December 15, 2009 – In July, 2009, I set myself a simple question: What are the limits of HDR processing in suppressing light and bringing out detail? What better test than a night shoot at a brightly lite area? The price of natural gas has prompted a significant amount of drilling in the Barnett Shale running under Fort Worth, and my old connections to the industry suggested an obvious topic, a drill rig. While there are many active in the area, with many different looks, few present good locations for shooting. This rig provided an acceptable location. Hope there’s decent photo angles on the rig that will ultimately be paying me royalty money.
More experience with HDR processing since July made me want to revisit this experiment. I wanted to go back and reshoot this experiment on a night without high clouds, never made it before the rig moved on. So, using the original shots…
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