{"id":2015,"date":"2011-04-11T05:06:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T10:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/04\/11\/4112011-last-of-winter-hdr\/"},"modified":"2011-04-11T05:06:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T10:06:28","slug":"4112011-last-of-winter-hdr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2015","title":{"rendered":"4\/11\/2011: Last of Winter HDR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hard to believe this was only a week ago here in Maine, after what I sincerely hope was the last snow of the season. This is a nothing shot\u2026just a little moderate-telephoto crop of the landscape\u2026but I like it. I like the bare branches against the sky, the clouds, the water and the leading line of melt in the foreground\u2026I like the balance and the detail. <\/p>\n

Canon SX20IS at 75mm equivalent field of view, three shots bracketed around \u20132\/3rds EV, blended and tone-mapped in Photomatix Pro, processed for intensity and clarity in Lightroom. <\/p>\n

I did shoot this as a standard Landscape Mode image just for comparison. All the HDR did was to bring up the relative brightness of the mid-tones in the trees, giving them more dimension, and bring out the green of the conifers. I might, with careful levels work and some masking, have been able to achieve these same results working with the single exposure. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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