Smokies Light

Sometimes I think the High in HDR reflects the state of mind of the engineers who invented it. Of course, the clouds didn't look like this to the human eye. My interest in HDR is the capability to merge multiple exposures of high contrast scenes blending the best exposures from the individual images, and less in the sometimes dramatic, surreal visual effects. I think with practice I can tune out the drama with adjustments in Photomatix and Photoshop and create more realistic imagery. But, my imagery is about art more than realism or photography, so I reserve the right for some dramatic, poetic license.