Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Roman Racela on May 23, 2013, 07:33:30 am
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I was going through some old files the other night and found this little gem that I shot 4 years ago. I took about 5 minutes to do some Photoshopping before going to bed. I just increased the contrast a bit and lightened the dark shadows and that was about it.
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Bravo for this nice light beam!
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Bravo for this nice light beam!
+1.
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this little gem
+1.
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I was going through some old files the other night and found this little gem that I shot 4 years ago.
It's often a good idea to have sometimes a look at old photos ;)
Well done.
Thierry
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Thank you Francois and Eric!
Bravo for this nice light beam!
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Sometimes we tend to overlook the little gems :)
Thank you Scott.
+1.
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I agree! This makes me want to go back 10 years and see if I can find some more :)
Thank you Thierry.
It's often a good idea to have sometimes a look at old photos ;)
Well done.
Thierry
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Very nice.
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Thank you sir.
Very nice.
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Almost seems like a Laser drilling a hole or cutting a slot. Very neat stuff.
Later Larry
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I never thought of it that way until now :)
I think I like that explanation better than wind and water erosion forming the slot canyon!
Thanks!
Almost seems like a Laser drilling a hole or cutting a slot. Very neat stuff.
Later Larry
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Here's a shot from 2 weeks ago. I experimented with in-camera HDR on the Canon 5D Mk3. Just 1EV +, - setting. I don't think it's bad. I'm not a fan of HDR but I think this one is pretty good.
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/romanwarrior/Antelope18May2013_zpse65929a6.jpg) (http://s62.photobucket.com/user/romanwarrior/media/Antelope18May2013_zpse65929a6.jpg.html)
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...I'm not a fan of HDR but I think this one is pretty good...
I agree.
This is a very appealing result.
Tony Jay
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I really like the tonal gradation and saturation in the second shot; it seems nice and long as well as smooth. It strikes a very good balance between exquisitely subtle and smack you in the face full on HDR.
So at first glance I really wouldn’t peg this one as a full on HDR shot, not at all over the top as some HRD can seem to be at times. I have this notion that when a very large range of EV values are compressed, the color saturation values get compressed as well and concentrated, at least in my mind that is how I think of it. This I think leads to the super saturated colors and short/compressed tonal scale. I don’t see this type of effect with your rendition of what I imagine this scene would have likely been in reality.
Later Larry
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I like the second one a lot. And it doesn't scream HDR to me, which is nice.
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Lovely, Roman.
But why shoot in-camera HDR when you can shoot three or more RAWs and have control over the outcome in processing? Just curious.
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Thank you Tony. I was quite surprised by the result of Canon's in-camera HDR. I might use this feature from time to time now.
I agree.
This is a very appealing result.
Tony Jay
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Thank you, Larry. I slightly underexposed the middle shot (of the 3 captures) so the tonal gradation didn't look funky and weird. I have the same mindset as you when it comes to large range of EV...that it makes the color saturation and the tonal gradation look very unnatural. I think the 5D Mk3 is capable of a 5 or 7 images HDR. I'll experiment with those next when I figure out how to make it work. Maybe I'll get better results, maybe I won't.
I really like the tonal gradation and saturation in the second shot; it seems nice and long as well as smooth. It strikes a very good balance between exquisitely subtle and smack you in the face full on HDR.
So at first glance I really wouldn’t peg this one as a full on HDR shot, not at all over the top as some HRD can seem to be at times. I have this notion that when a very large range of EV values are compressed, the color saturation values get compressed as well and concentrated, at least in my mind that is how I think of it. This I think leads to the super saturated colors and short/compressed tonal scale. I don’t see this type of effect with your rendition of what I imagine this scene would have likely been in reality.
Later Larry
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Thank you, Eric. Most HDR images hurt my eyes so being able to create an HDR image that just looks right is always good. :)
I like the second one a lot. And it doesn't scream HDR to me, which is nice.
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Thanks Scott. I was just experimenting with the camera's HDR feature since I've never used it before. I'm actually quite please with the result. It does make sense to a bracketed set of images in RAW and combine them in PS or Photomatix, but most times introducing the human element to HDR images just screws things up. At least in my case, I just want to tweek everything and before I know it the processed image just looks weird. I think the in-camera HDR works best for me :)
Lovely, Roman.
But why shoot in-camera HDR when you can shoot three or more RAWs and have control over the outcome in processing? Just curious.
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Nice shots guys. Here's one I took a couple of weeks ago. Had a hell of a time trying to time the shutter with the airborne sand/dust fall as I have a 2 second delay and mirror lockup on my 5D mkii. It was something of an ordeal shooting under such crowded and hurried conditions but I think a I got a few good shots. Did you guys see my post about suggestions to make it a more comfortable experience for future masses? http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=78797.new%3btopicseen#new