rocketman
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These are shots taken at Crabtree Falls in Va near the Blue Ridge Parkway on a morning ride while attending the Sherando Lake Rally on the IT. These shots, except for the last one as noted, were taken using exposure bracketing of one f-stop stop up and one down then processed with HDR, or High Dynamic Range to get a greater range of tones than normal Digital Imaging can produce. Some consider this ?cheating? I simply consider it another way to enhance digital images to bring out more of what my eye actually saw and enhance the Mood of the imagery. Photography for me, is about more than simply capturing a static image and or exact rendition of the scene; it is a form of art and therefore the use of various techniques to help capture a mood or a feeling which the scene invoked in me, the ?live? viewer, and thus rendered in the final image, is perfectly appropriate.
Note that some of the shots are of the same scene simply rendered both in landscape and portrait format.
looking up the path from the lower falls to the upper falls
I was intrigued by the holes in the rock face, don't ask why, just was
liked the way the diffused lighting worked out in this one
Looking back down the path along the falls from the lower falls to the upper falls. 2 miles one way an about 500 feet elevation change. Nice little walk!
a little detour needed here, or clamber thru the opening between roots and rocks.. I took the route thru the root&rock.
last shot, not HDR
RM
Note that some of the shots are of the same scene simply rendered both in landscape and portrait format.
looking up the path from the lower falls to the upper falls
I was intrigued by the holes in the rock face, don't ask why, just was
liked the way the diffused lighting worked out in this one
Looking back down the path along the falls from the lower falls to the upper falls. 2 miles one way an about 500 feet elevation change. Nice little walk!
a little detour needed here, or clamber thru the opening between roots and rocks.. I took the route thru the root&rock.
last shot, not HDR
RM