A few inspiring images taken at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park. I waited for a clear crisp day to get the light for these images. After a cold front blows through Atlanta in the winter, all the haze and smog is gone which leaves the sky blue. These images were shot with a circular polarizing filter to enhance the blue sky and reduce glare. The images are processed as High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos with three exposures. Several passes on the image were made after toning to increase contrast and saturation in addition to high dynamic range. These images have a huge color gamut and high level of detail at a natural size of 19″ along the long edge.

This collection follows in the spirit of my South Beach collection of HDR photography inspired by the street cafe paintings of Vincent van Gogh.

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Location: Centennial Olympic Park, downtown Atlanta, GA
Date: January 22, 2012

As a photographer, you can go out looking for something to shoot and come home disappointed and even frustrated by all your efforts when there seems to be nothing of interest out there. But every now and then you receive a gift, it is something you didn’t expect but it catches your eye and it is so compelling that you just have to stop and take the shot and it’s even better when you have your camera in hand.

As I was driving along Hwy 9 between Alpharetta and Cumming on my way back from a photo shoot of a young family, this scene caught my eye. There was no place to stop. I turned around and looked again. Finally I found a small driveway I could pull into and walk to make this photo. Most people would just keep driving by because there was no place to pull over but the determined photographer will find a way.

The late daylight cast a warm glow over the field of yellow flowers backlighting these black cattle feasting on their gift of spring. The sky had nice clouds and all the trees were lush with tender spring leaves. The timing couldn’t be more perfect. I made three bracketed exposures to create this HDR photo.