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A Mukilteo Evening

© Darien D. Chin

A Mukilteo Evening

Uploaded: November 13, 2006

Description

In 1792 Capt. George Vancouver, who was commisioned by the British to survey the Pacific Northwest, landed at this point, now known as the town of Mukilteo. It was originally named 'Rose Point', due to all the wild roses that were growing here when they arrived in May.

The lighthouse itself was built in 1906. Today, it is just a small, fenced off park, with a little gift shop.

Avoiding other photographers and chain link fences are one of the challenges of getting a shot at this place. I used a new technique on this photo that I've never used before, but I tried to keep it natural, so hopefully you shouldn't be able to notice. Let's see if anyone can guess what technique I used...

Thanks go out to Wilson Tsoi for the inspiration on this.

D80
Sigma 10-20mm
Cokin 3stop ND Grad
2 Exposure HDR

Comments

Janine Russell level-deluxe November 13, 2006

Darien, excellent colors, clarity, exposure, lighting, composition and DOF. #556543

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic November 13, 2006

Beautiful. Love the colors. What ever you did sure works. #3583735

Margot Petrowski November 13, 2006

I just love it...this one is a winner!!! #3583962

Renee Doyle November 13, 2006

No idea on what technique you used Darien but you achieved a stunning result! Wonderful light, colours and compositon!
#3583966

Joyce Baldassarre November 14, 2006

This shot is PERFECT!! The exposure, composition and effects! WOW! #3584690

Gary Lange November 15, 2006

This is a WOW shot, Darien!! My kind of image. Did you use the Orton technique on this? This has got to win something! #3591068

Darien D. Chin November 15, 2006

Thank you. What is the Orton technique? I'll have to look into it. I used the HDR tool in CS2 to merge 2 different exposures together(1 for darks and 1 for mids). #3591810

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