Halibut Point State Park

[Bobw235]

We took a day trip to this small but lovely state park along the coast of Cape Ann in Rockport, MA. There is a quarry on the property. I took the shots below with my iPhone, then edited it in Aurora HDR using a soft filter.





The shot below was taken with my regular camera, but then edited in the Aurora HDR software.


The shot below is actually a bracketed group of three exposures processed in Aurora HDR.



One final three bracket shot.

 

[Carla]

Beautiful pics! Postcard worthy.

 

[Ameriscot]

Lovely!

 

[Bobw235]

Beautiful pics! Postcard worthy.

Thanks Carla, much appreciated.

 

[Bobw235]

Lovely!

Thanks Annie. A beautiful spot.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Very pretty and serene!

 

[Tony Britton]

Looks like a very peaceful and relaxing place to visit. Great set of photographs.

Tony

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

Beautiful, I love the reflection of the trees in the quarry. What do you think that very small white dot is in the water, on the right side of the 5th photo? A reflection maybe?

 

[Rainee]

Beautifully taken with an iphone.. it sure does a good photo.. thanks for sharing sure is a lovely looking place ..

 

[Bobw235]

Beautiful, I love the reflection of the trees in the quarry. What do you think that very small white dot is in the water, on the right side of the 5th photo? A reflection maybe?

Ruth, I think the white dot may have been a lobster buoy.

 

[Bobw235]

Beautifully taken with an iphone.. it sure does a good photo.. thanks for sharing sure is a lovely looking place ..

Thanks Rainee. Glad you enjoyed them. It is indeed a lovely spot. The iPhone shots came out well (the quarry), and were certainly helped by the post-processing software I used. I'm sure I'll go back.

 

[Bobw235]

Looks like a very peaceful and relaxing place to visit. Great set of photographs.

Tony

Thanks Tony. I'd never been before. I'll have to get there early one day when the light's better. I was happy with these shots, but the place has so much more potential.

 

[bluebreezes]

Very nice shots, Bob, and I particularly like the angle of the light. iPhone cameras just keep getting better. I have a 6s and I'm very happy with the photo quality and resolution.

 

[Bobw235]

Very nice shots, Bob, and I particularly like the angle of the light. iPhone cameras just keep getting better. I have a 6s and I'm very happy with the photo quality and resolution.

Thanks very much. I'm still using the 5s, but might upgrade when the 7 comes out next month. My phone will be three years old at that point. I don't tend to take a lot of shots with the iPhone, preferring my regular camera, but I've been impressed with what you can do with the phone camera by itself. There have been so many times when I've been glad to have it on hand.

As I was taking the first shots above, my wife said something like "Why are you using that? Use your regular camera, that's why you brought it." Of course she was right. Got out my Lumix and you see those shots in the final three pictures.