HDR: Fountain Lady

For those that don't know, high dynamic range (HDR) imaging is when multiple differently exposed images (usually an odd number) of the same subject are combined to make one image. A more complete overview can be found here.

HDR of three images, exposed at -2,0,+2

I've always wanted to try HDR imaging, and I'm glad I did. I spent about 5 minutes taking pictures of this fountain trying to find a good combination of shutter speed and aperture that would expose the fountain and the sky. Then I remembered HDR. I set my camera to bracketed exposure on aperture priority mode. Three RAW files, 15 minutes in photoshop later and I have a photo where you can see exactly what I saw that day.

Here are the three images I used to make the photo above.