GTABurnout
Explorer
Rob O, I love the couch photo...
Long exposure night shot.
Long exposure night shot.
Artistic Shots- Well thought out, framed (positioned), artistic shots only please.
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Lost Canadian
Expedition Leader
A couple of images that were just on display at The Gallery in the Grove. It was my first time showing images at a gallery. The grove is a small gallery, but it was rather exciting for me.
A couple of images that were just on display at The Gallery in the Grove. It was my first time showing images at a gallery. The grove is a small gallery, but it was rather exciting for me.
You have talent, be proud! Anytime you get in gallery, no matter how small, is a cool deal. Add all the details to your resume now while its fresh! I waited and missed out on some stuff.
Congrats!
Rob O
Adventurer
Congrats Trevor! Love that first (top) shot.
Von Petrol
Observer
Rob,
The sofa image is great!
Colen
The sofa image is great!
Colen
Rob O
Adventurer
Thanks Colen.
Here's a 6-exposure HDR from earlier this week.
Tempe Town Lake (Tempe, AZ)
tdesanto
Expedition Leader
Thanks Colen.
Here's a 6-exposure HDR from earlier this week.
Tempe Town Lake (Tempe, AZ)
Vibrant and brilliant. I'm digging this shot. So, when taking 6 exposures, or more in some cases, and you're dealing with moving subjects such as water or clouds, do you take them very quickly so that the HDR doesn't show too much variance between the waves or clouds? Or, does this only work, as I had originally suspected, during still weather?
Rob O
Adventurer
Thanks.
Moving subjects can present challenges, but they're not insurmountable. Clouds are no problem, although the HDR software you use might not interpret the scene the same way you do and so requires extra post processing. Blowing stuff, like tree limbs/leaves or flowers or whatever are more difficult. Both Photomatix and DPHDR -- HDR apps I use -- have a facility to attempt to overcome this, but it's not perfect. For water, where you might want the waves to be silky smooth and the sky more brilliant, you simply blend accordingly (versus running through HDR software). And if you have a moving subject like a person walking across the frame, you either need to ensure at least one exposure captures them like you want (blurred or tack sharp) and know that you'll have to blend that element back in after HDR processing. It can be extra work, no doubt, and takes some PS masking/blending skills.
Here's another version of the shot above done (edited) using only 3 of the 6 exposures and manually blended in PS CS3 (using layer masks and selective/spot editing). You can see here I've not pushed the saturation, the sky is a little more dramatic (clouds) and the WB for neutral elements like the concrete building more natrual. It's more realistic than stylistic; neither are right or wrong IMO but it shows how an HDR processed image (with final post processing done in CS3) looks against a digitally blended image manually created using layers in just CS3.
Rob O
Adventurer
Early morning service ...
From this weekend.
This is the Elvis Presley Chapel, a movie memorabilia museum showing the movies that were filmed at Apacheland -- an area east of Phoenix near the Superstition Springs Mountains, seen here in the background -- and serving as an active wedding chapel.
7-exposure HDR (-2EV to +4EV), processed and tonemapped in dphdr with final edits in CS3. It was almost pitch black when I arrived and within 15 minutes it was totally light out; amazing how fast the sun rises.
I've two disappointments with this shot:
1) I'd wanted to get there early enough to capture star trails in the sky, with just a hint of deep blue from the approaching sun, and ...
2) that I didn't position the camera more to my left so the bell tower would have more depth/dimension. When I first set up and took a test exposure of 10 minutes to see how adversely the increasing light levels would effect me, I was in a much better spot. I was going to just pack up and head home out of frustration, then decided to stay and see what I could make out of the sunrise (this shot, for which I'd changed positions). I will be back, later this week and much earlier than my 5:45am arrival for this shot.
50D + Tokina 12-24 f/4; don't remember the EXIF data but shutter speeds ranged from 2.5 to 30 seconds and aperture was probably f/11-f/16 (can post later)
From this weekend.
This is the Elvis Presley Chapel, a movie memorabilia museum showing the movies that were filmed at Apacheland -- an area east of Phoenix near the Superstition Springs Mountains, seen here in the background -- and serving as an active wedding chapel.
7-exposure HDR (-2EV to +4EV), processed and tonemapped in dphdr with final edits in CS3. It was almost pitch black when I arrived and within 15 minutes it was totally light out; amazing how fast the sun rises.
I've two disappointments with this shot:
1) I'd wanted to get there early enough to capture star trails in the sky, with just a hint of deep blue from the approaching sun, and ...
2) that I didn't position the camera more to my left so the bell tower would have more depth/dimension. When I first set up and took a test exposure of 10 minutes to see how adversely the increasing light levels would effect me, I was in a much better spot. I was going to just pack up and head home out of frustration, then decided to stay and see what I could make out of the sunrise (this shot, for which I'd changed positions). I will be back, later this week and much earlier than my 5:45am arrival for this shot.
50D + Tokina 12-24 f/4; don't remember the EXIF data but shutter speeds ranged from 2.5 to 30 seconds and aperture was probably f/11-f/16 (can post later)
Lost Canadian
Expedition Leader
Love the inky colours and tones in this shot Rob!
tdesanto
Expedition Leader
Agreed. Neither are right or wrong. Both are excellent. At that point, it's up to the artist to decide what he's after.
I, personally, like the Velvia quality of the first one. The intense colors are great.
All of these HDR shots are instense for my eyes...at least when looking at them on an LCD vs. a print. I think this has a lot to do with how our eyes have been trained for so long that photos could only contain so much dynamic range...until now.
A lot of these shots are inspiring.
I need to get out more and make my own images. I've really gotten behind in my own work and needed to get inspired again.
Thanks for that.
TD
neliconcept
Spirit Overland
here are some of mine
Lost Canadian
Expedition Leader
Poseur
Rob O
Adventurer
Thanks. FWIW, I'd lost my creative mojo the second part of last year and found myself unmotivated to shoot. Two of my resolutions for 2009 were to grow as a photographer and make more "me time" ... so that's what I've been doing. Pushing myself to get out and enjoy the hobby. I highly recommend it.