Dawn Lower Gaylor Lake

See, I told you that 'Dawn' was up there with us that morning! Geez, you were just messin' with me; weren't you, Big Guy? A sumptuous feast for the eyes! Beautiful composition; and your post-processing is superb. This is really superb, Leo! Cheers! The Bear

This is a remake of the HDR that I posted earlier. I find this blended

version to be more realistic and have more of the feeling that was

present at the time it was taken. Your opinions would be appreciated.

The sky was taken from an exposure that was two stops less than

foreground. I move both of them from Lightroom 2.0 as smart objects

and then blended them together using masks.

Attached is the HDR image.

Two images very skillfully brought together, the soft light brings out the texture in the rocks and the beautiful soft reds of the flowers. The sky has drama and weight but is very much in keeping with the mood of the image. Excellent work.

 

Simon

That Dawn is a good lookin' gal! :-)

 

Excellent blending of the images, this is very natural and beautiful scene... Mike

 

Great exposure and composition! I really like it.

great image.

hdr working a treat here - well processed

 

steve

Beautiful HDR and a fantastic job of merging to bring out that gorgeous color in the sky at the far side of the lake. Oh, how I wish I could have made the climb that morning! This may be just a personal thing, but, I would clone out those little black rocks in foreground right. My eye keeps coming back to them for some reason. Still one beautiful photograph!...Lefty

ekcellent photo...

Hey, Guys, what Leo has posted here is NOT the HDR version; he has, however, attached the HDR version in this thread for you to compare and contrast. Cheers! Chris