Hi all,
I moved from Sydney to Canberra in April, 2006. I have driven back and forth countless times, and, every time I either drove up or down this hill, I told myself that I was going to image it some day. Well, today I was driving back from my parents place, and, it was that day.
It was a glorious afternoon, as you can probably see.
I can only imagine what this place looked like when it was actually a lake.
Anyway, being a glutton for punishment, I decided to try an HDR mosaic. This is a mosaic of 8 images, each of which was a 3-image HDR composition (AEB on the camera).
The full resolution Photoshop *.PSD file came to close 600 MB. The full resolution *.JPG image weighs in at over 25 MB.
I have heavily scaled the image down to be able to post it as an attachment on here.
Oh, and to tie it to astronomy, for once, you can see the almost-full Moon! This is facing directly East -- I will have to try for an evening version some day, with the Moon rising. Would be spectacular, I reckon.
Data: Canon EOS-350D, Canon EF 24-105mm F/4L (set to 50mm and stopped down to F/8).
Edit: I just viewed the uploaded image, and it is horribly artifacted -- you can barely make out the Moon. Oh, well, you get the idea.
Comments and critique, welcome.
Regards,
Humayun