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The image I have posted as part of today’s upload is from the beautiful but stark landscape of smith rock state park. With a location near Bend Oregon, Smith Rock has been established as one of the star rock climbing attractions of the west coast. In most locations, we are usually the first people at the parking lot, but not here; there were a considerable number of cars well before any morning light. We were hoping for some interesting cloud formations above the magnificent rock formations to add some extra drama to the already stunning location.
I have posted all the other images from this location but held back a bit with this composition. It was a short telephoto shot that took at the park where there was some exciting color in the sky. There was more dynamic range available on the scene than even the D850’s 46 MP sensor could tackle, and I had to bracket my images. The sun was about to break over the hills behind me, but the subtle colors on the cloud still lingered with the crooked river providing some excellent reflections. I blended three separate exposures using luminosity masks and like the results much better than the tone mapped HDRs that I used to do. Enjoy!