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Kngkyle

« on: April 20, 2009, 21:46 »

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I love the way HDR photos look so I wanted to give it a try for once. These are some of the results. I hope to get a few of these accepted to the stock sites.


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sjlocke

« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2009, 22:29 »

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Fun stuff. I think the bright areas inside the eaves is an HDR giveaway, but the others are cool. What software are you using? How many exposures?


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Kngkyle

« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2009, 22:37 »

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Quote from: sjlocke on April 20, 2009, 22:29

Fun stuff. I think the bright areas inside the eaves is an HDR giveaway, but the others are cool. What software are you using? How many exposures?

3-5 exposures each (all adjusted in photoshop, just 1 photo used) and photomatix pro for the HDR. They are just old photos of mine that I played around with to see if I could make them more interesting.


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Vonkara

« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2009, 00:23 »

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The rafinery (industry) is awesome


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Phil

« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2009, 05:04 »

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cool, thanks for posting.


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sharply_done

« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2009, 12:00 »

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They look too dark to me, and you should consider correcting the perspective - the falling down smokestacks and slightly slanted right side of the house might keep some buyers away. You might fare better with the industrial/pollution shot by using duller and/or more dramatic hues/tones to suit a 'pollution crisis' concept. I don't understand why the house is so spottily lit - I find it very off-putting. I think the the ocean shot might look better with just waves and sky - I don't see the beach element as helping the 'serene ocean sunset' theme.

Hope you don't mind the harsh criticism too much, but I thought you'd be better off with it than a simple 'Wow!' comment.


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MicrostockExp

« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2009, 15:58 »

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I like the industrial ones but I agree with sjlocke you should minimize bright areas around the chimneys..
As for the ocean not sure I would have done a HDR treatment, HDR does not work in every situation
Have fun with HDR, I do


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Kngkyle

« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2009, 23:21 »

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Well this is interesting. Istock rejected the normal-colored industrial one for over filtering but accepted the orange one. Huh

If anything you would think it would be the other way around! I sent in a scout request. How long has that been taking to get a response recently?

To my surprise Shutterstock accepted them all. I won't complain. Wink


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litifeta

« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2009, 01:22 »

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Great work. I love them. Tell us have you tone mapped or detail enhanced?


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Kngkyle

« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2009, 03:56 »

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Quote from: litifeta on April 28, 2009, 01:22

Great work. I love them. Tell us have you tone mapped or detail enhanced?

Detail enhanced for all of them.


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karensuki

« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2009, 10:53 »

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These are so cool... I love the first one... I had to really study it to make sure it wasn't an illustration...

Awesome work.


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sharpshot

« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2009, 12:39 »

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I don't like the way HDR makes white clouds in a blue sky look gray, I have seen that a lot and I prefer the original sky. Is there a way to stop that happening?


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Magnum

« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2009, 12:59 »

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Quote from: sharpshot on April 29, 2009, 12:39

I don't like the way HDR makes white clouds in a blue sky look gray, I have seen that a lot and I prefer the original sky. Is there a way to stop that happening?

Make a layer together with the original (one of them), and paint away the bad sky. And hope it blends:)


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tan510jomast

« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2009, 08:35 »

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Quote from: sjlocke on April 20, 2009, 22:29

Fun stuff. I think the bright areas inside the eaves is an HDR giveaway, but the others are cool. What software are you using? How many exposures?

double post sorry


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tan510jomast

« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2009, 09:25 »

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Quote from: sjlocke on April 20, 2009, 22:29

Fun stuff. I think the bright areas inside the eaves is an HDR giveaway, but the others are cool. What software are you using? How many exposures?

sjlocke, fun stuff? by that do you mean it's not micro material?
ldambies, not all situations are successful? so, which type of situations are ideal for this.

i read somewhere that using the Extended Dynamics mode in my Pentax k20D will give me something like HDR as it shoots at ISO200-400 exposing for shadows at 400 and highlight at 200. is this true?
i did some shots and noticed a big change in dynamics, although i did not do a comparision shot . and some images have been approved and live in my port.
but for the ones i rejected, i also notice some noise when shot in jpeg, so i shoot now in raw.
any suggestions for what situations to deselect this mode?


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batman

« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2009, 09:42 »

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Nice pics Kngkyle, going with what tan510jomast said in his comment, how is the noise level in those pictures? Can you send a zoom in on some ?


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