Spotted Lake near Osoyoos British Columbia

Schein István, on February 11, 2009, said:

Beautiful...

Bruce da Moose, on February 11, 2009, said:

Pretty scene! Are you using HDR, or is this just naturally a beautifully lit view?

~ da Moose

Conrad Nay, on February 11, 2009, said:

Completely natural - I don't even know what HDR is!

Bruce da Moose, on February 11, 2009, said:

Well, you've captured it beautifully :-)

~ da Real (?) Moose

Conrad Nay, on February 17, 2009, said:

Thanks again Bruce da really large ruminant! What is HDR?

Bruce da Moose, on February 17, 2009, said:

Conrad, HDR is a technique, permitted by various software, that takes three images separated by one or more F-stops and combines them in such a way as to more evenly illuminate the various parts of the photo. It is very effective when used properly, and it can also be used to create weird lighting and color effects when used with extreme parameters. You have almost certainly seen them before - Panoramio is loaded with them. If you go to "tags" and type in HDR, you should be able to bring up a gazilion of them.

~ da Ruminant

Conrad Nay, on February 17, 2009, said:

Ah. It was covered briefly on a photography course I took last year, but since I wasn't interested in Photoshop, I promptly forgot everything. One day I'm sure I'll try it.

Thanks for the explanation - not bad for four stomaches!

Bruce da Moose, on February 17, 2009, said:

Well, when brains are absent, a good "gut" instinct can get you far... ;-)

Yuk yuk yuk...

~ da Moose

Conrad Nay, on February 17, 2009, said:

Hey, not bad for a hooved creature!!!

someGuyinmasset, on February 25, 2009, said:

Brrrr! Nice shot Conrad.

da Moose, don't you mean: "Yak yak yak...."?

Conrad Nay, on February 27, 2009, said:

Good one Guy....but perhaps da Moose didn't reply because he doesn't have the stomach for it.

Bruce da Moose, on February 27, 2009, said:

:-) Must conversations on every beautiful photo turn goofy?

Conrad Nay, on February 27, 2009, said:

Yup yup yup.