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From the canoe dock at Wonder Lake with a view looking to the south across the waters with Denali and other peaks of the Alaska Range off in the distance. This is what I would call an average wide angle view, where I angled my Nikon SLR camera downward, so that I could capture a more sweeping view across the lake waters. With the gently blowing breeze that morning, there wasn't really much of a chance to capture reflections off the lake. But the ripples themselves did add that shimmering feel to this national park setting. I decided to do some initial work and create an HDR image using Aurora HDR 2019. I then exported a TIFF image back to DxO PhotoLab 3 and did some more post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation.
Korita Mostnice, near Stara Fužina / Lake Bohinj, Slovenia. I clambered up one of the side canyons to get in close to these waterfalls.
Polariser and 3-stop ND filter used.
This is a focus stack drawing from 4 sets of 5 exposures, merged/preprocessed with AuroraHDR, focus stacked (automatically) usign Photoshop, and some retouching using Lumenzia and Luminar (as a Photoshop plugin).
Between AuroraHDR's batch mode, and Photoshops automatic blending, focus stacked landscapes are a breeze. Previously I'd found the idea of blending in multiple images too much effort/daunting, so I was using just one bracket and ignoring the rest of the set. Likely makes little to no difference sharing on flickr/facebook with the current resolutions supported, but will be important for printing since I've captured all the distant detail, and now I can effortlessly pull that in to my workflow (takes more time, but is automated enough it costs me little).
I process once in AuroraHDR to produce a preset, batch apply it to all brackets (gives me a set of TIFs), which I pass the photoshop to work out which parts of the image to blend in to maximise focus throughout. Then I flatten the result to a single TIF, which is the starting point I would have had if I'd just used a single exposure/bracket, and can work from there.
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A setting looking to the west while taking in views through the Mobius Arch with a view beyond to Mount Whitney and the sunlight of a setting sun. My thinking in composing this image was to use the arch as a portal view to Mount Whitney and the sun shining. I also decided to back up and include more of the skies above and nearby landscape going for more of a wider angle view than just a view beyond.
I chose to work with Aurora HDR Pro to better bring that complete setting in the image, especially given what I felt was a large dynamic range. 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.
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Boat leaving the jetty inlet at the Jupiter Inlet during sunrise over Jupiter Florida. HDR image tone mapped using Aurora HDR software by Macphun.
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When I was composing this image, I found lining up the view not difficult as it was merely a matter of standing back and then zooming in to capture what I wanted and had seen in other images. Metering was another thing. The backside of Mesa Arch was more or less in the shadows of the early morning hours. The view beyond with Canyonlands National Park however was definitely caught in the light of the morning sun. I attempted to find a mean exposure that I could later work with. It was only later when I was doing post-production that I remembered I had Aurora HDR Pro and used that to bring out an image that seemingly had a larger exposed dynamic range. I was able to work with that and export a TIFF image I could later use in Capture NX2 for a final image.
While walking the Wall Street portion of the Navajo Loop with a view looking to the north. The very tall walls around were what I wanted to capture with this image and used a portrait orientation to help bring out the sheer size around me. I felt that including some steps to my front would add a sense of perspective to the height of the walls. The next thing on my mind was what I perceived as a large dynamic range between the brighter areas at the top of the wall and image with the more shadowed areas below. I metered for the brighter areas because of that. 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. It was as I began working on the image in post production that I then decided to once again try out the sky replacement setting in Photoshop with this image. I wasn’t quite happy with the look of the skies (some blotches and not a true blue color), so I replaced that with a stock images in Photoshop but all else is captured with my Nikon D850 SLR camera.
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Long exposure photo taken from Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse in Pompano Beach Florida during stormy beach. HDR image tone mapped using Aurora HDR software by Macphun.
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In Explore April 26, 2023.
From Wikipedia:
Franklin Parker Preserve is an 11,379 acre natural preserve located in the Pine Barrens in Chatsworth, New Jersey. The preserve links Brendan Byrne, Wharton, and Penn State Forests. Franklin Parker Preserve is owned and managed by New Jersey Conservation Foundation.
Geography is typical of the Pine Barrens with sandy roads, pitch pines, cedar swamps, blueberry fields and tributaries of the Wading River. The 53 mile Batona Trail runs through parts of the preserve and the preserve provides habitat for rare, threatened or endangered species including bobcats, bald eagles, barred owls, northern pine snakes and pine barrens tree frogs. The area also serves as a filter for rainwater that makes its way into the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer.
Franklin Parker Preserve is a former cranberry farm that was once the third largest cranberry producer in the US. The farm was owned by Garfield DeMarco, an influential Burlington County Republican Chairman. He frequently opposed many of the pineland's preservation regulations but he decided to sell the land at a significant discount versus the lands estimated value in order to preserve it. The land was purchased by New Jersey Conservation Foundation in 2003 after they were able to raise the funds for preservation. After securing additional adjacent tracts of land from private owners in 2015 and 2016 the total acreage of the preserve is now 11,379. The preserve is named after Franklin E. Parker III, the first chairman of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission.
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The Expectation is to Stop and Smell the Roses
But in the mountains there are only wildflowers to enjoy
So I will stop to live that moment
No speed involved to my finish line
Just the day, a moment, and a vista like none other
I could always sing and give Julie Andrews a run for the money
I am all alone with only the trees and birds to share my company
So hike your own hike
Speed to adventure, if you must
And explore the planet we all share
You might just find me with my shoes and socks off
And only a smile as I sit and take in a view.
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon in Big Bend National Park at a roadside pullout along the main Basin road. The view is looking to the west across the Chisos Basin area to The Windows off in the distance. Because of the several thousand foot decline in elevation present across this national park landscape, I had to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to capture a more sweeping view. The more distant peaks and mountains would be pushed higher into the image but leave enough for me to include some of the blue skies and clouds above.
For processing the image, 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 4 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.
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While wandering along the shores of the Merced River and a view looking to the north across its still waters and reflections. This is located around the Swinging Bridge Picnic area in Yosemite Valley of the national park. Yosemite Point with a dried up waterfalls is a distant backdrop for the image captured.
A setting looking to the west through the Mobius Arch to a view beyond with Mount Whitney caught in the sunlight of a setting sun. This location is in the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area. My thinking in composing this image was to use the arch as a portal like view to beyond with Mount Whitney and other peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Metering the image was a matter of setting an exposure to capture the sunlight present and reflecting off the haze from the recent wildfires in this portion of California. The large dynamic range that I felt I was capturing would need to be worked on later as an HDR image. 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.
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