Looking Through a Portal of Mesa Arch to Views of Canyonlands National Park (HDR, Canyonlands National Park)

            When I was composing this image, I found lining up the view not difficult as it was merely a matter of standing back and then zooming in to capture what I wanted and had seen in other images. Metering was another thing. The backside of Mesa Arch was more or less in the shadows of the early morning hours. The view beyond with Canyonlands National Park however was definitely caught in the light of the morning sun. I attempted to find a mean exposure that I could later work with. It was only later when I was doing post-production that I remembered I had Aurora HDR Pro and used that to bring out an image that seemingly had a larger exposed dynamic range. I was able to work with that and export a TIFF image I could later use in Capture NX2 for a final image.
   

Taken in: United States / Utah / Moab (show map)

Taken on: October 9, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, 50mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Lens:	AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	On, Return detected
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture NX 2.4.7 M
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