I really enjoy chasing lighthouses.

Near Ogunquit Maine

I think we all were told that and in truth, the eye's ability to adjust in daylight is so fast, its a moot point. A few years ago, I was corrected when going through the PPA classroom part. They were the instructors and I was the student so I believed them.

What most folks do not realize, the human eye only has 5 stops of dynamic range....but it has the ability to adjust so quickly that it appears to have 20 - from the brightest brights to darkest darks. With this exception, when you move from total dark into light or visa versa....it takes a few minutes for the eye to adjust to the new light but for the most part the eye's ability to see detail from shadows to highlights is at warp speed - in daylight. Now considering the human eye, you have to salute the makers of cameras and lens to be able to replicate the same. Then when you add HDR software, it's spooky what you can capture.

Fun stuff though.

I just discovered that uploads need to be in srgb color space. I just uploaded one and quickly deleted...........it didn't look anything like the original and the color space was ProPhoto RGB. I should have read the rules.....

Nice..... For your first HDR, cudos for not going overboard. iMHO, my three images have been overprocrssed. The key to HDR is ability to tonemap 3 or 4 additional stops of exposure .......so you capture detail in both highlights and shadows .......and the result appears to be a one shot well exposed image.

Just cannot beat this time of year.....

Great images! Just curious, in the second image, what is in the upper left hand corner (background)?

Not being there I am just guessing, was the road straight after the curve in image 1? Another interesting shot might have been a long dirt road smack dab centered in the frame taken from the ground....... taking the eye on a long trip down the corn row.

You can have a lot of fun with a camera and farm.

Thanks for the images!!

Hate to see the leaves fall........already looking forward to next year!

Like everyone today, playing around with HDR just adds some added fun with pics. To be sure, the only one of the pics that really needed a boost to the dynamic range was the boat house.

Playing around with HDR


Playing around with HDR 2


Playing around with HDR 3