Melbourne GPO Columns
May 11, 2013 21:33:30 #
andrew.haysom
Loc: Melbourne, Australia
A seven-exposure Photomatix merge of the columns out front of the Melbourne GPO building in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
May 11, 2013 22:14:28 #
May 12, 2013 03:09:52 #
andrew.haysom
Loc: Melbourne, Australia
Nikonian72 wrote:
Very nice HDR! Now define GPO.
Sorry about that, we IT guys use far too many acronyms in our work, it's spilling over into hobbies as well. GPO is General Post Office, this beautiful old building used to be Melbourne's main Post Office but is now offices, restaurants and shops.
May 12, 2013 05:13:11 #
That's a neat shot.
Was it taken early in the morning? I thought there were tables from cafes along that route.
Was it taken early in the morning? I thought there were tables from cafes along that route.
May 12, 2013 05:16:28 #
andrew.haysom
Loc: Melbourne, Australia
amersfoort wrote:
That's a neat shot.
Was it taken early in the morning? I thought there were tables from cafes along that route.
Was it taken early in the morning? I thought there were tables from cafes along that route.
You're right there are cafe tables in there during the day. This shot was taken at about midnight, at the end of a photo walk with my friend Dave.
May 12, 2013 08:08:03 #
andrew.haysom wrote:
A seven-exposure Photomatix merge of the columns out front of the Melbourne GPO building in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Very nice control of perspective and the light is wonderful. To nit-pick: That small bit of pink (reflected light from another source?) on the top left is a distraction for my "roving eye".
But it is a well-executed beautiful image
May 12, 2013 11:26:19 #
You have great control of noise, dof, and clarity as usual. A very nice photo as already stated by our UHH friends. Those aren't ghost walking the halls at Midnight, it is Andrew.
May 12, 2013 20:25:56 #
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May 13, 2013 04:00:55 #
Andrew, you make it difficult for picky people like me, so few nits to pick. Superb DOF, subject, control of light etc etc. And the colour is gorgeous. I do agree about the pink light but I guess thats what there is so thats what you get. My only thoughts are as usual about distortions. If you zoom right into the back to the doorway and also have a look at the levels across the top of the pillars the horizontal is marginally off but only to people like me who look very carefully. The verticals are pretty good but the second set of columns from the front on the right show a little curvature and are slightly off vertical. In short, very very tiny nits for an outstanding pic.
Peter
Peter
May 13, 2013 10:35:50 #
conkerwood wrote:
Andrew, you make it difficult for picky people lik... (show quote)
I was hoping you had a solution for the pink light!
May 13, 2013 14:31:40 #
May 13, 2013 18:29:16 #
andrew.haysom wrote:
A seven-exposure Photomatix merge of the columns out front of the Melbourne GPO building in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Andrew, your work is awesome.
May 13, 2013 20:48:49 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
I was hoping you had a solution for the pink light!
I do actually and its quite simple but I was being a bit lazy and I didn't want to sound like I was being too picky because its a fantastic pic. I used PS but it works just as well in Elements. Firstly go to the colour picker and set your foreground colour to the colour you want. I just chose a bit off the left hand wall from Andrew's pic. Then do a big selection around the pink area and plenty of overlap into the wall area. The go to Image>Adjustments>Hue and Saturation. Then click 'Colourise'. Adjust the saturation and darkness sliders until you get the pink area looking how you want. Don't worry about any overlap areas being messed up at this stage. Then create a layer mask set to 'Hide All' select a soft brush at 100% and paint in the new colour over the pink. Ends up perfectly coloured and you cannot pick it as being recoloured as it retains all of the original surface structure which of course cloning would have removed.
Hope this makes sense, let me know if you need more details.
Peter
May 13, 2013 21:42:20 #
conkerwood wrote:
I do actually and its quite simple but I was being... (show quote)
It does. I don't have your skills/experience-- so I would probably opt to leave it as is. As you say, it's a fine image without the fix. Sometimes, I think I'm more easily distracted than the general populace
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