+Trey Ratcliff over at http://www.stuckincustoms.com really nailed this shot awhile back and this is in homage to his amazing and inspiring work... I've been wanting my own capture on it since I saw his... This morning we were halfway enroute to Disney's Hollywood Studios when I realized I had indeed left both of my tripods (one of which was attached to the stroller) back in the hotel room. Bummer. Not a good formula for HDR.
Still, being tripod-less (yes, I've carried a tripod the entire vacation) wasn't going to get me down. We played in the park, I took over 12 gb of photos today alone, handheld… After watching Phantasmic with the kids, I decided to have a go at it. I knew I wanted to do some HDR treatment to get the clouds in so I couldn't really just crank the ISO up and shoot willy nilly.
I shot this bracket (2 were usable but they were RAWs at 200 ISO) by leaning my weight heavily in an "arm bar" sort of motion into a tree and using this to create enough pressure to hold the camera reasonable still for the long exposure.
Some guy walking by called me a "frikkin tree hugger".
Sure, it took nearly 20 attempts and humiliating myself to do this but I see it as stubborn persistance won the day. Though, I felt a little like MacGyver trapped in a freezer without his handy multi-tool swiss army knife- thing.
Wish I'd have had the tripod but I'm happy enough with the result and can mark this off my landscape photography Bucket List :)
Happy Thursday Friends,
Bill from Disney World
