Sunday, October 14, 2012

Lynn Canyon & Rice Lake

These days, more & more I'm using a photo technique called HDR. It involves taking multiple photos of the same subject, with the exposure either deliberately darkened or lightened. All of the photos are then combined into special software (I use HDR Efex Pro) and the end result is a more vibrant image that may resemble reality or look closer to a painting.

On October 8th I went hiking with friends in Lynn Canyon and around Rice Lake up above. Along the way I took a succession of 3-photo groupings specifically for HDR post processing. You can view the individual images here but I've also combined them into a video and set them to the beautiful music of Loreena McKennitt: