http://blog.gregdisch.com Arkansas Photographer Greg Disch Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:27:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://blog.gregdisch.com/2010/05/30/the-alamo/ http://blog.gregdisch.com/2010/05/30/the-alamo/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 04:02:04 +0000 gdisch http://blog.gregdisch.com/?p=1633 Just a quick post, I am spending the Memorial Day Weekend in Texas and got to visit the Alamo.  This is a very crowded and busy place with people everywhere and I thought it would be impossible to get a clean photo.  They close at 5:00 so I returned after dark thinking that there would not be anyone around, boy was I wrong the area was still swarming with people.  I went ahead and setup my tripod and and got everything set and waited.  Eventually the crowds thinned some and a few people were nice enough to stay out of view for a minute while I could make the photo.  This is a HDR composit... 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