More Canon 40D HDR Images

Just a couple more HDR images from last weekend’s visit to the Monument Hill Historical Site near La Grange, TX. Can you tell which was processed in Photomatix and Lightroom and was processed only in Lightroom? (No fair checking the EXIF data)

Stone Mill Landscape
Copyright © 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shots taken with a Canon 40D tripod [...]

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Another Quick HDR Capture

Here’s a close up image from the Monument Hill Historical Site near La Grange, TX. Like my previous image, I processed this by merging three raw (.dng) files and tone-mapping the result in Photomatix Pro 3.1 (beta). The detail brought out by the merge and tone-mapping is outstanding and as you can tell the amount of [...]

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Photomatix Pro 3.1 Beta – Lightroom 2 Plug-In

I’m just beginning my exploration of HDR (high dynamic range) processing and how it fits in my current Lightroom 2 workflow. Like most photographers, I find the idea of expanding the dynamic range displayed in certain images to be very compelling. After all, who wouldn’t like their images to show more detail in the shadows [...]

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Butterflies and Wildflowers

Two more images captured last weekend while looking for prairie chickens to photograph in East Texas. Considering how well this series of images turned out, it’s probably better that I didn’t find any birds to photograph.

Butterflies and Wildflowers
Copyright © 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon 40D , 70-200mm f/4 L at 200mm, f/4.0, [...]

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Photography is for the Birds

Or in this case the butterflies, since there were no birds with range of my lens last Sunday afternoon. I had hoped to spot some birds at the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge last weekend but after hiking for over an hour in the heat and humidity I gave up and was about to [...]

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Lightroom’s Print Templates

One of the most useful features in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 is the ability to easily create custom print templates and collections like the one shown here.

It’s also very easy to save the output to a JPEG file and later upload to a print service such as Mpix.
The best place to learn more about using [...]

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Suburban Photography

I’ve always believed that beautiful images can come from scenes that we walk by every day but never really look at. Whenever I leave home to go shooting, there’s something different about how I “see” the world around me. Looking through my camera’s viewfinder changes my perspective somehow and though I’m not exactly sure what [...]

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Another Dramatic Afternoon Sky

The circular polarizer is definitely the landscape photographer’s best friend. It plays two very important roles. First, it increases contrast between the blue sky and white clouds. Second, it helps saturate the colors in your image. Put these two attributes together with the late afternoon sun and you’ve got a beautiful, warm image to show [...]

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Lightroom 2’s Aged Photo Preset

Just a few more images from my recent visit to the George Ranch Historical Park’s Davis House, an 1890’s Victorian style mansion. These images are from the mansion’s authentic carriage house and stables. Each was taken hand-held in very low light conditions and processed using Lightroom 2’s “Aged Photo” preset to give them that old [...]

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Stretch Those Wings

Just a quick post from one of my recent visits to the Brazos Bend State Park. You’ve really got to keep your eye on the subject to catch the amazing behavior of birds just before they take off.

Take Off
Copyright © 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon 40D , 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM at [...]

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