Penning Photography Daily

Tree Up Hill – 1

This is from my weekend walk in Washington Park. Three exposures using HDR technique and Photomatix Pro software to bring out the high dynamic range.

Almost everyone I show this to, when it’s grouped in with others taken the same day, will pick this as their favorite. It continues to baffle me. Yes, that’s probably why my wife Karen and son Chris have better compositional eyes than I do. Something made me take this grouping. My hidden artistic eye. I hope to cultivate and grow that talent. Taking more pictures will help, I trust.

What caught my eye was the bright spot of yellow amidst the darker tones of brown and red. I was looking for contrast and found it. The HDR process brings out the even exposure of each section of luminosity. The darks are exposed as well as the brights.

It was windy as heck, and some of the leaves are not as sharp as a result. That’s the way it was in life when I grabbed the three frames. I think it gives the photo more interest.

Carillon – 3

I went for a walk this afternoon in Washington Park. The Fall colors were out and past peak from my view. I had my tripod and wide-angle lens for my Panasonic FZ-30 and went treking to see what I could capture.

I set up in many locations for three exposure shots to get High Dynamic Range photos. It’s amazing what combining these three shots at different exposures can do.

I espcecially enjoyed the long tree limb and the Carillon shots. This is the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon. It has 67 bells, all played via a manual rank.

The colors revealed through the HDR process using Photomatix Pro are stunningly beautiful.

Nature decked out.