hminn Loc: Portage, Michigan

I recently purchased my first digital SLR, and having this wonderful new tool, I started scouring the Internet for information on the camera and digital photography. I happened onto Trey Ratcliff's web site, www.stuckincustoms.com. Prior to this I had never heard of HDR photography. I was totally blown away by his gallery of photos. I studied his HDR tutorial and downloaded Photomatrix. I had to give it a try. Currently, I don't have Lightroom or noise reduction softward, so all photos are as they came out of Photomatrix. These are some of my first HDR photos. The beach scenes and sunrise were shot from a tripod; all others were hand-held. I'm shooting with a Nikon D7000 with the "User1 mode" set up with aperture-priority at F8, bracketing with 2 stops above, normal and 2 stops below. I set my release to continuous high so one push initiates all three exposures. Advice is welcome.

Susrise over Austin Lake


Lake Michign Beach - South Haven, MI


North Beach - South Haven, MI






Beach front homes, South Haven, MI


Old Spanish Monistary - Miami, FL




Pennekamp State Park, Key Largo, FL

nviaches Loc: Brighton, MI

Nice pics, hminn! Hey buddy, remember me? You still sailing all over the world sir?

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

You've done a great job! Effect with restraint. #1 is particularly lovely. Your profile says new user, but nviaches seems to know you. Neighbors??

hminn Loc: Portage, Michigan

I sure do remember you; how are you doing? I haven't taken any trips, yet, this year. It's almost time to put the boat in the water, and hopefully, we'll get up to the North Channel this summer. We plan to take between 6 and 8 weeks for a real nice summer cruise up there. Are you still with the big "A"? Since retiring, I've been doing contract training for them. In fact I just got home from a two month gig in Miami. Since you are on this site, obviously, you take a few pictures. I didn't realize that we had that in common. Good to hear from you!

hminn Loc: Portage, Michigan

Nviaches and I worked together a few years ago before I retired.

Haveago Loc: Swindon, Wiltshire. UK.

It would seem you have done a pretty good job on all of them Harry. Well done.

Baz

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

It's a small world indeed!

andrew.haysom Loc: Melbourne, Australia

Some lovely work there mate. The 2nd, 4th and 7th being my favourites. I love those monastery gates!

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

Looks like you fell right into it.

katiecowherd Loc: Kentucky

Fantastic shots!

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

You picked one of the best for a mentor, Trey has a lot of knowledge and shares it willingly. There is a young man, Kevin Price, who is currently offering free tutorials in HDR, he goes into the finer details of P&P. This is his link, you can sign up for his free emails which all contain excellent information.

http://app.getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=Br8x4&mc=BR&s=rKrcm&y=s&

http://www.hdrphotographypro.com/photoshop-finishing-touches/

Either one will get you to his site.

hminn Loc: Portage, Michigan

Thank you everyone for your positive comments on the photos. UP-2-IT, thanks for sharing the two links; I'll put them to good use. I'll be spending a great deal of time at Lake Michigan this summer, and hope to capture a lot of nautical photos in HDR.

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

Think if you spend a bit of time at Kevin's site you will pick up on a lot of the finer details most sites fail to explain.

joe west Loc: Taylor, Michigan

that beach front home is really nice