Feb 26, 2012

Waterfall (HDR)

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  1. What do you use for HDR processing? A wonderful image.

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    1. Thanks Adrian. I use Photomatix 4.0 to create the HDR. I almost always use 3 photos (0, -2, +2). Then I bring it into Photoshop. A lot of times there are areas in the HDR that are too bright or too dark. Here I will bring in one of the original photos that has the proper exposure in that area. I create a layer mask, and just keep lightly brushing in the area I want to use until it looks right to me. In this photo, the rocks at the top of the waterfall were way too bright and saturated, so I used one of the darker images to mask that a little. This is something I just started doing and I think it's really helping my HDR images. Hopefully I keep learning new tricks and they keep getting better.

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    2. I use Photomatix 4.0.2. It took some getting used to but the semi manual de-ghosting I love. I too finish in PS Elements and use layer masks with multiple images.
      I like your work. Keep posting.

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  2. Hy Deno,
    das Bild sieht fantastisch aus.. .. wie viele Aufnahmen hast Du hier verrechnet und wie lange war die Belichtung??..
    GrĂ¼sse Frank

    Hy Deno,
    The picture looks great .. .. how many pictures do you have here charged, and how long was the exposure? ..
    regards Frank

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    1. Thank you Frank. I have 3 pictures in this one. Here are the times for each exposure.

      0 exp- 4 seconds
      -2 exp- 1 sec.
      +2 exp- 15 sec.

      I was set in Aperture Priority at f/22.

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  3. Wow! I too am curious about your processing.
    Really wonderful work!

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    1. Thank you Laura. (I copied the same answer I gave Adrian :p)

      I use Photomatix 4.0 to create the HDR. I almost always use 3 photos (0, -2, +2). Then I bring it into Photoshop. A lot of times there are areas in the HDR that are too bright or too dark. Here I will bring in one of the original photos that has the proper exposure in that area. I create a layer mask, and just keep lightly brushing in the area I want to use until it looks right to me. In this photo, the rocks at the top of the waterfall were way too bright and saturated, so I used one of the darker images to mask that a little. This is something I just started doing and I think it's really helping my HDR images. Hopefully I keep learning new tricks and they keep getting better.

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  4. Great image! I love using Photomatix and you remind me that I need to practice more!

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  5. I love all the pictures you post. I just spent quite a while going through page after page. Keep posting!

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  6. This is unbelievable...it looks like a painting! And what a fantastic place to photography...I'm jealous!

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  7. This would look so much better in natural (no HDR) - my opinion :)

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    1. I might go back and look at one and see what I can do without the HDR. You may be right, but I was a little disappointed with this one anyway since the bottom left of the water was cut off. As I was setting up for another angle it started to rain so I got out of there fast.

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