Canon 30D, Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro
HDR- ISO 100, aperture priority:  f/7.1, multiple exposures with varying shutter speeds, processed in Photomatix Pro and Lightroom 3

Three exposures were used to create this HDR image of a pond lily.  I tried several different aperture settings to increase and decrease the depth of field but settled on f/7.1,  since that setting rendered the background slightly out of focus.  This strategy leads the viewer’s eye to the blossom, the main subject.  The exposures were recorded using the camera’s auto exposure bracket feature.  AEB is great for taking multiple exposures in quick succession for creating an HDR image like this one.  Shutter speeds were: 1/13, 1/125, 1/50.

The three exposures were combined and processed in Photomatix Pro and imported into Lightroom.  Once in Lightroom, colors were desaturated slightly and sharpening was locally applied using the masking tool.

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