As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I am profiling some images from the picturesque Bavarian town of Ramsau this weekend.

Starting off today: a path I took through this small village. When I was here, it started raining, but I wanted to explore this charming town. Instead of walking on the main road through the town, I took the beaten path. When I came to the juncture seen in today's entry, I thought of Robert Frost's poem “The Road Not Taken” (one of my favourite poems). But the thought didn't last long, because after I captured this photo, I ran down that small path toward the shed. I then proceeded to take a circuitous route exploring the rest of Ramsau.

Technical notes: this is a high dynamic range image captured from three exposures, set at -2EV, 0EV, and +2EV. I was carrying my tripod with me, so it was no problem setting the ISO to 100. My aperture was set to f/11, and the exposure times were 0.8 seconds, 1/5 seconds, and 3.2 seconds. I then used Photomatix Pro to create the tonemapped image, imported the result into Lightroom where I tweaked some colours, and then exported into Photoshop CS3 for some dodging/burning and channel mixer action.

Tip for photographers: Here's something to consider when creating compositions with the camera. If you take a look at the image, notice how the edges of the shed do not intersect the edges of the house on the right anywhere in the frame. If I moved my camera a little to the left or a little to the right, there would have been an intersection of the lines, and I don't think the final result would have been as pleasing to the eye (you may disagree with me on this point). So hence the tip: whenever possible, don't try to intersect the (leading) lines.

I will be posting at least two more images from Ramsau. At least one of these images will be a high dynamic range image.

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