October 14, 2015

Photo of the Week - Rainfall on the Teton Range




Schwabachers Landing, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Once again, I am working down to the wire to prepare a photo and post it for a weekly visual treat for my readers. I simply do not understand how time flies so quickly. It seems like every day is shortchanged several hours. My latest Wyoming trip files are finally downloaded and organized into various file folders. Now I need to go through them all (over 5500), culling through and deleting those that don’t measure up.

Ah, enough of my senior grumbling.  You want to hear about this photo! It was taken at the southern portion of Schwabachers Landing. It is a floodplain area, and many boating enthusiasts access the Snake River at this location. The scenery is incredible, with the Teton mountain range providing a stunning backdrop. Understandably, the landing is quite popular for general tourists and photographers.

On the fall morning of my visit, the sun was ducking in and out of the storm clouds and a gentle rain was falling. The lighting was very tricky, with areas of dark shadows and bright highlights. The dynamic range of the lighting was far too great for a single exposure. With my camera mounted on a tripod, I captured several bracketed shots. 

To prepare the final photo, I selected and combined four images, all taken with different exposures, into a single image using special photo software. The combined image was far superior to a single photo image. However, but it contained some distracting cloud movement in the sky. So I “painted” in the sky from one of my original image files, in addition to performing my usual Photoshop tasks.

It was not a quick editing job, by any means. But it was worth it!

14 comments:

  1. Okay...have no idea what you did, but I like it! =D

    Every night I go to bed wondering where the day went. Crazy!

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  2. Wow. Such beauty. I'm with Vee in having no idea what you did, but it worked. Time is flying by. I guess we're all very busy. Take care. Pam

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  3. Wow, that is just incredible. Beautifully crafted.

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  4. Such a wonderful photo...you did a beautiful job with it!

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  5. Not only do you take beautiful pictures your editing talent is exceptional! Great picture!

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  6. So very beautiful! You're an ace at this business. :)

    xoxo

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  7. This is gorgeous. Just sort of takes your breath away. I know what you mean about the time flying by too. Don't blink or you're going to lose a whole day....lol

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  8. What a gorgeous photo resulted from your expert editing! Such talent!

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  9. 5500? Oh my goodness you must be kidding! I'm sure they are all perfect shots already but even more magnificent after you do your "thing"...which is beyond my zero skills. Love the reflection and glad you are staying busy!

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  10. weeeelllll...not sure my comment made it...beautiful photo and what a wonderful trip. Donna, you should lead/teach classes...yes, you're that good!

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  11. That's a lot of photos!!!
    Can't wait to see them.... Love this one!!
    Hughug

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  12. I join you in wondering where time is going! Heavens to Betsy!

    Beautiful, beautiful photo!! I am always amazed at your technical know-how. That, combined with your artistic eye, makes for stunning shots!

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  13. Breathtaking! Again! It's almost like I'm standing right there to see it with my very own eyes, dear friend. You've captured the beauty of that spot so well that I'm ready to take off and head that direction.
    ~Adrienne~

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