I feel like prefacing these Vegas posts with “We will return to our regularly scheduled nature photography posts after this brief intermission.” Be patient with me while I survive my time in Vegas!

Finding myself with an unexpected few hours of free time yesterday, I went back to the scene of Sunday’s phone photo with my “real” camera. I wanted to try the In-camera HDR for some interior shots. As I have said before, the Canon SX50HS’ In-camera HDR does not produce the over-the-top HDR effect you often see as examples of the technique…it simply provides a gentle extension of the natural contrast range, and a file that can be processed in Lighroom for a very natural look. In an interior like this you see further into the shadowed areas, without sacrificing the highlights.

This is part of the display just off the lobby of the Palazzo Hotel, where the Shoppes at the Palazzo start. They are just finishing building this particular display, around a Chinese theme, complete with at dragon in a flowering tree. I am always amazed at the sheer opulence of these Vegas hotels. Talk about eye-candy. I am certain this display alone, which is, I remind you, seasonal and temporary, must have cost half a dozen of my yearly incomes. It is, like most of Vegas, simply so far from my comprehension that just have to nod my head and press the shutter button. Well okay! Can you imagine that!

Canon SX50HS in HDR Mode. Three 24mm equivalent shots processed in-camera. Recorded exif: f3.4 @ 1/30th @ ISO 640. I propped the camera on a stone railing. Processed in Lightroom for intenisty, clarity, and sharpness.