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Ivy Frost
Dec 6, 2013 17:41:13   #
SoHillGuy Loc: Washington
 
Fringes of Frost

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Dec 6, 2013 18:40:22   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
Very beautiful!

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Dec 7, 2013 01:22:13   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
Very cool!

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Dec 7, 2013 11:00:26   #
Armadillo Loc: Ventura, CA
 
SoHillGuy wrote:
Fringes of Frost


SoHillGuy,

I think you did a pretty good job with exposure, composition, and cropping after the HDR. The HDR has been done with care, no problems there.

The only problem I see is the glare on the leaves the HDR brought up. This may be a good use for a Polarizer filter on the lens prior to capture. HDR can help to some degree, but at the expense of other elements in the picture.

Michael G

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Dec 7, 2013 13:39:20   #
SoHillGuy Loc: Washington
 
Armadillo wrote:
SoHillGuy,

I think you did a pretty good job with exposure, composition, and cropping after the HDR. The HDR has been done with care, no problems there.

The only problem I see is the glare on the leaves the HDR brought up. This may be a good use for a Polarizer filter on the lens prior to capture. HDR can help to some degree, but at the expense of other elements in the picture.

Michael G


Funny you should mention it, I did use a polarizer filter?

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Dec 7, 2013 13:58:47   #
Armadillo Loc: Ventura, CA
 
SoHillGuy wrote:
Funny you should mention it, I did use a polarizer filter?


Since you did use a Polar filter, then there are two additional possibilities.
1. The Polar filter was not adjusted to remove enough glare, or the glare was from an angle the filter could not block the glare.
2. You may have made too much adjustment in the HDR processing. There are 3 channels in HDR processing, and each channel needs to be adjusted manually. The Shadow Channel looks good. Try reducing the Mid and High channels to see if glare reduces a lot.

Michael G

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Dec 7, 2013 16:23:00   #
SoHillGuy Loc: Washington
 
Armadillo wrote:
Since you did use a Polar filter, then there are two additional possibilities.
1. The Polar filter was not adjusted to remove enough glare, or the glare was from an angle the filter could not block the glare.
2. You may have made too much adjustment in the HDR processing. There are 3 channels in HDR processing, and each channel needs to be adjusted manually. The Shadow Channel looks good. Try reducing the Mid and High channels to see if glare reduces a lot.

I used a different method. Thanks for the input.

Michael G
Since you did use a Polar filter, then there are t... (show quote)

Toned down the glare
Toned down the glare...

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Dec 7, 2013 22:56:36   #
Armadillo Loc: Ventura, CA
 
Much better. :thumbup:

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Dec 8, 2013 08:10:25   #
andrew.haysom Loc: Melbourne, Australia
 
Beautiful work mate, love it!

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Dec 8, 2013 12:07:58   #
MWojton Loc: Yardley, PA
 
I think the HDR version looks great compared to the original.

MW

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Dec 8, 2013 15:21:06   #
kev_griggs Loc: South Bucks, UK
 
Nice, I like it

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Dec 8, 2013 16:14:27   #
SoHillGuy Loc: Washington
 
Appreciate the comments, Thank you.

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Dec 9, 2013 05:36:06   #
sixshooter Loc: constitution state
 
I think the glare is from, and adds to the icy look of the pic..its light bouncing off frozen water...

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Dec 9, 2013 09:56:29   #
SoHillGuy Loc: Washington
 
I'm sure your right, and it adds an element to the ice crystals that surround the leaf(s).

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