Tag: Nikon D7100

Fallen Giant Hillsborough River State Park

Landscape in HDR 2013, Fallen Tree

Who doesn’t love walking in the woods? Walking the trail at Hillsborough River State Park was always a great trip. Located just outside of Tampa, it was a fairly short drive. One day along the trails, I came across this fallen tree. Since I was shooting bracketed images for HDR in those days, I always had my camera on a tripod.

Bringing out the details in the tree and the surrounding scrub palms creates a fantasy‑like image for me. My post‑processing back then was more about pushing the limits and less about the reality of the scene.

Morning on the Gulf Pier

Landscape in HDR 2013, Gulf Pier

Fort De Soto was one of my favorite places to visit regularly while living in St. Pete. The Gulf Fishing Pier was a spot where I spent countless hours with a line in the water before picking up a new hobby in photography.

Post‑processing in HDR became part of that journey—shooting bracketed images, bringing them home, and opening Photomatix to go tone‑map crazy.

As out‑of‑date as this style of post‑processing may be now, it’s still part of my photography heritage.

I wouldn’t be where I am today without the experience of shooting HDR, thinking about scenes conceptually, and bending reality.