HDR Sunset, Cape Cod

HDR sunset in Wellfleet, MA on Cape Cod. Taken in the summer of 2008 while visiting Cooks Camps.

Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet MA

HDR sunset in Wellfleet, MA on Cape Cod.

A sunset over Big Guilda at Cooks Camps in Wellfleet MA on Cape Cod. This photograph was taken in the fall of 2007 with a Nikon D40 and 18-55mm kit lens while vacationing at Cooks which is located on the dunes of the Cape Cod National Seashore about a mile down the beach from Marconi Station. A three exposure, High Dynamic Range image [-2EV, 0EV, +2EV] at 200 ISO. HDR file generated and Tonemapped in Photomatix Pro, later post processed with Adobe Photoshop CS3. Used Adobe Camera RAW to adjust Clarity, Vibrance, Color Channel Hue/Saturation, Tone Curve to RGB channel. High Pass filter (45%, .5 pixels) to sharpen.

Big Guilda, Cooks Camps :: Wellfleet, MA

Breakwater Lighthouse, Lake Champlain

While visiting Smuggler’s Notch over the New Year’s break in 2007, we made a quick day trip to Burlington Vermont to check out the local scenery and Lake Champlain — a 440 square mile fresh water lake situated on the border of Vermont, New York and Canada. We were lucky enough to time it well with the sunset and fortunately the camera was handy.

The lighthouse in this photo is one of many along Lake Champlain’s man-made breakwaters, first built in the mid-1800’s. The lighthouses were built by Atlantic Mechanical of Wiscasset, Maine and were manned until 1938. 

Another great shot from that same weekend was an HDR of Smugglers Notch in Jefferson, Vermont. 

Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: 55-200mm VR
Focal Length: 120mm
ISO: 400
Aperture:  f/5.6