Opryland Hotel

On our 1600 mile journey from Miami to Oklahoma City, we made a few stops along the way. We mainly stopped to see family and friends. However, we did stop at a destination spot in Nashville Tennessee… The Opryland Hotel! This hotel is by far the most extravagant hotel I have ever seen. I will note that we just spend the day there. We did not stay the night. The inside of this hotel was like a botanical garden that was separated into 3 areas, and each area  seemed to be the size of a pro football stadium. It even had a river that ran through the different sections with water falls. It also had plenty of shops and restaurants for people to look at and eat in. For more information go to www.gaylordhotels.com. This is a beautiful hotel, and I recommend that if you get the chance to walk around in it.

Here are some of the photographs that I took while we were there. Please take a look and let me know what you think about the pictures. Note that these photographs don't do the Opryland Hotel justice.

View from my front door

When I got home today from the office, I saw a really beautiful sunset. It just so happened that my camera was close by, so I set it up to take this photo. This is an HDR photo made with 5 exposures. It's not a perfect HDR photo, but its better than the origional. So what do you think, which one do you like better? Let me know :D

Original Photo                                                  HDR Photo

Canon 30D • 24-70mm 2.8L • ISO 100

Exposure 1: f/4.0 1/25

Exposure 2: f/4.0 1/50

Exposure 3: f/4.0 1/100

Exposure 4: f/4.0 1/200

Exposure 5: f/4.0 1/400