Opal Creek

Fredouille34, on December 18, 2007, said:

Superbes couleurs, bravo, salutations de France. Fred

© Tom Lussier, on January 10, 2008, said:

Love this image Ron. The strong saturation is bold yet not too bold. Really all of your work is excellent.

Greetings from Virginia, Tom

Ron Cooper, on January 10, 2008, said:

Thanks Tom. This photo was edited as an HDR image using Photomatix software. Essentially, I shot three separate exposures, one the usual average exposure, one two stops over exposed, and one two stops underexposed. The three exposures were then blended with the software. It works very well to expand the tonal range of the image, giving great detail in the shadows, highlights and mid tones.

© Tom Lussier, on January 10, 2008, said:

Hey Ron. I had a feeling this was HDR. I have the Photomatix software myself but haven't used it alot. This is one of my early tries at it. I think the exposures I used on it were one stop apart.

Regards, Tom

Ron Cooper, on January 11, 2008, said:

Hi Tom, I like the Photomatix software a lot. I'm a retired photojournalist who has fought the high contrast/ maximum tonal range battle for a long time. Photomatix solves a lot of problems and gives me a tonal range in many of my photos that I never thought I'd be able to get. If you go to the Photmatix web site, and click on the user gallery, I have several photos in the user gallery. Ron

© Tom Lussier, on January 11, 2008, said:

Hey Ron great shots on the Photomatix site. Congrats. Forgive my ignorance but are you bracketing shutter speed? I've heard conflicting views on this but have always assumed keeping a constant aperture was critical.

On a side note are you using Capture NX for RAW processing before Photomatix?

Thanks, Tom

Ron Cooper, on January 11, 2008, said:

Hi Tom, You always bracket shutter speed. Precise registration of each of the three exposures is critical and if you change the aperture you will change the way the exposures register. I have Capture NX, but I usually open my RAW images in Photoshop. Ron

© Tom Lussier, on January 11, 2008, said:

Thanks Ron that is what I thought. And thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise. Tom

Orlando Leiva, on January 25, 2008, said:

Hello Ron, Amazing picture, fine composition, thanks for share. Greetings.

inigo.txg, on January 26, 2008, said:

Excelente HDR, y excelente toda tu coleccion. Felicidades y saludos desde Donosti, Euskadi.

Ralph Maughan, on January 28, 2008, said:

What a fine photo of Opal Creek, one of the prettiest places I've even been, but never got a photo like yours!

I found the photo at roadlessland.org which has linked to Panoramio

michael habla, on January 28, 2008, said:

amazing landscape, remarkably well captured !

best regards michael

Sunpixx, on March 22, said:

Great photo!

Greetings Sunpixx

samcurry, on May 4, said:

Very nice photo, I love it!

Marcello Mento, on May 20, said:

Your gallery is very fantastic Ron. Greeting from Sicily

Marcello Mento, on May 20, said:

excuse me, are not is, ciao

michael habla, on May 20, said:

hi, Marcello Mento, "is" was correct. and the whole statement is correct as well, wonderful gallery.

best regards to sicily michael

jnakin, on June 12, said:

Another great pic! Though the actual location of your photo as placed on Google Earth is the Little North Santiam River, just downstream from the confluence of Battle Ax and Opal Creeks. Actually, being familiar with that entire area, I would say those pics actually ARE of Opal Creek, as the Little North Santiam is somewhat larger. I'm guessing the pics are misplaced. Opal Creek is upstream from where you have the pics located on Google. I cross-reference two map systems, the standard USGS Topo maps plus my own Delorme Topo USA 6.0, a 3D map system, in order to locate accurately points of interest found on Google Earth and MSN's Virtual Earth.

hamzars, on July 13, said:

Stunning picture Ron!! Well done!

Y* & Best of

Hamza