I did a quick photo trip to the nearby Black Rock Desert of Nevada, home of the August Burning Man Festival. This is a very wild and beautiful area, similar to Death Valley but without the crowds and hassle of a National Park. I had permission to photograph the unusual Fly Geyser, located on a private ranch in the area. The image below is an HDR series I took at sunrise, HDR worked very well for this image so I could hold the color of the sky and still get the weird colors of the geyser. It is always spewing out hot water that collects in the little limestone reservoirs along the sides, a very otherworldy place. The other images I took are in a new portfolio on my website: Nevada & Black Rock Desert. I plan on returning there for more photography opportunities and to photograph the scenic Pyramid Lake.
Beautiful place and such a good moment to release the shutter :);
Good luck ahead!
Posted by: Husac | May 29, 2009 at 02:56 PM
Hi Elizabeth. This is a really cool image!
Here is one(or several) for the blog. Some questions that have to do with capturing your HDR images. I'm new to HDR methods as I have been recently introduced but have not yet practiced them (as may be obvious with the questions). My questions have to do with your "routine" HDR methodology. Do you usually capture a landscape HDR series at your most often used aperature of f22? How many exposures do you capture in your typical bracket series, and what is your typical f-stop range: fractional stops, 1 full stop to X (?) stops for each sequential exposure? It all depends on the particular image and the lighting conditions as changing variables I'm sure. How about sharing the data for this particular image as an example (without revealing your trade secrets of course)?
Oh and also, are you using any sort of add-in for processing or merging the images or just using a Photoshop, Bridge, or Lightroom "Merge to HDR". You may have addressed this before? I don't visit the blog as often as I'd like!
Posted by: Wayne Kelly | June 10, 2009 at 04:14 PM