Dunes HDR

Another one from my excursion to the Mesquite Dunes with Steve.

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Another World

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Road and Sky

Wide angle rocks!

This is HDR from a single RAW image.

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Rising Sun on Red Rock

Steve asked me to join him Saturday morning for a sunrise shoot at Red Rock Canyon.

I spent the thirty minutes prior to sunrise maneuvering around the desert looking for "the shot" and I finally settled on this spot. Its not exactly what I had hoped for, but it turned out okay, I think.

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Storm Cell at Sunset

The storm came in from the south. With lightning flashes and thunder rolling, we decided it would be a good idea to get off this hill top.

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Desert Dusk in black and white

It's better in black and white, I think.

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Old Tanker

One more image from Mike's 5 Fingers Ranch. HDR from a single RAW image.

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Desert Sky

HDR, but just enough to push the dynamic range closer to the human eye.

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A Distant Fire

A smoke filled sunset.

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In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows Lie

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

Nerd reference.. I know. But look at it. Doesn't it make you think of Mordor?

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All Along the Watchtower

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.

- Bob Dylan

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Paint the sky

Shot this last night with Mike Byrne.

HDR and some other photoshop trickery.

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She runs through the sky

Maybe it's just me... but in the clouds I see a woman running with her arms outstretched. Maybe you see it too.

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Railroad Crossing (Dynamic BW)

I can't resist stopping at this spot. Yeah... I know... it's a sickness.

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Lone Pine Peak HDR

You have to get up early to catch the alpen glow. Shot this from the Alabama Hills and then caught a couple of geocaches, including the Movie Flats Virtual.

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Desert Castle Magic II

Created with fd's Flickr Toys, DxO Lighting.

This is the original image.

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Stormy (365-012)

I missed the window when the clouds obscured the sun more and it was just too cold to wait for the sun to set further. Bracketed and converted to HDR.

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HDR Harrier (365-003)

Mounted AV-8 at NAWS China Lake.

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My first HDR

First whack at HDR imaging. Can't say I like the subject matter at all, but the colors and distant detail surprised me.

Explored on 12/29/06. Ranking

I should add... this is an absolutely horrible attempt at HDR. I've been playing with the camera today and learned that I completely misunderstood what the camera was doing when I selected to bracket the shot. There were three pictures used to generate this image, but they weren't properly bracketed at all.

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