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Sailor Don
4th of September 2004 (Sat), 08:09
I took several photos of this bridge over the Rio Grande in the vicinity of Taos, New Mexico. I had difficulty in capturing the awesome view in a digital image. I think the best angle would be from low level arial photography. But my Lear Jet is in the shop for repairs, so I am "ground bound". :wink:

I took two photos. One with exposure set for the sky and one with exposure set for the bridge.
http://users3.ev1.net/~sailord/IMG_2757_A+B.jpg

Then I did some digital photo editing to cut and paste the sky from "B" onto "A". Sometimes you have to "cheat" a bit to get a better picture.
http://users3.ev1.net/~sailord/IMG_2757+2758_sm.jpg

I took a small detail of the bridge structure to see what kind of quality I could get from my 8.0 MegaPixel Pro1. I'm not all that pleased with the result.
http://users3.ev1.net/~sailord/IMG_2758_det.jpg

I guess the small image sensor size causes more "false colors" caused by bleed over from adjacent pixels. :cry:

Critique is welcome.