Bacon Lettuce Photo

by Joe

It was a dark and stormy day in rural Pennsylvania… hazy in more ways than one as we returned from the Roy Pitz Brewing Company in Chambersburg. My girlfriend and I have both been shooting digital for a few years now and whenever we travel it ends up taking twice as long because we shoot everything (30,000 photos in the last 18 months).

Cut to the chase: Over the hills in the distance we caught sight of clouds rushing down the side of a mountain.

Me: “Get off at the next exit!”
Girlfriend: “Are you sure? You don’t even know where we are?”
Me: “Just get off and go north.”

After a series of U turns and backtracking we end up coming over the crest of this hill and knew I was in the right spot.

Truth be told, I’m not 100% happy with the outcome of this shot, but I love the mood and the texture. Its an HDR (5 exposures - blended with photomatix) shot with a sigma 10-20. I love shooting from the hip or setting the camera down with this lens.

Note: Its important to have a spotter when laying down in the road

Thanks Marty, this is a great example of an HDR. Very well done with nice perspective, angle, and point of view.

The best program for creating HDR’s is photomatix. It is payware but definitely worth it.

Tags: HDR, Nikon, Nikon D300, Photomatix, Sigma, Sigma 10-20mm

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