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Sunrise at Maroon Lake, Aspen, Colorado - HDR Photo
The Maroon Bells are probably one of the most photographed spots in Colorado. These majestic peaks catch the early morning light while the valley and Maroon Lake are in full shade. It's very challenging to shoot here with traditional filters, because of the extreme contrast and shape of the valley walls.
I made this shot with my Nikon D700 and 17-35mm f/2.8 Nikkor zoom lens. It's a 5-shot HDR merge using Nik Software's HDR Efex Pro software. I started with a custom "Natural Landscape" HDR preset for HDR Efex Pro, that was developed by Tony Sweet and myself. I was able to make numerous local adjustments to the HDR image with Control Points in HDR Efex Pro, and I completed processing (sharpening) in Nikon's Capture NX2.
If you use HDR Efex Pro, the presets Tony and I developed are available for anyone to download from my website:
www.luminescentphoto.com/hdrguide.html
Uploaded on 06 Jan 17:45
Details
- cameraNikon D700
- iso200
- Shooting styleTripod
- Lens17-35mm 1:2.8 AFS zoom Nikkor
- Exposure-2,-1,0,+1,+2
- SoftwareOthers
- Shoot numberMultiple Exposure
- File formatRAW
- NotesProcessed in Nik Software's HDR Efex Pro using custom Landscape preset developed by Tony Sweet.
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Comments:
tigress
A refreshing use of colour! Love how you processed this, excellent work :o)
On January 06, 2011 17:47
ruhri
Great image that makes me smile ... very nice!
On January 06, 2011 18:08
pecoreproduction
What can I say ... it's beautiful!!!
On January 06, 2011 18:15
stuphipps
wow wow wow
On January 06, 2011 20:10
arnie58
Ditto
On January 06, 2011 20:18
honkie
great colors and excellent work
On January 07, 2011 01:21
iphonefarmer
Just wonderful.
On January 07, 2011 01:56
kateskryleva
Perfect :)
On January 07, 2011 04:40
junglejennifer
Wow! Awesome photo! Thanks for giving all the info too.
On January 07, 2011 21:58
samurize
love it....
On January 08, 2011 16:15
samurize
love it....
On January 08, 2011 16:15
athlondj
FANTASTIC!
On January 09, 2011 16:59
almark
Jason this is over the top. Especially the overcooked foreground.
On January 10, 2011 02:48
almark
do only good and supportive comments appear here?
On January 10, 2011 03:06
almark
do only good and supportive comments appear here?
On January 10, 2011 03:06
jpodell32
almark, are you on some sort of personal vendetta? For goodness sake, man!
On January 10, 2011 03:21