I shot an HDR test using a location on NYC’s historic Orchard Street last week.

You can get an idea of how clear the sky was by the shadows cast by railings on the top floor of the building on the west side of the street; across from the subject building. This image is a composite of eleven separate images during “golden hour” using a Canon 30 D with a 15mm 2.8 on a tripod with cable release at 50 ASA. I shot the gray card and used that to set my white balance. The final image is the result of eleven separate images.

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Using the lens correction filter in Photoshop I attempted to adjust the “fisheye” effect:

Note to self:
While I am in New York, I really need to get away from my desk and shoot more.