Clear Creek Canyon, west from Golden and Hwy. 6.
My friend Rick lives off of Illinois St. in Golden, and told me how beautiful the trail along Clear Creek was, today, with all the newly fallen snow and the creek partially iced over. I took a walk from his place and up the canyon a couple miles, and got these shots in the mid-morning sun.
All shots are HDR, merged from RAW (NEF’s) in Artizen. 7 exposures at 1 stops, -3 to +3. No tone mapping, just unsharp mask, noise reduction and levels in Elements. I wanted them to be as realistic as possible, and I worked on them until they matched what I saw today.
