I probably have 1000 or more images of Mesa Arch over the years so I am always trying new angles or ideas there. This was a rather unusual morning but oh, so full of promise!!! I decided to try a different angle when all of a sudden....the "god" rays broke through. Filters would not work.....so quickly swithed to HDR and took 3 exposures. In hindsight....i should have taken 5 or 7.....but I reprocessed the -2 image even darker to maintain the highlights as much as I could. I don't generally shoot HDR's for landscapes.....but it's always nice to have that tool in the bag and experiment.
4 images (1 extra reprocessed) at +2, 0, and -2.....with reprocessed at minus 3. All tripod mounted w/ bubble level in HS at 17mm and ISO 100 at f22. Processed in photomatix and CS5. Saved at 45 quality:eek: to fit.






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). I do focus now on manual exposure blending. A lot of work, but much more 'natural' for my tastes.
. I have experimented with the new "fusion" function of the newer Photomatix and have achieved results much more in line with what I am looking to achieve with my landscape images.
. Just think you have done HDR in the past that has looked more like what you can achieve with filters. And it doesn't mean I don't like the image at all haha.


