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05-02-14
BlueBuggy

Thanks for the info. I never guessed this was an HDR, you have handled it so subtly, and although the color version is beautiful too, I believe those layers of shifting light are more gorgeously rendered in monochrome. This is an absolutely stunning image, worthy of winning.
05-02-14
Arizona Dave

Thanks BlueBuggy.

The middle exposure was taken at 28mm, f 8, 1/160th sec, iso 100.
I used the autobracketing feature of the K-5 to get 5 exposures, so the shutter times varied. I probably used 2 stop increments.

The RAWs were converted to TIFF in Lightroom 5 and sent to Photomatix Pro to be merged as an HDR. After some more work in Lightroom, I sent it to Nik Silver Efex for the B&W conversion. Then it was final touch-up in Lightroom.

I'm not sure its the best photo I've ever taken, but I am currently liking it. I struggled with what to choose for the contest and tried several versions of this one. I realize HDR is not well-accepted by many who would be judging the contest, so hopefully I can fool them with the B&W, though it probably doesn't have the wow factor of an image with bold colors.

I'm happy you like it.

I also have a color version.

Conversation Between Arizona Dave and BlueBuggy