May 14, 2012

Before and After Monday

For those curious as to the advantages of HDR, this is a good example. There would be no way using conventional photography to get a shot like this. Either the boat would be properly exposed and the sky would be blown out, or the sky would look good and the boat would just be a silhouette.

The After


The Befores



I didn't really have to do much processing to these after creating the HDR in Photomatix. I just had to bring in the middle, (0) exposure image and mask in some of the clouds. The HDR process can sometimes make them too dark in spots. I see some things that I would do different now, but I guess I could say that about all of my older photos.

8 comments:

  1. Great result !
    I would try myself...

    Pierre

    ReplyDelete
  2. Great final image.
    Love your before and afters!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Hey, good work, this photo looks amazing!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Your after shot is amazing, as always!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Arrr a clever concept on the traditional HDR. nice composition and everything look in tune with the environment.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Wonderful result.
    I love what using HDR processing can create.
    Excellent job!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Excellent! I took a similar shot off the New Jerey shore last year and, no matter what setting I used, I could not get eveything in the scene exposed properly. HDR is the answer!

    ReplyDelete