Evening in Marmora Park - HDR Image

[gtibs]

Greetings, just joined this evening and previous to joining spent a couple of hours surfing the site. I happened here researching a Tamron 100-300mm lens that I acquired at a pretty reasonable price.

Haven't tried it yet. I'm hoping it will turn out some sharp pictures up to the 200mm range, and acceptable up to the 300 mark. I'm a retired amateur recreational photographer, with no professional aspirations.

Here is a recent shot of a park in Marmora Ontario, Canada. I use a Canon Rebel 350D (XT). The lens used for this shot was an ancient Ultrasonic Canon 35-135mm. Three bracketed exposures were processed as an HDR image using Paiintshop X2.

Any suggestion would be welcomed.

Gordon

http://www.anomalog.com/mamoraparkriverb.jpg

[jackprks]

Gordon, I like the mood with the mist. What are the two objects in the water?

[DizzyV6P]

It's the Lock Ness monster! LOL j/k

[jackprks]

Oh!! Some politicains huh? :lol::rolleyes:

[gtibs]

Gordon, I like the mood with the mist. What are the two objects in the water?

Probably "deadheads." :) Marmora was an iron mining town. They may be some manner of pilings, related to a processing plant that was adjacent to this location.

Thanks for commenting.

[chestercopperpot]

i wish there was something that created a little more interest. the framing of the shot works well with the trees and all, but then it leaves my eye wandering around in the middle of the picture.

[gtibs]

Yes, understood. It was my first attempt at HDR processing. It really was a beautiful spot to visit . . . almost a dreamscape. Do not know what would work, other than Nessie! Remember seeing a photo on one of the sites, a desert shot, with a camel dead centre in the lower quarter of the image. He said, had the camel not wandered into the shot, it would never have worked.

[jackprks]

When I first looked, I saw the whole thing. That to me was the main interest, only later did I notice the objects in the middle.

[Michael Bottoms]

I like your image, but find the tree leaves soft. The birds/moorings in the middle don't bother me at all. I look forward to your future posts

[gtibs]

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions. I agree, parts of the image are soft. I think caused by not having a tripod along on this trip, just steadied the camera on a bridge railing. Movement probably caused some of the softness, which was compounded when the three images were combined to produce the HDR.

[gtibs]

Michael, here is another of the same location & time. I'm interested in improving the clarity. How to deal with low light, misty situations. These shots were with a Rebel XL (350d) using a Canon usm 35-135mm lens, Tv: 1/15; Av: 9.0; ISO: 400.

Thanks for your interest. -Gordon

http://anomalog.com/parkshot16b.jpg