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rahimin3d

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A landscape in Kenya
« on: March 05, 2012, 01:35:59 am »

Hi All,

I've been working on bettering my landscape shots with different techniques, after a lot of working out between HDR and Exposure fusion, I came to the conclusion that i would find a method that works for me.

This is done using a technique that works on both the Luminosity masks and Manual Exposure fusion of images. The entire process takes between 3 - 5 Mins to complete ( on a well spec'd machine ).

I'd love your opinions on the final product attached.
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Re: A landscape in Kenya
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2012, 03:09:04 am »

Did you really need to use multiple exposures for this scene? At first sight, it does not seem to have too much contrast for a single shot. And a humble comment about the final result: the top-left part of the sky looks artificially darker than the lower-right part; something similar also happens on the grass, there are zones lighter than others.

Just my two cents.
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Re: A landscape in Kenya
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2012, 05:24:51 am »

Hi Edu,

Thanks for the up's on the light & dark areas, I'll pay more attention to it.

I have attached the image I began with as a starting point for you to understand what work has been done.

I hadn't taken multiple exposures for the image, the final shot was a product from one photograph. I believe my phrasing was incorrect on the post.

Using the single image, I was able to produce three different exposures which I manually fused using Photoshop.

I then applied luminosity masks to it and gave it a subtle punch.

( really like your work btw. )

I was quite excited about getting this form of a result from a single image and thought I'd share and get opinions.

Rahim.
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Re: A landscape in Kenya
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2012, 05:22:18 pm »

Hi Edu,

Thanks for the up's on the light & dark areas, I'll pay more attention to it.

I have attached the image I began with as a starting point for you to understand what work has been done.

I hadn't taken multiple exposures for the image, the final shot was a product from one photograph. I believe my phrasing was incorrect on the post.

Using the single image, I was able to produce three different exposures which I manually fused using Photoshop.

I then applied luminosity masks to it and gave it a subtle punch.

( really like your work btw. )

I was quite excited about getting this form of a result from a single image and thought I'd share and get opinions.

Rahim.


I'm curious to see the starting point you mention, and I'm curious to see it... did you attach it? Thanks.
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Re: A landscape in Kenya
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2012, 10:16:52 pm »

I'm sorry but that image is not working!  It looks like you had to really push things in your development phase.  I'd start over.
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