#HDR at Twilight, extending our HDR workshop at Naturescapes…
The quaint town of Socorro, New Mexico is a wonderful place to visit, and it’s very close to the most beautiful Bosque del Apache where Naturescapes was held. Greg Downing, Tim Grey and myself led several workshops and presentations in this picturesque part of the country.
My creative photographer students started out our HDR workshop with an interesting caboose and railway, and we ended up extending our time into twilight with a few HDR photos of the historic area, much fun! One of the students had a tilt shift lens and was able to make very cool photos during the workshop. Several used fisheyes, one of my favorite lenses! Twilight is a wonderful time to make expressive photographs. The magic light of the “blue hour” lasts only for a short time. For HDR and/or twilight photography, use a remote release, tripod and low ISO. HDR allows the photographer to capture the entire dynamic range of the scene, and twilight provides the the vivid blue sky. A small aperture provides the starburst effect. This is affectionately called the “Tim Grey” effect by everyone at Naturescapes after Tim’s informative and fun presentation! Have fun shooting! ~ Deb
Another fantastic HDR image, Deb! Sounds like your workshop was very successful and fun. One of my computers only has PhotoShop Elements. I can use the Nik Color Efex Pro Complete Edition with PS Elements. Do you know if the HDR Efex Pro plug-in will work with that program, too?
Hi Julie, thank you for your positive comments! Nik HDR Efex Pro is designed to work with Photoshop CS5 (64 bit), Lightroom and Aperture. I don’t think the environment for Elements works with the structure of HDR Efex Pro.
There is more info on compatibility on the Nik website. Hope that helps! ~ Deb