Guadalupe White Water

Today's image was taken last weekend in Gruene, Texas.

Title: "Guadalupe White Water"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

Gruene, TX Guadalupe River

We were in the Wimberley area over the Christmas holidays and I took this photo of the section of the Guadalupe River in Gruene, TX that runs behind Greune Hall. I presented two different versions because I couldn't decide which crop I liked best.

Title: "Gruene, TX Guadalupe River"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2,0,+2 with the camera stabalized on a rock) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

Title: "Gruene, TX Guadalupe River Pano"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2,0,+2 with the camera stabalized on a rock) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

Guadalupe Cypress

Today's post is a shot from an RV trip we took a few weeks ago. The shot was taken on the Guadalupe River side of Canyon Lake Dam in the early morning. It's a pretty low key image but I think the light in the early morning sky and on the water and the hint of fog over the water in the background make the image interesting in spite of being dark. Hope you like it!

Title: "Guadalupe Cypress"

Guadalupe River Tubers

Over the Labor Day weekend I took this shot from a bridge overlooking the Guadalupe River at a popular tubing location on Highway 306 near Canyon Lake. Due to the drought conditions in the Texas Hill Country the reduced water level made the "flow" almost nonexistent. I think it took about 45 minutes for the tubers to get from the front of the photo to the back. I had plenty of time to focus! :-)

Title: "Guadalupe River Tubers"


Post-processing: High Dynamic Range (HDR) from three hand held exposures (-2, 0, +2) using Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS3 > Topaz Adjust plugin > Red Paw Media Beautifier plugin