East Bay Trails - Photographs

Photographs

These galleries contain all the pictures from a hike, in order, so you'll be able to follow the trail from start to finish. (Out and back hikes usually contain just one direction.)

Below the images is a photo map. All the images are geo tagged, so you can see where they were taken and have a better idea about what kind of trail to expect.

When you see this on a map, click on it to see the image taken at that location.

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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”
― William Blake

Monday

Apr112011

Joaquin Miller Park - High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography

Monday, April 11, 2011 at 12:58PM

These images from Joaquin Miller park are the result of HDR photography. In HDR photography, you take three or more pictures with a variety of exposures. Some images are under exposed, some are over exposed, in an effort to capture the full range of tonal detail. Then, you use specialized software to combine the images in to one image. The result is typically an image that shows much more color and detail than a single photo. The challenge when working with images of nature is the wind. Usually, you can take three pictures of a scene quickly. However, when working on a trail, especially under a tree canopy, single images can have up to 2 seconds of exposure time. If there is even a slight breeze, the foliage moves, and combining other images may lead to slight bluring. However, most of the time, the result is worth the effort. I don't do this often because of the time involved, but I tried it at Joaquin Miller Park because of the range of light that day.

Location: Joaquin Miller Park

Trails Featured: Sunset Trail, Sequoia - Bayview Trail, Big Trees Trail, Wild Rose Trail, Sunset Loop Trail

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