Talking Rock Cavern is located in Southwest Missouri just west of Branson MO. The cave is known for its very large and beautiful formations, formations that have been in the process of creation for thousands of years. The Cathedral stands over 100ft high and is over 130ft wide. Using the artifical lights in a cave is prove to be extremely difficult, you will overexpose one area while at the same time underexpose another. Using the HDR I was able to combine several long exposures giving a fairly uniform exposure. I changes the color aspect to take out some of the yellow from the incandesant lighting, UMS and cropped and saved to web.
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Great cave! I love the use of HDR to bring out the subtleness of this cave - and the colors are not overdone. Good job.
Hm, the bit of greenish looking thing in the upper center is a bit distracting. But the photo as a whole is very stunning. A great subject and a great presentation - a nice abstract image.
Beautifully done. Wow, I never considered using hdr for caves. I love this one. I have taken so many cave shots, but this one shows me the way to really do it.
Gasp! This is STUNNING! And I feel quite sure that this was more than likely a very dark cave, so your ability to bring light and rich color into it is awe inspiring! 10
This image really doesnt have much of a point of interest and lacks colors and pop that one would expect from a HDR photo. The shadows have no detail. This is a 5 from me
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