carjunkman
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- Kajang, Malaysia
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- momoc.sumasu.com
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I like it but it's way over saturated in colors would be nice to see more sharpness especially on the house behind the tree I just noticed the house after looking at the pic for 3 seconds the picture is neat though I like it
looks great, but the cars are kindof distracting. Maybe if you were to zoom in to where the road is no longer in sight.
I personally like the cars.. But I think the effect is too strong. A little less saturation and contrast.
looks great, but the cars are kindof distracting. Maybe if you were to zoom in to where the road is no longer in sight.
Yup, I took to shot one from far post and another photo the tree fill in the frame. This one just want to share the cloudy cloud. Another photo you can see at my blog and with some more close-up shot to the house.
Hey Momoc, nice to see your 100 year old tree here. Maybe redo the shot on a better day with some blue skys? Or even wait for a day where the clouds really look amazing.
I would take the car out.
I will be slightly more critical, in the sense that I want to tell you constructively what I perceive as wrong with the shot.
Are you using multiple exposures for this image, or are you reworking one file before generating the HDR file? I see you use both techniques on your site, and I find the ones using multiple exposures a lot better than the single-shot HDRs.
First off, the shot is without distinct interest. The composition lacks something, and it feels as though the shot exists solely for the technique. It is almost like a quick shot rendered in extreme HDR, not a carefully composed urban landscape. The greenery on the right is interesting, as is the stairs on the left, they frame the tree in a certain way, that's good. But the cars driving by make little sense, they do not contribute to the image. Either freeze them, or better yet give them more motion blur to create a juxtaposition between the age of the tree and the speed of modern times.
Most annoying, and completely unacceptable to me in a landscape/architecture shot, are the converging lines. Your camera was pointed up at the tree, so the street light and other vertical lines aren't straight... they're narrowing toward the top. The best way to combat that is to use a Tilt-Shift (Canon) or Perspective Correction (Nikon) lens. Those a re expensive though, and you can also fix the file in Photoshop. You will need to shoot with a tri-pod, then fix the perspective of each file identically before cropping. Then you can run it through Photomatix or whatever.
Also, a good HDR shot needs to be sharp... but be careful not to over-sharpen. A lot will hinge on how exactly you shoot and process the multiple files that make up the HDR composit. Every final image needs different sharpening for different media - that means it will need a different level of sharpening for a monitor than it might for printing on matte paper. Sharpening will need to be the very last step.
Finally, I think the shot is WAAAY over-saturated. I understand this is a popular look right now, but consider using a little less of everything... less saturation, less contrast, and slowly work your way into the image to achieve what you seek. What is the story the picture is telling? Is it simply that you figured out HDR? Fine, go crazy. But if you want to speak about the age of the tree, the times we live in, maybe just how big it is, use the tools available to you to help you tell that story.