Haleakala Observatory

[jmx]

My first HDR. Picked up an HDR book a month or two ago mostly because it had amazing HDR shots that were not overdone. I suppose up to this point I'd figured HDR just ended up with strange hypersaturated ethereal results, but I was wrong, and that got me interested in it.

Anyway, I went to Maui last month and took this shot at 10,000 feet, at Haleakala Summit. After a day of hiking around in the huge crater, I came back up to the ridge and this was the shot. It seemed like the perfect candidate for HDR, so I went for it. The buildings off to the left are the Observatory they have up there.

Slightly higher res version here: http://jmx.ls1howto.com/index.php?autoshowimage=31
http://jmx.ls1howto.com/pics/haleakala_observatory_sm.jpg

[djvkool]

Damn...I normally freak out when the clouds are underneath me and yet my feet still touches the ground...

[smonice]

Great Shot. I was there two years ago and wish I had my DSLR because I would have come home with a lot more and a lot higher quality pictures. I guess that means I'll just have to go back sometime soon.

[stargazer77517]

Very nice composition, and processing. Something you dont see every day.

[wolfden]

wow, cool shot

[colin842]

Great clouds, for sure an awesome hdr

[eviltech]

amazing

[24alpha]

This is fantastic and a cool story to go along with it.