Upstate NY Trip

[Vycor]

Went upstate this weekend... took some shots:

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[dlplumer]

These are great :clap Are they HDR?

[Vycor]

Yup, I decided to do some HDR this weekend... i love how they look like paintings, my favorite kinda "photos"

[hschlessphoto]

i absolutely lovet the first and last. these are all fantastic but those two really stand out to me. great job! :clap

[Vycor]

It was NOT fun getting to that waterfall... basically there was a bridge going over this gorge area... and we climbed down the side of the bridge, kinda steep, and lots of broken rocks and "shale" i think its called... which kept sliding out below me... and my cousin brought his dog with us, so it was a lil tricky getting down. Was tough getting up too, kept sliding... but got a decent shot

[shoepick]

Nice shots! I like #5 and 6.:thumb

[dlplumer]

Yup, I decided to do some HDR this weekend... i love how they look like paintings, my favorite kinda "photos"

I just posted one using Photomatix. (Balancing Pilars) What are you using?

[Vycor]

Same, Photomatix

[Xyster101]

Slick looking photos. I like the first one with the barn, the colors are so vivid and the water (#6) looks great. Worth the walk/hike down the hills! Glad your equipment did not end up in the drink.

[Vycor]

Thanks, i wanted to get the whole tree, but couldn't... if i backed up any further the truck woulda been in the shot, and to the side, and some old car woulda been in the shot (trust me, NOT photo worthy old, old as in maybe a 90's car)

[Tango]

allot i like about these, the textures of the red siding is cool with the hdr, and i like the silo in bg

[hawkeye978]

Nice set of shots. I particularly like the last two. The tone mapping for HDR is nicely done. Doesn't give them the overprocessed look you sometimes get.

[DavidTO]

I've never done an HDR beyond a 2 frame exposure blend....

....but if you're doing an HDR, is there really any excuse for the highlights that are completely blown out in the clouds? :dunno Or is that by design? :ear