Huasna Road by aikiuser

Huasna Road

Took a drive to the countryside with the boys today, had a grand time watching them run like wild thangs, chasing sticks, and playing in the water. We just caught the tail end of the evening light for a pic on the way home.

Great day!
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Edit: Upon posting, I notice a more distinct blotchy-ness in the blue sky than I had at first when editing. OOPS! I'm still trying to figure out how to process HDR without getting such bad banding. Much more to learn, obviously...
Kind of reminds you of an African safari trip with that beautiful tree in the distance.
January 9th, 2011  
Woaw! perfection, a fav!
January 9th, 2011  
Love the majestic tree and the colors in the sky.
January 9th, 2011  
What a great end to the day!
January 9th, 2011  
Sounds like a fantastic day! The photo is just gorgeous! Love the sky.
January 9th, 2011  
Wonderful sight - so beautiful! Glad you all had an enjoyable dat!
January 9th, 2011  
Fantastic!
January 9th, 2011  
Sitting here in the midwest - with snow and cold, California sounds like the right place to be and your photo confirms. :) Wonderful photo.
January 9th, 2011  
@digitalrn @wahyusp @jjsooner @gingersanders @comfortplenty @emeraldboots @faire @nanascraps
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Thanks, all! Yes, this Central Coast of California is truly temperate pretty much all year long. Not that it doesn't get cold and wet, just not Mid-West or East Coast cold and wet!!
:-)
January 9th, 2011  
Great, great, great shot!
January 9th, 2011  
@oselleso THANKS!!! :-D
January 9th, 2011  
another great shot, and i like the processing too.
January 9th, 2011  
wow great colours
January 9th, 2011  
That tree is just way cool, Jenn. Love the effect of the HDR, and I can't really pick any blotching, just a little darker on the RHS.
January 9th, 2011  
Oh, this is lovely!
January 9th, 2011  
Stunning shot! Love the colour and that tree is so well placed
January 9th, 2011  
The tree is gorgeous--nice job!
January 9th, 2011  
This is phenomenal!! I love it - you've done a fantastic job!!
January 9th, 2011  
Beautiful
January 9th, 2011  
Sounds like a great day out. Nice shot too!
January 9th, 2011  
stunning
January 9th, 2011  
Another gorgeous one! Youre making me want to try out my hubbys camera so I can use the HDR!
January 9th, 2011  
Truly beautiful! A fave for me
January 9th, 2011  
Very b very eautiful picture.
January 9th, 2011  
What an artist you are! This is almost a Constable, so English!
January 9th, 2011  
Great shot and job. Like the composition!
January 9th, 2011  
Gorgeous, you are really good!
January 9th, 2011  
Terrific color.
January 9th, 2011  
Beautiful image, have you checked out the Photomatix tutorials on their website? Have you tried changing the smoothing in details enhancer or the tonal range compression settings? Were your images bracketed by 2 stops?
January 9th, 2011  
i want to be in those pretty country lanes. Beautiful
January 9th, 2011  
I love the way you're thinking out loud in all this. Very helpful. Opens my eyes to see better.
January 10th, 2011  
@mssherwood Hi Melanie! I haven't spent time on the tutorials yet, but coincidentally plan to this evening after my posting of the day! I've tried different settings, but to get one part of the image the way I want sometimes doesn't work for the rest of the image. I guess I need to merge two or more different processed files as well?! For most of my HDRs (which aren't many yet) I'm bracketing 3 exposures at 2-stops both ways. It's really fun experimenting at this point at least! :-)
January 10th, 2011  
Absolutely Beautiful
January 10th, 2011  
This is remarkable! Such a great shot and sounds like you guys had a great day!
January 10th, 2011  
Looks like painting,gorgeous.
January 11th, 2011  
Really, really gorgeous! The colors are wonderful.
January 11th, 2011  
@aikiuser I have mixed results with my HDR it can be tricky depending on the shot. Having cool clouds seem to enhance the effect. Good luck, please share anything you discover with the process.
January 11th, 2011  
@kirsty1975 @eliserose781 @stkimage @amiller @mssherwood
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THANKS so much ! ! ! :-D
January 12th, 2011  
this is nice
January 12th, 2011  
This is so fantastic - you've done such a lovely job with this shot.
January 21st, 2011  
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