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Pillar rock at Cathedral Cove

Posted by Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 11 February 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

Trying my hand out on some HDR techniques following Pete Carr's guide. I didn't want this image to look over-processed so I tried to keep it clean while still bringing in the ranged exposure.

BTW, shooting this wide angle, that wave is a lot closer than it looks and I had to stand up quickly after taking this shot to avoid me and my camera being soaked.

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Comments (21)

Judit from Montbui, Barcelona, Spain

Great shot! Lovely place

11 Feb 2008 8:15am

Double KK Photography from West Richland, United States

awesome photo great colors and details

11 Feb 2008 11:15am

Aidan Hammond from Seoul, South Korea

nice shot and wonderful detail; I've never really done anything with HDR that I've liked, but this photo gives me some ideas; thanks and great shot

11 Feb 2008 1:24pm

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

excellent HDR - it looks really natural and the colors are really rich. Well done

11 Feb 2008 2:23pm

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

Very nicely done. And that rock looks too beautiful to be real. I wonder how long it will be before it falls over.

11 Feb 2008 5:16pm

kurt from Austria

wow - what an impressive sight. great image.

11 Feb 2008 5:20pm

Behrooz Sangani from Tehran, Iran

Amazing beauty captured perfectly.

11 Feb 2008 7:05pm

Helma from Tehran, Iran

wow ! great photo .. thank you

11 Feb 2008 7:22pm

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Excellent!

11 Feb 2008 9:27pm

Allan & Wendy from Oakville, Canada

A fantastic photo of yet another totally awesome masterworks by the GREAT Craftsman. It is so artistic in its arrangement & background scenery. Thanks for sharing this scene with us. Beautiful! I hope to see it in person one day. Thanks for sharing.

11 Feb 2008 9:34pm

Aurelie from Auckland, New Zealand

Beautiful memory from Hahei, Coromandel. The rock seems to float on the water. New Zealand has such a range of nature's wonders.

11 Feb 2008 10:56pm

Nathan from Fair Oaks, United States

Wow that's a cool shot. The strangeness of the pillar really matched the HDR well.

12 Feb 2008 2:52am

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Awesome!

12 Feb 2008 4:08am

Katie from Morioka, Japan

HDR tastefully done! I love the colour of the water. What an unusual scene as well.

12 Feb 2008 6:56am

ManuelaR from Hainburg, Germany

Very natural and impressive take Aaron!
It does look like barely touching the water... awesome!

12 Feb 2008 7:28am

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

GREAT shot!! I never got the chance to go down to the beach there as the tide was in and the husband wasn't interested... That is a very impressive rock and you've done an excellent job of capturing it!!

12 Feb 2008 10:40pm

danthro from Suburbia, United States

wow. great shot. i don't like HDR shots that look overdone either, but this is great. beautiful, light, color, sky, composition.

12 Feb 2008 11:29pm

drphoto from Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

This is a wonderful shot. I absolutely love it. The HDR treatment is not obvious; the image looks clean and beautiful.

Glad you didn't get soaked!

Dan

13 Feb 2008 1:14pm

shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Wonderful thing!Great processing!Well done!

14 Feb 2008 11:28am

Wys from Kloten, Switzerland

Breathtaking pile and a wonderful photo / HDR. Cya Wys

17 Feb 2008 12:45pm

Margie from New Zealand

Ah the Coromandel...I love Cathedral Cove. Great photo!

15 Mar 2008 4:00am

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