Hamilton Pool near Austin, Texas - a photo on Flickriver

At last, the final version of this image (until I learn some new tricks)! Hamilton Pool is one of the best kept secrets in Central Texas. It took me 10 years to find it but I'm very glad I did. The place is a spectacular circular swimming hole half covered over by the massive remains of the previous cave's roof. It's pretty tricky to photograph and this image is actually a composite of 4 shots taken with different exposures.

I spent a day last week at a fabulous Photoshop seminar by Ben Willmore during which he spent the time talking about various post-processing techniques. Armed with these new tricks, I got back to this image and have now got it to a point that I am happy with it.

For those interested in what's changed, I've added a play-by-play account on my blog here.

Now all I need is to find a cloud that isn't burned out and drop that in..... :-)

EDIT 1/25/11: OK - I couldn't leave that sky alone. You can find the next (dare I suggest "final"?") version here.

Note: This image isn't available for licensing via Getty Images since it already has active licenses. If you are interested, please drop me a FlickrMail.

Prints of this image are available on ImageKind or Altered Perspectives.

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Taken in: United States / Texas / Hammetts Crossing (show map)

Taken on: June 13, 2004

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Camera: Nikon D70, f/11.0, 1/100 sec, 18mm (=27mm) (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D70
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	Low
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
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