Thanks fellows. Greg, you're right in that it's an HDR... I shot this eyesore in full mid-day sun, so I though that an HDR might help balance things out better (I really didn't know..). When I compare it to the middle exposure shot (uploaded here) I see that it really didn't correct things too much.

Note that this is in general one of the big problems I have shooting on a road trip: you find a great little place to photograph, but the time of day - hence lighting - is wrong, and you know you really need to catch it at sunrise or sunset. But you can't wait that long for each little spot you find.. I guess it all depends how badly you want the ideal lighting for the photo.

Thanks too Jet, I shot a lot of photos out there, but instead of concentrating on cactus, I went for buildings like this (I think I'm done with cactus for awhile). There's so many old decrepit old places out there to shoot you could publish a few books on them.

Here's the middle exposure:



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