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Posted on February 22, 2021March 31, 2021

Start by giving up.

Sometimes I find a photo after I’ve just admitted failure and am on the way back to the car.

Photograph of the Old Cedar Bridge in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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Posted on January 6, 2020February 23, 2021

Winter photos on overcast days

On a sunny winter day there can be so much dynamic range in a scene that you may decide to use HDR techniques to reduce it. Even then you may end up with a lot of washed out white and noisy shadows. And the heavy contrast of brilliant snow and dark shadows may be just a big distraction from the real subject.

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