Category: Ohio

Working in HDR

I’ve been working in Aurora HDR software, and had the chance to actually shoot some images specifically for practice. I think most High Dynamic Range photographs are overdone, but HDR does address a common issue. Cameras and people see things differently.

My perception of today was a bright, sunshine-filled day with brilliant green trees, bright blue sky and all of the colors of spring, both subtle and dynamic. What the camera “sees” is something different. Exposing for the trees on the far bank leaves the sky washed out. Exposing for the foreground darkens the trees on the other side.

HDR addresses those issues. The image above  is a blend of three different exposures which better captures the way the lake felt. I’m still learning how to put this together, there are a lot of options in the Aurora HDR software, but I’ve been pretty pleased with the results so far.

Ohio State’s University Hall

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From a Columbus Dispatch notables article: Ohio State University opened on Sept. 17, 1873.

In his 1952 History of the Ohio State University, James E. Pollard noted: “In a way this apparent neglect was understandable. There was no formal opening. The faculty was there, a handful of students gathered and they simply went to work on a sprawling campus remote from the city, in a single building still uncompleted, and in an atmosphere punctuated by the song of the saw and the pounding of hammers. It was anything but the traditional academic grove.”

That single building, University Hall, housed not only the lecture halls but also the faculty apartments and student lodging. It was closed in 1968 and razed in 1971. A replica was erected in 1976 and remains open today.

The image above is the replica.

This image is available on Etsy