The Hiatus Heads out to sea (Page 2): Good observation Michael. You are right of course. The reason why the colors are much more mild in the HDR version is because I am going through a...

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Jul 22, 2016 21:22:07 #

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

Armadillo wrote:

Brent,

If the second image is the mid exposure then it is better for color details in the cliff face. The HDR adjustments seem to have washed out the brown earth coloration from the cliff and the brick fence in front of the building.

Michael G

Good observation Michael. You are right of course. The reason why the colors are much more mild in the HDR version is because I am going through a "phase" with my photography right now and I am liking the more muted colors for the most part. I'm sure my photography will eventually evolve in some other different directions at some point, and to tell you the truth, I'm not quite sure where it will take me or which new direction I will go in.

Jul 22, 2016 21:23:15 #

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

jack schade wrote:

Well done on the HDR not over processed. I like it.

Jack

Thanks a ton Jack. Your response is exactly what I was hoping for from all my UHH friends.

Jul 22, 2016 21:24:51 #

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

llindstrand wrote:

Nice images -- I like the hdr but agree with buddah 17 that the sky could use some help.
Swede

Thanks Larry for checking this thread out and your opinions. I hope you like the recently "revised" version that buddha 17 persuaded me to do. I personally don't like overcooked HDR images.

Jul 22, 2016 21:31:01 #

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

Bunkershot wrote:

Great shot Brent...I love HDR and must do more of it soon. How'd you get this shot bouncing around in a kayak? I always use a tripod.

Ahhhhhhhhhh Bunkershot.......you ask a very good question! I agree with you about the bouncing kayak and you are right, I could never get the images to line up. I did kind of a suto HDR by taking the correct exposure photo as my middle shot then made two duplicates of that shot and labeled one "under" and the other "over"......then I opened each of those images in Photoshop and in "levels" made one over exposed and one under exposed. With those three images I did my new "Suto" HDR and they all lined up perfectly. Once I had the HDR shot completed, I ran the "Burn" tool over the sky at the top with a very soft edge and that is what buddha 17 didn't like.

Jul 23, 2016 14:42:23 #

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

BrentHarder wrote:

Thanks Shakey for your thoughts on this one. Maybe you like the new and improved "revised" image better?

Yep, much better this time around, Brent.

Jul 23, 2016 14:46:45 #

joe west Loc: Taylor, Michigan

BrentHarder wrote:

While kayaking around Dana Point Harbor in Southern California, I captured this sailboat heading out of it's slip towards the open ocean. It's home port is in San Diego. The first is the HDR image and the second is the medium exposure shot of the sailboat. I like the composition and coloring of the HDR image.

Jul 23, 2016 15:45:08 #

Bunkershot Loc: Central Florida

Who would've thought. Great idea to get the benefits of HDR when not in a position to do it the "correct?" way. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

Jul 24, 2016 00:32:09 #

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

joe west wrote:

Thanks Joe for the 2 thumbs up!

Jul 24, 2016 00:34:47 #

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

Bunkershot wrote:

Who would've thought. Great idea to get the benefits of HDR when not in a position to do it the "correct?" way. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

Hopefully we all learn from each other here on UHH. I use this technique when I want to have an image "punch" and often times I want to use an image that is an action shot (mostly surfers) and as you know the surfers move way to fast to capture a multiple exposure of the surfer in the same exact location on the wave. This technique works pretty well!

Jul 24, 2016 17:00:53 #

Bunkershot Loc: Central Florida

Brent, I just gave your process a try in Photomatix and love the results. Here are the images that I used to create the HDR. Incidentally, I chose the "Photographic" image produced by Photomatix. I did not do any further post processing beyond what you see. For what it is worth I used a 10mm-20mm Sigma lens which caused a bit of vignetting that needs to be removed. I also used a polarizer filter that afternoon causing the deep blue sky. There is no doubt that your process works.

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