When I saw this sunrise at Badlands National Park during my recent road trip, I knew it was going to be impossible to take only one photo that would take into account the bright and colorful rising sun shining intensely over everything, and the hills that were only a third as bright. So I took three shots: overexposed, underexposed, and normal. Today, using Photomatix HDR software, I got the following result.
Badlands Sunrise
31 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted Photography, Road Trip
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DG MARYOGA said:
Amazing outcome Hien!Your techique worked wonders!Intense sunrise colours beautifully showing above the rocky land!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thanks Doda. Standing before such a beautiful scene, I had to come up with something to capture and keep a record of it in a photo. I don’t use HDR often, but this time this was perfect for it.
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Pieter Navis said:
Good choice to use three exposures, the image really is incredible 🙂
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neihtn2012 said:
Glad you like the image. Thanks Pieter!
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Dalo 2013 said:
One of my old high school friends from highschool (he is actually on the last photo of my last post) often travels through the Badlands…and this time we talked for hours about it. I’ve not seen many shots from the area, just word of mouth (and through songs). You had just shown me a great photographic reason to go…wow!!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thanks Randall! Badlands National Park is much underrated. However, that makes it a nice place to go to because you don’t have to contend with too many visitors at those overlooks or view points. The roads are mostly well paved, except for a few small sections. I would recommend it highly.
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Dalo 2013 said:
This is what I have heard of it too ~ very few tourist, but those who have been there say it has a magical feel to it. To be honest, a lack of people at any park in the US makes it heaven for me. 🙂 Thank you!
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Sue Slaght said:
This surely could become a postcard for the area! A beautiful result of your photography and editing.
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neihtn2012 said:
Thanks Sue!
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RV John said:
Turned out great!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thanks John!
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Tiny said:
Stunning result! I like HDR but oftentimes too busy or lazy to take bracketed shots. But it pays off, as you have shown here!
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neihtn2012 said:
Tiny, I’ve had the software for 3 years but have not used it that much. I tried four different variations before deciding on this one. It took some time, and I wish I had a faster computer.:-)
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Amy said:
HDR, very coo!!! Incredible shot!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thanks Amy!
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katelon said:
Very stunning.
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Katelon!
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Thinh D Vu said:
Dear Hien, Thank you very much for your beautiful pictures from your trips. You must have driven hundred, if not thousand of miles to have these artistic pictures taken. I admire your talent, effort and patience to produce these works. Hope to see Quynh and you soon. Best regards.
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neihtn2012 said:
It was a long trip indeed: https://neihtn.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/road-trip-2015-summary/
We look forward to seeing you soon!
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Cee Neuner said:
Stunning.
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you very much Cee!
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