Exposure Fusion

You may recognise this picture from my previous post -

Input

I  used Photoshop to create 4 +/- exposures of the same image and introduced it to Photomatix pro,  -

Final Image

and then another, more extreme example using 2 input images:

Input1

Input2

Final Image

Autumnal Arboretum

The Arboretum just outside Bristol is somewhere I have been wanting to visit ever since finding out about it's existence given that it is such a spectacle of natural beauty and so near by it seems silly not to pay a visit at least once, and what better time of year than Autumn when all the colours of the leaves flare up, a last spectacle before they inevitably die. One hindrance however is that the Arboretum  is not the cheapest of attractions, at £9 a head you have to be prepared to make your moneys worth while there.

However last Sunday for whatever reason at around 4pm, a comfortable hour and a half before sunset, there was absolutely no one kindly waiting to part me from my hard earned cash ... Result!

And then things just went from good to better ...

And then better still ...

All in all a very successful trip. We were not there for a very long time but the time that was spent there was worth every penny we didn't pay!