My wife & I went on an expedition to find the right venue. When we finally found it, we trudged through waist-deep snow to climb through dense forest & down to the creek. Unfortunately, it was pouring rain. What a work-out. Especially tough on her, as she was toting the swords (this one, and a broadsword - as I didn't know which one i wanted to use). This was definitely one of the more difficult shots to get to :O)
Once there, our only vantage point (short of standing in the creek) was an outcropping of packed snow that overhung the water. She actually had to pack it down so that it would hold my weight! (she's such a trooper)
The sword went through the snow like butter, so she had to tunnel underneath and pack it as well. Nothing like having a great assistant ;O)
This was manual HDR, merged from several shots at different exposures. CS3 really did a crappy job of HDR, so I did it myself. As I've done simulated-HDR in the past (different exposure passes on the same RAW file), I really don't think that actually using multiple REAL exposures bought anything. If nothing else, this was more time-consuming.
This turned out exactly as planned, so I guess I must be happy with it :O)
This is also my Round 2 entry for the League of Death challenge, so hopefully it takes me through to Round 3!
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