Passaic River
17mm f/11 shutter speeds 2.5, 1.3, 0.8, 0.6, 0.4. 1/4, 1/6 raw
Photomatix Pro trial HDR Generate, Tone Mapping
PS spot editing - watermark, rain droplets, hot spots, resize, color space, USM, save for web.
The main idea was to try to capture the leaves flowing downstream in the river, motion blurred in contrast to everything else in sharp detail. I was pleased with the contrast recovered by HDR, as the light and rain was pretty dismal. It was drizzling, and there just wasn't enough light to do anything more - my attempts to get more interesting subjects ended up with me sheltering from the rain. Oh well, this is it.
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I really like the motion that the leaves give to the photo. Use of HDR is pretty subtle (a good thing!) but the colors seem a tad vibrant for my taste (or my monitor)
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