Since we had such good fortune at Zebriskie Point the night before (see Day 1) we decided to give it a try for sunrise the next morning. The contrast range was so high (even with a 3 stop grad) that I mostly shot HDRs. Back home I batch process them in Photomatix Pro and generate three files for each bracket sequence: Tone Mapped, Detail Enhancer, and Exposure Fusion (this a type of exposure blending while the first two are different ways to do the HDR tone mapping). I then look at the files. Sometimes I like one of the three and will further process it in Photoshop. But most of the time I will like one section of the scene from one file and like another file for the rest of the scene. I’ve not figured out under what circumstances which way of processing will produce the best results. That’s why I generate all three versions.
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Death Valley–Day 1
In an earlier post I showed one of my favorite images from my recent trip to Death Valley. I thought I would start a series where I shared some images from each day and gave a bit of back story for each image.
We flew into Las Vagas, picked up a high clearance vehicle, and drove to Death Valley. Read the rest of this entry »
Death Valley NP Image
I started to make my first post a factual post but since this is a photo blog I thought it would be better to start off with an image post. I decided to start with one of my favorites from a recent trip to Death Valley National Park. There were many photo opportunities in DV but I’d like to give you the back story for just one image, the thumbnail for my Death Valley Sand Gallery. There are several sand dune areas is Death Valley. However, only two of them are “easily” accessible. The first, and most visited because it is quite accessible, is Mesquite Flats near Stovepipe Wells. Read the rest of this entry »