Lake Quinault Dream Youth T-Shirt

I fell in love with this area the moment I arrived. This is the perfect summer getaway. This beautiful beach is located on the grounds of the Lake Quinault Lodge in Olympic National Park, Washington.

I'd like to explain how I came to this result. The image you see is an merging of 5 images, all at the same f-stop and varying exposures. I took numerous shots of this scene and there truly was no way to have every area in the scene properly exposed. (At the time, I had no intention of merging the frames. )The images were taken on a bright August morning. The adirondack chairs were all very shaded by a tree, as you can probably tell by the dappled lighting on the sand. The water and beyond were quite sunwashed. As I'm now beginning to experiement with HDR, this series of images popped back into my mind and I realized that maybe I would have a shot at processing them satisfactorialy with HDR. And hence, this result. I hope you enjoy and I'd love feedback. Thank you.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I have a long-standing interest in photography. I had my first camera since before my teens. I used a (Minolta) film camera up until about 8 years ago when my camera failed to function while on a trip to Yellowstone National Park. Although a little intimidated, I then ventured into the world of digital photography and I've never looked back. My passion is nature. I started out primarily photographing flowers, plants, and critters that I would find in my garden. I love gardening and the great outdoors. I am always planning my next adventure, and I'll always have my camera in hand. I'm already...