St. Matthews steeple: This little church stands near Todd, NC. I am showing the +0EV exposure for each from a 5 exposure sequence taken 1 EV apart.

randave2001 Loc: Richmond

This little church stands near Todd, NC. I am showing the +0EV exposure for each from a 5 exposure sequence taken 1 EV apart.

+0 EV exposure

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HDR rendering

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St. Matthews +0 EV

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St. Matthews HDR

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Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

Lovely work. Second shot is phenomenal.Roof on the steeple shot is maybe just a little over cooked for my personal taste and could do with pulling back a little. Peeling paintwork and bell detail is superb.

randave2001 Loc: Richmond

Billyspad wrote:

Lovely work. Second shot is phenomenal.Roof on the steeple shot is maybe just a little over cooked for my personal taste and could do with pulling back a little. Peeling paintwork and bell detail is superb.

Thanks for the feedback and kind words Billy. Here is a version with the roof toned down a bit.

No hot tin roof

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Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

randave2001 wrote:

Thanks for the feedback and kind words Billy. Here is a version with the roof toned down a bit.

Now that is perfect fella.

Take care Billyspad

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

The redo is much better.

jonsommer Loc: Usually, somewhere on the U.S. west coast.

Maybe it's just me, but in shots 2 and 4, it looks like the whole church is leaning to the left, and/or there's a lot of lense distortion, which as you undoubtedly know can be corrected with the perspective tool in Photoshop.

This is my first visit to this section and I really like what I see - so, I'll be back, with lot's of newbie questions. I hope I don't drive you all nuts.

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

jonsommer wrote:

Maybe it's just me, but in shots 2 and 4, it looks like the whole church is leaning to the left, and/or there's a lot of lense distortion, which as you undoubtedly know can be corrected with the perspective tool in Photoshop.

This is my first visit to this section and I really like what I see - so, I'll be back, with lot's of newbie questions. I hope I don't drive you all nuts.

There is lens distortion, shown by the trees on the extreme left and right of the photo. However I have the feeling that the old church is leaning left as evidenced by the vertical tree growing behind it.

randave2001 Loc: Richmond

jonsommer wrote:

Maybe it's just me, but in shots 2 and 4, it looks like the whole church is leaning to the left, and/or there's a lot of lense distortion, which as you undoubtedly know can be corrected with the perspective tool in Photoshop.

This is my first visit to this section and I really like what I see - so, I'll be back, with lot's of newbie questions. I hope I don't drive you all nuts.

Yep, it's just you. :D Seriously it was a matter of which vertical you wanted to make vertical. This is an old church which is far from square in its old age. My point of vertical reference in PP was the left corner of the church or the left of the steeple. I was using a 17-35mm lens and did not want to change the perspective this lens gave because I liked the perspective it gave. Kinda personal choice here. Thanks for looking and your comments.