Here’s another shot from the photogenic Hamilton Gardens

Bridge at Hamilton Gardens - click for full size

I used the Photomatix “double tonemapping” technique here.  I read about this being used in this tutorial and given that his results are so good I thought I’d give it a try. It does seem to give some added crispness, so I might use this technique some more in the future.

This was shot with an EF-S 17-55mm, set at 28mm

Today is an interesting day. I’ll be going out soon to central Auckland to meet with the famous Trey Ratcliff of StuckInCustoms fame. He’s in New Zealand on holiday with his family, and he’s having a photowalk (and talk afterwards). He’s even mentioned moving to NZ which would be good in some ways, but could foil my plans to become NZ’s most famous HDR photographer!