2026 Week 46 Soft Light

Boots · 31 Oct 2026

Lovely!

Darkslinger · 31 Oct 2026

Great shot Alan, I particularly like the waves shot!

SimonH · 2 Nov 2026

Lovely Alan. That’s a cracker an absolute must if you’ve gone to Stourhead

Nostromo · 4 Nov 2026

That's lovely, great framing.

NickD · 5 Nov 2026

That's a lovely scene. The light on the autumn colours is great.

AlanDorset · 7 Nov 2026

Peaceful Landscape 5 by Alan Webb, on Flickr

I have been experimenting with HDR this week, for the first time.

This was quite a challenge, trying to find a landscape scene that had some interest.

AlanDorset · 7 Nov 2026

Other attempts, all using HDR

Peaceful Landscape 1 by Alan Webb, on Flickr

Peaceful Landscape 3 by Alan Webb, on Flickr

Peaceful Landscape 4 by Alan Webb, on Flickr

I tried several at Knowlton Church but none of them really clicked with HDR, something not quite right, perhaps the light?

Peaceful Landscape 6 by Alan Webb, on Flickr

SimonH · Monday at 12:00 PM

Nice shots Alan. Personally, I quite like HDR type images, although I appreciate that it's an acquired taste.

Boots · Monday at 2:23 PM

Nice set - I really like image numbered 1.

NickD · Monday at 5:17 PM

I really like your chosen shot. There's something about bodies of water that add a sense of peace to an image.

Allan.H · Monday at 9:52 PM

The last one I think the ruins are a little to close to the left edge needs more room, all good shots for the theme.

Darkslinger · Monday at 10:13 PM

Lovely images Alan, I think that I like the first and last ones of your alternatives.

Kell · Tuesday at 10:51 AM

I think you've managed to avoid the HDR trap of overdoing it.

I like your chosen shot, and peaceful Landscape 3.

Good set.

nog · Wednesday at 2:53 PM

Good set, as Kell said they are not overdone. What bracketing did you use?

Nostromo · Thursday at 9:33 PM

A good set of images, I like the last one.

AlanDorset · 2026-11-13T16:04:07+0000

SimonH said:
Nice shots Alan. Personally, I quite like HDR type images, although I appreciate that it's an acquired taste.

Certainly creates more opportunities to get a good picture in difficult light. I’m continuing to practice

AlanDorset · 2026-11-13T16:05:03+0000

NickD said:
I really like your chosen shot. There's something about bodies of water that add a sense of peace to an image.

The water made the difference to the atmosphere, I agree

AlanDorset · 2026-11-13T16:06:36+0000

Allan.H said:
The last one I think the ruins are a little to close to the left edge needs more room, all good shots for the theme.

Agree about the positioning of the ruins. Somewhat rushed with an influx of walkers and dogs to avoid.

AlanDorset · 2026-11-13T16:08:21+0000

Kell said:
I think you've managed to avoid the HDR trap of overdoing it.

I like your chosen shot, and peaceful Landscape 3.

Good set.

nog said:
Good set, as Kell said they are not overdone. What bracketing did you use?

I kept it at +\- 1 stop.
It seemed to me that it was very easy to overprocess a merged image, especially the ruin.
More experimenting to be had !

AlanDorset · 2026-11-14T20:51:35+0000

Soft Light by Alan Webb, on Flickr

Early morning weak sunrise giving soft light on the frosty tree trunk

AlanDorset · 2026-11-14T20:54:34+0000

Continuing my experimentation with exposure bracketing and HDR in Lightroom, here is the result of that process. Different? Better? I can see some problems with the detail in the far building, perhaps a result of some camera movement that the software hasn't fully corrected? It definitely has a place in the toolbox.

Soft Light HDR by Alan Webb, on Flickr