Three exposures, each 2 stops apart, contrast blended with the Gimp and exposure-blend.scm
This process uses contrast blending, rather than high dynamic range (HDR) imaging.
More info on exposure blending for gimp here.
#494 for 16 Jan 2007 in Explore (as of 17 July 2008). Thank you for all your favs, comments, and views!
Julie Kellet, Ed.ward, Theo Lagendijk, arboreus, and 14 other people added this photo to their favorites.

blmurch 69 months ago | reply
So very pretty!!! Nice work.
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http://turtle.as.arizona.edu/jdsmith/exposure_blend.php (?)
chadh 69 months ago | reply
Thanks to JD Smith for publishing here.
...and to @blmurch for calling it to my attention, and for the nice comment.
juliekellet 67 months ago | reply
Just to let you know, we used this image under CC Attribution in GiftTRAP California (our board game). Thanks
Here's the specific edition of the game and the gift card using your photo:
www.gifttrap.com/california
www.gifttrap.com/blue1/image_full/13518/
yeah! Big Apple 59 months ago | reply
OMG *-*
defdac 59 months ago | reply
I like it! =)
If you want to I would be happy if you added this to my newly created
Exposure blending group!
Olemik 33 months ago | reply
Very beautiful shot.
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Ferientechniker 14 months ago | reply
Just a question: Is the doubled layer on the left hand side left intentionally?
chadh 11 months ago | reply
@Ferientechniker: Interesting....I didn't recall ever seeing the doubled artifacts, so I went back to the original image, and sure enough...they weren't there on the original. I'm not blaming a flickr bug, but I have no idea how that happened. I just replaced the image with a copy of the original. Thanks for catching it!