One of my pho­tos made Final­ist in the Out­door Pho­tog­ra­pher Mag­a­zine Mys­ti­cal Adven­tures Photo Con­test. This photo was shot in Glouces­ter, Cape Ann, Mass­a­chu­setts in Lob­ster Cove by the small vil­lage of Annisquam.  Cape Ann is located on the coast some 43 miles north­east of Boston, Mass­a­chu­setts. The GPS loca­tion for this shot is  Lat­i­tude 42.654855 Lon­gi­tude –70.674945. Click on my photo below to reg­is­ter to vote in the Out­door Pho­tog­ra­pher Mag­a­zine Photo Con­test.  Vot­ing is done by select­ing your favorite pho­tos and rat­ing them 1 to 5 stars.  Every time you vote you are also entered auto­mat­i­cally for a chance to win Polar Bear Photo Adven­ture for two. Of course, I would appre­ci­ate a vote for my photo!

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This photo was shot in autumn  just after sun­rise. First, I set up the cam­era on a tri­pod and shot 3 pho­tographs at 3 dif­fer­ent expo­sures; 1/4 sec. 1/15 sec and 1/60 sec. ‚all at F8. Then , I imported them into Adobe Pho­to­shop Light­room 2, then com­bined them with the Plu­gin Pho­tomatix Pro 3.1, a pro­gram for pro­cess­ing in HDR  High Dynamic-Range pho­tog­ra­phy. This allows one to see the detail in the shad­ows and high­lights.  It also has the abil­ity to cre­ate some pretty cool spe­cial effects. Then, I imported them back into Light­room for final fine tun­ing. The cam­era I used was the Nikon D80 with a Nikon 16-85mm  Lens  and a Cir­cu­lar polar­izer fil­ter.  Cam­era set­tings, Aper­ture Pri­or­ity, ISO 100, in RAW for­mat and the Lens set to 16mm.

For more infor­ma­tion on HDR or High Dynamic-Range pho­tog­ra­phy and the pro­gram I use, Pho­tomatix Pro 3.1. Pho­tomatix Pro 3.1 is a stand­alone pro­gram and also has Plu­g­ins for Adobe Pho­to­shop and Adobe Pho­to­shop Light­room 3.

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Map of Cape Ann Mass­a­chu­setts. Click on the mark­ers below to view more information.