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Published: 2007-01-10 17:58:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 742; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 10
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Awoke this morning to find the sun shining and the site of patches of blue sky for the first time in roughly 3 weeks. So naturally within 20 minutes i had collected my camera gear along with my waterproofs as it had started to rain (surprise surprise) and head towards some fields on the quad bike. After a bit it stopped raining and finally was able to put down my umbrella and start shooting. To begin i tried to re-shoot my previous shot "all on my own" but with no luck as the sky was blank, so carried on walking.After walking around for an hour or 2 taking quite a few shots as the lighting was perfect i began to head back to the quad bike but comming across this part of a field that was flooded by a tiny stream that had grow in the past field weeks of rain to a rather strong body of water. I took a few shots before the light went completely.
5 shot HDR image in photomatix
Photoshop for levels, curves, colour enhancement, crop and border.
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I think that the contrast between the blue and green on the water looks very smooth and lovely.
The brown from the background is mixed perfectly.
A great show indeed!
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Very nice photo. I find the dark grasses in the middle split the photo in to two. Both the top and bottom would work alone as single photos. Love the marsh though.
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Like here wide angle and dynamic range! Same like previous - Awesome! 8)
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Cool work also on this one, sharpness in the distance is a tinge too low, but again... who cares. I love it.
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Beautiful colours ! I reckon if you had a little bit more of the sky in the shot though it would be perfect ; especially if the blues betwen the sky and the water matched.
Lovely lighting.
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i like the green grass in the brown field ... it makes me think of spring
great shot ...
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agree with the color contrasts, gives a nice effect, good effort mate
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Thanks Sam. The tone mapping of the HDR generation really boosted the colour saturation giving it the high contrast effect
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Seems all the work was worth it.. beautiful shot
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All the work adds to the overall fun of it, and thanks
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Yeah I felt like taking off from work today too
Your 5 shot HDR is very effective. I don't know much about HDR but assume you took and then combine 5 shots each exposed to maximise the detail in the variously lit areas of the shot?
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At the moment i have the luxury of not having a job, so taking photos kinda is my work
That's right about the HDR, it gives a lot more flexibility of what you can shoot under what would normally be hindering conditions. Its still tricky to get a good set of shots as generating to a HDR image can sometimes have bad results.
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Thanks for the feedback
I'll have to give it a go ... do you need special software or will Photoshop be up to the job ?
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Photoshop will do the job but doesn't have a tone mapping ability unless you download a plug-in. If you don't have use tone mapping the image will just look flat and boring. I use photomatix software as it tends to give better results and uses tone mapping, they also make the plug-in for photoshop which can be downloaded from their site.
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Thanks for that ... I'll look into Photomatix
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It's lovely, I really like the color contrasts in the picture, great shot! Sounds like you have put down a lot of effort in it..
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Thanks
Its about the same amount of effort I put into most my shots, if I didn't all id have to shoot would be my house. I think nothing of walking several miles in bad weather just for 1 shot, adds to the fun
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