If at first you don’t succeed try, try and try again. I have been going up to the Porcupine Mountains in upper Michigan for years and have taken countless pictures of this lake. The bright rising sun and the shadows on the far hill side make for a challenging exposure.

High dynamic range (HDR) is a technique that allows a broader dynamic range of highlights and shadows to be captured in a photo through the  use of multiple exposures and software tools to optimize for shadows and highlights in an appropriate way.  In addition to HDR processing, 5 stops of split gradient neutral density filtration was used to compensate for the brightness of the sun.

Contact me if you would like to know more about the techniques that went into this photo. They are not difficult to learn.