colorful). Also, the water level was higher than normal so I couldn't walk along the shoreline as I had in years past.
After taking some photos, the light began fading rapidly and I prepared to pack up and leave. Then, I heard the commotion of a flock of geese on the water further down the lake but I couldn't see them in the shadows. Hoping that they might head my way, I focused the camera (mounted on a tripod) on the oposite shore and waited a few moments. Then, when I realized they were headed towards me, I pressed the shutter release for a series of bracketed shots. I thought that I missed them... but luckily, the under-exposed shot (in which they were not blurred) caught the geese in the position shown here--and I was anxious to get home to see how it turned out.
I used Photomatix to create this HDR rendition. I have Aurora also but could not figure out how to select the ghosting replacement to use the image with the birds exposed properly... I suspect it is possible but I just don't know how yet.
_MG_8180_1_2_tonemapped 2
Looking for Steve Frazier's main photography website? Visit stevefrazierphotography.com
Contact him at stevefrazierphotography@gmail.com
© Stephen L. Frazier - All of my images are protected by copyright and may not be used on any site, blog, or forum without my permission.