Greg Molyneux Photography

Tag: hdr

  • Hulk On High

    Hulk On High

    A dramatic February sunset pours intense pastel light giving a golden glow to the otherwise brown sedge salt marsh. 14 mm photo merged from seven bracketed exposures.
    Hulk On High — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

    You are stronger than you might think you are.

    —Hulk

    Photo details

    • Photographed: 23 February 2025
    • Lighting: Sunset
    • Weather: Partly cloudy
    • Location: Cedar Run Dock Road
    • Time: ~1740
    • Tripod: Yes
    • Exposures: Seven merged to HDR
  • For You

    For You

    Bright pastel winter sunset over Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh. Photographed at 14mm with seven bracketed exposures merged for HDR.
    For You — 14mm | F/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

    My evening gift for you all to chase away the Sunday scaries—a Dock Road sunset from just over a week ago. A high quality winter burn. Enough of the deck painted up in pastel hues to really crank up the glow highlighting the sedge. For but five minutes time suspends as though weightless and the dormant brown super charges in a pink infusion. As if Goku himself were powering up. Palpable vibes. 

    Photo details

    • Photographed: 26 January 2025
    • Lighting: Sunset
    • Weather: Overcast
    • Location: Cedar Run Dock Road
    • Time: ~1700
    • Tripod: Yes
    • Exposures: Seven

    Purchase

    Shop SmugMug
  • On the Fringe

    On the Fringe

    14mm HDR photo of a sunset over Cedar Run Dock Road's salt marsh. Tropical Storm Ophelia spun overrunning cirrus clouds as the storm's outer bands approached the mid-Atlantic coast.
    On the Fringe — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

    Socked in on a Saturday. 23 September 2023 at 3:30 p.m. EDT, Tropical Storm Ophelia dumps heavy rains across the mid-Atlantic buffeting southern Ocean County, NJ, with steady winds. I’m hoping my LBI friends are managing the storm surge. As for me, I sit comfortably at my large oaken desk watching this week’s Nintendo Voice Chat on YouTube while typing to you, Internet friends.

    This here sunset photo looks back to Thursday when the outer fringes of Ophelia first spun up high level cirrus clouds over the region. This high cloud deck brought a fine end of day light show over Cedar Run Dock Road’s salt marsh. A fiery of sign of the weather to come. Of course, Friday’s burn managed to one up this but I wasn’t out to capture it. I was busy scarfing down hibachi for those looking for the but why no picture, Greg? rationale.

    I hope you’re all weathering out the storm in the safety of home, surrounded by friends and family. It’s the perfect kind of day to kick back under covers to watch The Lord of the Rings. I also recommend having some soup, stew, or braise going. Tis the season, y’all. Be safe, and be well.

    Interested in buying? Purchase

  • Take Leave

    Take Leave

    14mm wide angle HDR sunset packed with cotton candy pastel clouds reflected over the late summer salt marsh.
    Take Leave — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

    Take leave
    pay heed
    Hear your body take time to breathe

    Unwind
    free mind
    In the moment your soul will find

    Destress
    full press
    Permit yourself the chance to rest

    Be still
    free will
    Heal your heart and hope will fill

    Interested in buying? Purchase

  • The Green Zone

    The Green Zone

    14mm HDR photograph of emerald green sedge grass beaming beneath stormy late June skies. A classic mid-Atlantic salt marsh scene captured at golden hour.
    The Green Zone — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

    Not much beats the salt marsh in June. It’s about as good as a flat, horizontal landscape can look. For me it’s the way the newborn emerald green sedge grass complements a royal blue sky at golden hour. This power trio realizes its highest level in early summer; running about mid-June through the fourth of July. Pair this with dramatic clouds fed by a tropical airmass and you have yourself a proper summertime treat. Real glad I took a moment out of my day to make it to the Dock Road marsh last night.

    Cheers, and I hope you are all doing well.

    Interested in buying? Purchase

  • Out of Sight

    Out of Sight

    A high powered sunset ignites over the salt marsh as we move toward summer. Photographed at 14mm and merged and processed for HDR.
    Out of Sight — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

    Chasing sunsets was not on my big card yesterday. Between the Yankees/Rays game, a four mile jog, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and the promise of pizza at mom’s house, my docket was full. Plenty of clouds were driving a daylong overcast sky, much needed rain threatened though it never delivered much more than a few fat drops here and there. It didn’t seem an option.

    It wasn’t until I was backing out of my driveway and making my way up the street that I noticed a piercing orange crack in the western horizon. Little shimmers of colors powering their way through the trees and houses of my neighborhood. The clouds had real texture, too. I checked the clock. 19 minutes to sunset. Time to pivot. I circled back to my house, grabbed my camera gear and made for Dock Road. I am sure glad I did.

    Interested in buying? Purchase

  • When the Night is Over

    When the Night is Over

    14mm sunset photograph working over a salt marsh in a hue of blues, pinks, oranges and yellows.
    When the Night is Over — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

    Familiar jaunts to familiar haunts. The road back to a place that shaped me. Long before photography was the marsh. Long after photography the marsh will be. Ever present, forever here unyielding. Soft sings the subtlety of change slow molding even the deepest firmament. Its work known only to the keenest eyes draped by long years put to the service in the knowing.

    Interested in buying? Purchase

  • Can’t Fight the Light

    Can’t Fight the Light

    A smoldering sunset burns over the lush summer green salt marsh at Cedar Run Dock Road photographed at 14mm focal length. Seven bracketed exposures one f-stop apart merged for HDR to maximize dynamic range.
    Can’t Fight the Light — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

    Saturday night brought the goods. A smoldering burn presented as the centerpiece of a summer salt marsh bouquet. Things are not fine but the lighting is good. A moment of peace in the otherwise steady stream of turbulence that is our current times. My wish is only that the headwinds fade and the sunsets keep burning lest we all go to ash together.

    Interested in buying? Purchase

  • The June Palette

    The June Palette

    14mm HDR photograph of a pastel sunset over fresh summer green grasses of Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh.
    The June Palette — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

    That green. That blue. That pink. Total chef’s kiss bliss. I’ve written early and often about the June color palette that dials it up to 11 each June here in southern Ocean County. There is nothing quite like the way newborn marsh grasses radiate a fresh green far beyond anything I have the ability to articulate. I’m never sure what to call it; nor am I worthy to give it a name. It’s something of a perfect merger of chartreuse and emerald. The dance floor of life. It last but a few weeks and there is nothing like the way it plays at sunset. It dances in perfect step, leading the grooving blues and pulsing pastels to waltz in triumph at day’s end. May this look never get old.

    Interested in buying? Purchase