Rush

Rush was taken last week on the way to Tofino. We stopped at this amazing river at the worst time of day for photography, but I was determined to try and get a decent shot out of it. The image is a manual HDR image, I say manual because I prefer using a 3 or 4 exposure set of shots and manually masking each area to suit the shot. The sky area, is one shot, tree line and rocks second, white water a third and finally the very foreground water in the bottom right is the fourth layer and exposure. This technique is a favorite of mine and I have been using it for several years on several of my images. The secret is a good tripod and no wind.

A good tutorial that explains this technique is located here
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