Cool Street Artistry
Oct 20, 2016 02:23:37 #
Parked the car next to a stucco clad flower box on a side-walk. When exiting the car I noticed that some fairly well talented artist had painted three cats on one side of the flower box. It showed some weathering but was still in pretty good shape. This is a three-shot HDR. Nikon D7100, Nikon 18-140 telephoto lens, natural light. Three shots handheld bracketed at plus and minus 0.3 EV. Processed in HDR3 Projects and exported as 16 bit tif to Paintshop Pro X8. Tweaked very slightly for brightness and contrast. Cloned out unshaded area in lower left corner and removed small crack line above middle cat. Cropped and resized for posting.
Oct 20, 2016 05:37:04 #
Oct 20, 2016 05:54:29 #
Oct 20, 2016 06:01:33 #
Speaking as both a photo enthusiast and a former cat owner, your final result is very good. Herding cats is known to be difficult (as anyone can see given varying viewpoints on the UHH Forum) but the unknown flowerbox artist has found a way. Nice complex job of capturing it, jnjphotos.
Oct 20, 2016 07:50:17 #
Oct 20, 2016 16:21:13 #
johneccles wrote:
Very good, I like it. All the cats have a slight smile.
Thanks for viewing the photo and your kind comments. The artist did a great job on the faces of those cats. Have a GREAT DAY!
Oct 20, 2016 16:21:49 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Nice work.
Thank you Jerry for your comment. Have a GREAT DAY!
Oct 20, 2016 16:25:17 #
rjaywallace wrote:
Speaking as both a photo enthusiast and a former cat owner, your final result is very good. Herding cats is known to be difficult (as anyone can see given varying viewpoints on the UHH Forum) but the unknown flowerbox artist has found a way. Nice complex job of capturing it, jnjphotos.
Thanks for viewing and your comments. The artist probably decided the easiest way to get those cats to pose together was to paint them on some kind of medium. Have a GREAT DAY!
Oct 20, 2016 16:26:27 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Very nice artwork and your finished photo is great.
Thanks for viewing and your comments. Have a GREAT DAY!
Oct 21, 2016 09:32:52 #
nice, I've been experimenting with hdr lately mostly with 5 and 7 shot combos.
Oct 21, 2016 09:44:53 #
pixbyjnjphotos wrote:
Processed in HDR3 Projects and exported as 16 bit tif to Paintshop Pro X8.
pixbyjnjphotos,
Did you try to process the three captures in Paint Shop Pro X-8 HDR Merge?
If it performed the same as HDR3 you could have reduced the number of steps and time needed to complete the project.
Good catch noticing this unique photo opportunity and capturing a Feline Point of Interest.
Michael G
Oct 21, 2016 11:14:26 #
I don't get it. Assuming your final intent was just the rock face which has a very low dynamic range, so you ended up with an overexposed shot that would bring up the shadow detail under the car and an under exposed shot that would have given good detail in the sky and sunlit exposed rock/cement. Then you ran them all through the High Dynamic Range process which brought the sky, sunlit rock face and shadow detail under the car into a compressed exposure and then cropped all that HDR work out and were left with the base 0 ev exposure which you then ran through some basic PP. What was the point of HDR? Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful photo I just don't understand all the wasted time and effort of running the HDR process and then eliminating it in the crop on this shot. Your other PP gets a big 
from me.
from me.Oct 21, 2016 12:36:44 #
bull drink water wrote:
nice, I've been experimenting with hdr lately mostly with 5 and 7 shot combos.
Thanks for stopping by. I have never used more than three shots. Have fun with the HDR and have a GREAT DAY!ree
Oct 21, 2016 12:41:42 #
Armadillo wrote:
pixbyjnjphotos,
Did you try to process the three captures in Paint Shop Pro X-8 HDR Merge?
If it performed the same as HDR3 you could have reduced the number of steps and time needed to complete the project.
Good catch noticing this unique photo opportunity and capturing a Feline Point of Interest.
Michael G
Did you try to process the three captures in Paint Shop Pro X-8 HDR Merge?
If it performed the same as HDR3 you could have reduced the number of steps and time needed to complete the project.
Good catch noticing this unique photo opportunity and capturing a Feline Point of Interest.
Michael G
No, I did not try X8 HDR merge. The X8 HDR function does not have as many adjustment options or presets. It does work quite well though. Thanks for viewing and your comments. Have a GREAT DAY!
Oct 21, 2016 16:45:50 #
That would make a nice cover for a children's book on cats. Well done.
Jack
Jack
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