There is a spur that ends in South Fork, Colorado, and it is presently used for storage. There used to be a couple miles of spine cars here. Now they are storing a few miles of gondolas.
This is my favorite of the HDR compsites I created with Photomatix. This one was generated with the Details Enhancer as an HDR Image. This image is available as a print or digital download from my new online gallery.
Dan Achatz, a regular in the Flickr PFRE group, put together one of the best HDR tutorials I have seen yet. He goes through his process of compiling the images into a realistic representation of what he saw in person. It is well worth taking some time and watching the video.
After watching it, I followed his steps when making the HDR image shown above. It’s the used tire warehouse at Metal Movers, a Denver, Colorado based auto recycler. I am doing some website consulting for them and needed some photos of the different products and services they offer. A tire warehouse of this size is a lighting challenge due to all the dark colors and shadows, so I thought it would be best to do an HDR to represent it. This particular image is a combintation of 5 exposures, taken at the intervals that Photomatix recommends. I think it came out pretty well, the notable exception being the fluorescent overhead lights. I need to practice with HDR more, but I am really pleased with the results I am starting to get.
I shot this photo at the end of the day, as they were parking the passenger cars for the night. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is such a big thing in Durango, and it is very cool if you have even the slightest interest in trains (like I do). While there are plenty of photos out there of the train coming down the line, you don’t see many like this. This is a must have for any railfan, order yours today.
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