JimMcClain
No longer a newbie, moving up!
- Joined
- May 25, 2014
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- Location
- Feather River Country
- Website
- 1footinthegrave.com
- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos OK to edit
It has been several years since I've visited this part of the county I live in. I went in search of the sun setting over the largest lake in Feather River Country. Lake Almanor is a man-made lake, created in 1914 and displaced many Native Americans and flooded buildings and forest land to create electric power. It has become a popular recreation area.
My drive was about 36 miles to the lake and then I drove up and down the East Shore looking for someplace to make pictures. It was not the best choice, apparently, because nearly ever lake access road is now private and chained off. The few publicly accessible boat ramps provided the worst view of the area.
Since sunset was approaching fast, I settled on an area that was created just for visitors to stop and take pictures. I've seen several on Google Images and I worried my photos would look the same. I was pleased that they aren't.
These 2 were a self-test. I'd only done one HDR photo before and that was to try out the new feature in Lightroom CC 2015. This is only my second one. I am also posting a developed photo from the same group of shots that make up the HDR. I tried to replicate what I created with the HDR.
Tell me which one you like best and why. Constructive criticism is welcome. "I don't like #n" is not constructive. See if you can tell which is HDR and which isn't. If you know my photography, you already know I don't go for realism, I go for what my vision is - I don't do documentary photography.
Thanks,
Jim
My drive was about 36 miles to the lake and then I drove up and down the East Shore looking for someplace to make pictures. It was not the best choice, apparently, because nearly ever lake access road is now private and chained off. The few publicly accessible boat ramps provided the worst view of the area.
Since sunset was approaching fast, I settled on an area that was created just for visitors to stop and take pictures. I've seen several on Google Images and I worried my photos would look the same. I was pleased that they aren't.
These 2 were a self-test. I'd only done one HDR photo before and that was to try out the new feature in Lightroom CC 2015. This is only my second one. I am also posting a developed photo from the same group of shots that make up the HDR. I tried to replicate what I created with the HDR.
Tell me which one you like best and why. Constructive criticism is welcome. "I don't like #n" is not constructive. See if you can tell which is HDR and which isn't. If you know my photography, you already know I don't go for realism, I go for what my vision is - I don't do documentary photography.
Thanks,
Jim