Two Moreton Bay fig trees guard the main house on the grounds of historic Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach, California in this 6-image HDR shot. These trees were planted on the property in 1890, and are native to eastern Australia.

Canon 550D, w/ Tamron SP 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. Settings: ISO 100, 14mm, f/4.0, multiple exposures at 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/40, 1/20 and 1/20 second; post-processing performed using NIK HDR Efex Pro 2 and Adobe Lightroom 5.3.

© Richard Dennis Daugherty