More from the Loaf

[33dollars]

Another shot from the Sugar Loaf looking past it & down to the north headland of Hallett Cove. In HDR.
Early morning just as the sun comes up over the hills & lights the headland. I love the erosion of the Sugar Loaf.

 

[lensman]

Phil,

Excellent photo, the HDR rendering is spot on, I like this image even more than your first photo & I liked that one a lot

David

 

[Orol]

The only distraction the HDR applications produce in general is the halo effect visible usually on the sky in places where it borders something other like the Sugar Loaf and partly also the coast in this case. It is hard to avoid this effect and its strength is quite unpredictable fully depending on the processed scene. I use a HDR tone mapping applied on one single photo from time to time, mainly to lighten locally underexposed parts of the photo, and when the halo goes too distracting to my taste the usual solution is selecting the entire sky area and removing the HDR from it entirely or mixing the HDR sky with the original one using alpha channel.

By the way, the Sugar Loaf really is a master piece of the nature. It looks like made of a pouring mud that turned to a stone then. The colouring is awesome also. Simply, great subject, perfect result.

Peter

 

[33dollars]

Thanks Daved & Peter. I haven't done exploring this conservation park yet. I plan to go back down & get lots mor pictures