Lake Ha Hand lies about 20 miles northwest of Yellowstone National Park. On a calm morning when it is lit by golden sunshine it is spectacular. The lake’s outlet offers an interesting foreground to begin your visual journey into the scene. Since the foreground was still in deep shade, five images were shot at different exposures by changing the shutter speed. These images were processed with Photomatix Pro to produce a single image where detail is revealed everywhere. If High Dynamic Range techniques had not been used, most of the shadows would have been nearly black and lacked detail. Canon 1D Mark III, Canon 24–105mm lens at 30mm, ISO 100, ...
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