Mount Panorama - Early Morning

One thing I have found to be useful when planning an outing for photography is watching the weather. Being clear skies, overcast, frost or fog can all have varying effects on the final images.
Wishing to take some autumn shots from Mount Panorama in Bathurst, all reports were for a clear but frosty morning with fog patches. So, getting up at 6am, I drove up to the mount and got the following pictures.


Unfortunately I had 3 other panoramas which I couldn't put on this site due to the size. Being over 16mb each, blogspot won't accept the image.

Hope you enjoy.

HDR - First Attempts

I have been fascinated with HDR imagery. The electric colours, the high definition images and how even black and white or sepia seems to jump from the page.
I have obtained a copy of Fhotoroom HDR recently and thought I would give it a go.
HDR is High Dynamic Range imagery and is a process of taking numerous shots of the same scene with slight adjustments of exposure and this is placed together to provide the high definition imagery.
Its quite an interesting process and there is a large amount of resources available online to help even the most amateur of users, like me.

Anyway, I have taken two images today and decided to use the HDR approach. The first frost image was ok, but not great. With the use of 5 images, the final imagery provided a more defined look of the frosted ground, and I think the overall image appears quite interesting.
The second is of Bathurst Courthouse. The original image was quite good, but the dark areas did limit what could be seen. I think the overall HDR image provides a better overall quality.

I have provided the before and after shots, and will let you be the judge.

Frosty Outing

With the weather prediction of frost and heavy fog, I thought it would be a great opportunity to venture out at day break to take some shots.
Morning light with the addition of an icy blanket and some filtered sunlight through fog was a great opportunity for me to revisit some of the most common spots for photography in Bathurst.
As I reluctantly woke at 5.50am, and walked the 2 kilometres or so to the Macquarie River, I took a few shots on the way through.
After this, I ventured to the Bathurst Court House and Machattie Park to try my hand at some 360 degree panoramas. Unfortunately, I had to greatly reduce some of the panoramas which was exceeding 16 mb each.
Some of the results are in the following photos, which I hope you enjoy.

Morning Sun through fog and frost

Frost crystals on fence post

Old Gate Frosting

Foggy Frosted Fence Friends

Wire and Grain

Macquarie River - Bathurst early morning panorama

Bathurst Courthouse panorama

Machattie Park - Bathurst panorama

Machattie Park - Bathurst panorama