Sedona Sunset (and first HDR test)
Went up to Sedona yesterday just for the day, and drove up Schnebly Hill Road near sunset — most of it’s unpaved, making for a bit of a roller coaster experience. The road is shut down after a few miles during the winter, but there are still some pretty amazing views. Grabbed this right at the end of the road as the sun was going down.
I usually don’t like photos that are too over-processed looking (or at the least prefer knowing when they are). The contrast between sun and rocks was so high though that grabbing a well-exposed photo was virtually impossible, so I thought I’d try HDR — figured it was worth learning a bit about it. Basically, you take a series of photos of different exposures and then use software to combine them in a smart way. I just used Photoshop along with some googling research to figure out how to do it. I think it came out ok — not bad for my first attempt — but it probably still looks a bit too “fake” for my liking.
