August 24, 2012

My Vacation—Part 2


One of our hotels had a game room that seemed to be right out of the 1900’s.  In this photo, I tried to capture the old bowling alley.  The bowling balls were about 1/3rd the size of today’s bowling balls; the bowling pens were about the same.  The alley was well worn and quite uneven.  JD and I bowled several games and I do not think either one of us were able to bowl even a spare!  Despite our dismal scores, we had lots of fun!
The image is an HDR photo taken with three frames at -1 EV, 0 EV and +1 EV.  I used nik HDR Pro to combine the frames.  I wanted the image to have a gritty, aged look.
Enjoy.
Camera settings:  Nikon D4, 28-300mm f/3.5~5.6 at 120mm, ISO 200, f/22 at one, two and four seconds on a tripod.
Post Processing:  
Nik HDR Pro—applied filter.

2 comments:

  1. I think HDR is the right treatment for this shot. It really helps bring out all the detail in the wood.

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  2. Looks like you stepped back in time. You did not say, who won?
    Terry

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