Hi and thanks for the nice comments. First, both are 6 or 7 shot HDR combinations. I normally shoot the shots from a tripod, starting at -3 or -4 on the exposure, and moving up
one full stop, (-4, -3, -2, etc) until I get to +3 or 4, depending on the available light. I try to shoot around f10 - 13 for these shots.
I used a Canon 7D Mark II for the bridge and a Canon 5D Mark III for the Cathedral. For lenses, I probably used a Canon 24-105L on the Bridge and a Canon 70-200 L f2.8 II on the Cathedral
All photos combined in Lightroom CC,, a very easy process..
I am glad you like them, ,They are so much fun to create.

I was downtown St. Paul, MN last week to do some experimenting with night shots.
Comments welcome.

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Great shot Sylvia, I also love the Gar Fish.

Just one "Picky Guy" correction, from a former Stinson owner.
That beautiful float plane is a
Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2

Great Float Plane!! and nice captures!

Hi,, looks like a great place to explore and take some shots,
I really like #3

Great capture,, even a Duck joined in to make the shot!!

Hi Bob,, Nicely done!!

The Tall Ships are coming to our area this August in Duluth MN,,
I can't wait to see them.

I don't think I will be able to get a shot like this with no people around,,
LOL, They expect about 150,000 people for the four day event.

Great shots,,
I've only been there once, and didn't have time to really explore the area.
I hope to get back there someday soon!

Hi Jack,,
not really,, It was indoors, and I didn't want to use flash
so I just thought I might try an experiment to see if HDR would work.
In reality, a little fill flash or and extra light source like a soft light box would have done the same thing.

But, I really wanted to see what the HDR thing was all about, and I'm excited to try some more, on some outdoor scenes.

THANKS for the comments. I seem to learn something new each time I post out here

ok, MtnMAn asked for the (0) Exp of the three photos used in the HDR and here is is,, along with the HDR photo.
and this time I made sure I output them from Lightroom as sRGB, it seems that I may have had my output in Lightroom set as "ProPhoto RGB"
before,

and YES, it seems setting the output to sRGB makes the preview better..
THANKS for the tip

The first one below here is the Zero exposure setting, and the second one is the HDR of the three photos,,

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I saw this Christmas Cactus blooming in my dining room, and I thought I might try my first HDR shots with it,
I set up my tripod and took three shots,
exposure set a -4, 0 and +4,, and I used Lightroom CC "photo merge"
to combine them.


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Nice Shots,, the Navy RD4,,
after all they couldn't just use the Army name,, of C-47
:)

Thanks for the kind words,,
I love shooting the frozen waterfalls we get around here,,

Hi,, I took this shot on New Years day at Willow River State Park
just across the border from me in Wisconsin,,
The hike down to the falls,, and back added to the adventure, ,on the snow covered trails
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Awesome Shot!! Love it!

Hi,, Thanks for the comments, and yes, ,the last shot was about 45 minutes after the first one, and the wind had come up a bit causing the water to be more stirred up..

There were also some geese in the area that flew in to roost on the water for the night, causing some additional waves.