Lara and I made our annual pilgrimage to Jamaica earlier this month. Lots of great Appleton rum, a little bit of dominoes and total relaxation. I can’t even begin to describe how much I look forward to this trip each year. Jamaica never lets me down.
I’ve already shot a lot of photos there on past trips, so this time I shot mostly HDR stuff just to see how the tropical light would play in this format. Overall, the results were impressive, especially given the fact that I wasn’t shooting with a tripod.
Fishermen in Treasure Beach use these boats to motor out into the Caribbean Sea in search of food. Hard to believe, but they often go 90 miles south of Jamaica in these tiny wood craft.
Of the other stuff I shot, I particularly like this shot of moss-covered rocks with a rainstorm in the distance and this one of flowers at Villa Hikaru, where Lara and I stay.
Here’s a link to the entire set.
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That HDR stuff is so stunning. Does the software compensate for movement when bracketing without a tripod or did you have the camera stabilized in some way? Are you using a PhotoShop plugin or something else?
I think I’m using Photomatix, which was a lot cheaper than buyin Photoshop and the plugin. The software is pretty easy to use and it does compensate for slight camera movement, but it can only do so much. It has a bunch of settings I haven’t messed with much. I’m still pretty much processing the photos with the default settings.
http://www.hdrsoft.com/