Sunrise yesterday at the Crane Festival

Karen, it looks like you've been playing with Topaz, too. Or some other settings. Nice shot!

Interesting barn from the 1930s. That upper door looks a little dangerous.....

beautiful pictures everyone.

Casey, what is that building?
I don't know if Casey has used anything ..
we get pink sunrises a lot here.

If you hover over the picture you can see that it says Cabot Tower, at sunset.
I'm surprised it hasn't been used in a thousand movies. Very cool Casey!

It wasn't the sunrise I was thinking of.....it looks like some good HDR work.

what is HDR?
I dont' even know what Topaz is! ahahahahahaa...
i'll go look. I'm thinking something like a phot shop
kind of product!
ah, can you tell I have no idea what i'm talking about?
lol

I read your blog about your neighbors great grand daughter
Very cool indeed!

WOW! I just looked at the before and after picutres.
amazing!

Here is a link that might be useful: topaz

Yes, Topaz is a lot of fun. My DS and DIL gave it to me for Christmas. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range--the goal being for the lightest and darkest parts of a photo (and everything in between) to show up with equal intensity. (That's over-simplifying it, but it's the best I can do.) You can do this to a degree with Topaz, but the more ambitious photographers take several exposures of the same subject and then blend them together. I wouldn't be surprised if Nicole's DH has done this. (Nicole?)

Yes......he takes 3 exposures, +1....-1....0....of everything....shot in raw. :0) HDR is out of style...I guess is the way to put it...so is ifra-red photography...

Here is a link that might be useful: Infra red example.....

I meant to add that combining the 3 exposures is a technique called "layer masking".....it doesn't have halos above objects like HDR and is a smoother technique....

Thanks guys, Susan, no Topaz or HDR, I just used the "clarify" setting in Paint Shop Pro. It sort of gives that HDR look. I don't like HDR when it's overdone though.

The building is Cabot Tower on Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland. Cabot Tower was built in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee & the 400th anniversary of the discovery of Newfoundland by John Cabot. Signal Hill was the site where Marconi sent the 1st transatlantic wireless signal.

I don't like a lot of HDR either, but I love the look of your picture. The detail and exposure of both the tower and benches are terrific.

Nicole, thanks for the link. That's not how I envisioned infra-red. (I thought it would look worse.) :-)