27 July 2009

Fraser River Wreck


I've been on holiday for a little over 4 weeks now, so I figured that it was about time that I posted something!
I actually haven't taken all that many pictures thus far; I was sick for most of the first two weeks (still coughing), then out of town where I only took a total of 5 pictures (all of the same subject and all sucked). I've been a little busier with the camera for the past week but just not overly happy with much of what I've shot - I guess I'm a little out of practise.

Anyway, this was captured on Saturday afternoon, shortly after the start of our little thunderstorm. No captured lightning in this shot (or any of the others I took of the wreck), but you can certainly see the nasty clouds looking east-north-east. It was actually pretty gloomy most of the time I was there - the sun peaked out behind me just at then end of the shoot, producing this image.

This was processed as an HDR (high dynamic range) from a single RAW file using Photomatix Pro and tweaked in the process to bring out the clouds, with a little additional touch-up in photoshop. The regularly exposed shot isn't bad, but lacks the ominous sky present in this result.

3 comments:

KS 28 July, 2009 23:08  

This is great! Never would have guessed it was a local shot. Very cool storm day pic.

Alison Cole 15 August, 2009 01:57  

I think you should enter this one in some sort of photo competition - I think it would have a good chance of winning. It's a stunning photo and shows a great eye for visually capturing an enticing scene to look at. (the Photoshopping doesn't hurt either!)

Unknown 15 September, 2009 19:42  

I agree, it's a stunning photo!

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