The two images below came from an early morning photo shoot around the Now Sapphire resort’s pool and beach area during a recent trip to Mexico’s Riviera Maya region south of Cancun. The light just after sunrise was good, there were a few low clouds in the sky for added interest there, and the air … Read more…
This is a ‘high dynamic range’ (HDR) image of the Cinque Terre village of Vernazza, Italy. This view is from the trail that connects Vernazza with Monterosso al Mare, and takes about 10-15 minutes to reach from the little public square (piazza) down by the water. The piazza is a great place to hang out … Read more…
This is an HDR image from a sunrise shoot near a Riu resort in Cancun, Mexico, and is a follow-on to my Rocky Outcropping at Sunrise post from a couple of days ago. With a little careful jumping, I worked my way out to the section of rock+concrete that was the home of this rusty … Read more…
I liked this seaside view from the beach area of a Riu resort in Cancun, Mexico, and shot it using a tripod, with HDR processing in mind. Part of this rock+cement structure is obviously man-made, but it’s not totally clear to me what its purpose was (but see the four cement ‘anchor points’ for a … Read more…
This image is from a narrow rocky beach in front of a Riu resort in Cancun, Mexico. I used HDR Efex Pro 2 software from Nik Software to create this from multiple source exposures.
This is an early morning pool and Caribbean Sea view at a resort in Cancun, Mexico. You have to get up and out pretty early for these shots, since the pool area fills up with people very quickly during tourist season. I used Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro 2 for this one, based on three … Read more…
This is a view from the northern shore of Michigan’s lower peninsula, looking north directly underneath the Mackinac Bridge. This image is my first HDR with Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro 2, and includes some post-HDR adjustments in Lightroom 4.