Truly a Mammoth Cave! (Mammoth Cave National Park)

            An image captured along the Audubon Avenue inside Mammoth Cave in the national park. With this image, I wanted to capture the immense feel of the caves all around me in this giant canyon passage. I did my best to minimize some of the information exhibits around, but I also felt that was kind of important as it did give a sense of perspective that was really needed. A park ranger happen to be walking by, so I captured part of the shadowed image of her moving by me. I kind of felt that added to the perspective for this image too. While I was satisfied enough with the image, I decided to try another approach to post-processing and import the RAW/NEF image into Aurora HDR 2019 to see what it might produce. I found it brought out much richer and larger dynamic range to the image. I then exported a TIFF image to Capture NX2 where I was able to finish up for this final image.
   

Taken in: United States / Kentucky / Edmonson (show map)

Taken on: September 9, 2018

Tags:

Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Plateaus

Aurora HDR

Aurora HDR Pro

Azimuth 221

Capture NX2 Edited

Cave Ceiling

Cave Walls

Central Cumberland Plateau

Color Efex Pro

Cumberland Plateau

Day 5

Giant Canyon Passage

HDR

Inside

International Biosphere Reserve

Landscape

Looking SW

Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Passage Tour

Nature

Nikon D800E

Park Ranger

Portfolio

Project365

Single Image HDR

Travel

Trip to Trip to Gateway Mammoth Cuyahoga National Parks

World Heritage Site

Kentucky

United States

WHL-150

Estados Unidos

América « less

Sets appears in: • Mammoth Cave National Park • Gateway Arch, Mammoth Cave and Cuyahoga Valley National Parks more » • Portfolio • 365 • Nature & Landscapes « less

Groups appears in: • U.S. National Parks • U.S. National Parks and Places more » • GeoTagging Flickr • Lonely Planet • Landscape photography • Project 365 • HDR from a single RAW • Nikon Capture NX Users Group • Sierra Club's Daily Ray of Hope • We travel the World • Your Visions • Beautiful Mother Nature • Nik Software Photo Share • HDR-Imaging • ***SCREAM OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER*** • Wonderful World! • Best of U.S. National Parks • Geo-Tagging the Planet one Photo at a Time • Mammoth Cave National Park • hdr spotting • The Nikon Capture NX Resource Group • living in harmony with nature • Nikon D800-D850 and Nikon Z7-Z9 Users Group • HDR WORLDWIDE • Kentucky nature and wildlife • GEOPARKS & GEOTOURISM Worldwide • Nikon D800/D800E CLUB • THE LOOK level 1 RED • THE LOOK level 2 YELLOW • flickr (unofficial) • Travelling Vicariously • World Photographers' Photos WPP • BAT'S LAIR ( P 1 X A 3 ) SWEEPER IN OPERATION • Grand Vistas • Creative Commons Nature • illumination focus • TOURISM magazine • Photography with a Story • Everything & Everyone • America's Parks Fav+ • Today's Flickr • World's Pictures • Art of Exploration • AuroraHDR • Natur und Tierfotos • Aurora HDR Pro • Geolocations - Geotagged photographs • A NATIONAL PARK • DSLR Autofocus Level 2 • DSLR Autofocus Level 3 • DSLR Autofocus Level 1 • Nikon America (USA) • PhotoZone Level 3 • Photozone Level 1 ....... Post 1 Award 5 other members • PhotoZone Level 2 • ALL AMERICAS • LMF UNESCO - Patrimonio de la Humanidad (World Heritage) (P1/C3) « less

Camera: Nikon D800E, f/6.3, 0.5 sec, 40mm, ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Lens:	AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.5
Focal Length:	40mm
ISO:	3200
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture NX 2.4.7 M
Show full info

Stats: 3,408 views / 64 comments

Link to this photo view:
Link to this photo large view: