Archive for February 20th, 2009
Tack Room at the Living History Farm
by Dave Wilson on Feb.20, 2009, under Photography
Back to the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm at LBJ Ranch for today’s picture. On my first trip there, I was sure that when I returned the tack room would prove to be the place that I would capture the best images of the day. The tones and shapes of the various harnesses along with the woodgrain backgrounds were absolutely wonderful and just begged for HDR treatment. When I got back from the shoot, however, I ended up rather disappointed in most of the shots I had taken here. They were OK but not fabulous.
This is one of the three that I am reasonably happy with. It was taken right next to the window (which is on the left) and the lighting was rather tricky, partly because of the large dynamic range but also due to the fact that the air was very dusty. This is a 6 exposure HDR and even then I’ve lost a fair bit of shadow detail. The final treatment tends to accentuate the dark atmosphere and I deliberately highlight the rather interesting can of noxious chemical sitting beneath the harness.
If you want to see what the whole room looked like and how a really good HDR of this scene can look, take a look at Jerry’s superwide version here
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