First HDR

[kf0rt]

Got the opportunity to play with HDR (High Dynamic Range) a bit last week.

This is a shot of Nederland, CO, taken from the east end of Barker Reservoir. Three exposures (+/- 1.7 stops) merged using Photomatix (I have NO idea what I'm doing). A lot of the popular HDR stuff looks like "velvet Elvis" to me, so I'm a little shy to get into it at all.

[WØTKX]

I really like Nederland.

[kf0rt]

I really like Nederland.

Been YEARS since I've been up that way at all, and I've never even spent any time in the town itself. Had Friday off, and I dropped by Eldorado Springs SP for a couple shots and then headed up Boulder Canyon. Damn, that's pretty country - all of it. Absolutely love Eldo -- don't know a thing about it, but I'd love to live there.

Here's a velvet Elvis shot of a bridge in Eldorado State Park:

[WØTKX]

I just got my season's pass for the Mt Evans road. And it's open 24/7.

Time for some 2m/440 mountain toppink, methink!

I love the roads in and out of Nederland. Hairpins make me happy.
Been through there twice since I got the little Miata. Zoom Zoom!

I've been taking pictures, but my little camera is only so-so.

[KG4CGC]

Nice velvet Elvis'.
Is there any free software out there. I hate trial versions. They usually drop a payload on your machine when you, don't go all the way.

[NA4BH]

Been YEARS since I've been up that way at all, and I've never even spent any time in the town itself. Had Friday off, and I dropped by Eldorado Springs SP for a couple shots and then headed up Boulder Canyon. Damn, that's pretty country - all of it. Absolutely love Eldo -- don't know a thing about it, but I'd love to live there.

Here's a velvet Elvis shot of a bridge in Eldorado State Park:

Beautiful !!!

But a question. How did you get a full sized picture and not a thumbnail?

[kf0rt]

Nice velvet Elvis'.
Is there any free software out there. I hate trial versions. They usually drop a payload on your machine when you, don't go all the way.

Haven't tried it, but Picturenaut has gotten some decent reviews -- it's "donationware."

http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/index.html

[kf0rt]

Beautiful !!!

But a question. How did you get a full sized picture and not a thumbnail?

Host it on the mainland. (That is, not on the Island.)

[rot]

Note to self.
Nederland,Co.
Cool place on Earth.
Sweet.
rot

[KG4CGC]

Haven't tried it, but Picturenaut has gotten some decent reviews -- it's "donationware."

http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/index.html

Thanks :)