Central Park, New York - HDR - C&C

[Parker219]

5. - Central Park Ice Skating

 

[Parker219]

6. Lets try a black and white

 

[Parker219]

7. I see SOME shadows in this one, but remember this was a very overcast / foggy day.

 

[tirediron]

6. Lets try a black and whiteView attachment 114729

I quite like this one; it has almost an 'Abbey Road' feel to it with the zebra crossing in the foreground. The skating rink isn't bad; maybe a touch too contrasty?

 

[Parker219]

^ Thanks! I was thinking Abbey Road when I took this.

 

[Parker219]

TiredIron, he said he would keep posting until you were happy...so keep quiet...) I like NY scenes
Ok, I agree, the blue color is too much.
I really like the angles of 2 and 4! Can you re- work them more naturally?
I am newer here, so can't tell you how to adjust, but I like the views...

Here you go Nancy...

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[NancyMoranG]

Thank you!
I hope you enjoyed your taste of the Big Apple!

 

[dennybeall]

I like the art and composition but they all look too blue and on this screen they look like paintings. I think the colors are toooooooooooo pure?

 

[Mr. Innuendo]

Some of the colors are waaaaay too saturated. Dial back the green/yellow a bit.

 

[jcdeboever]

I see blue. I liked the black & white one.

 

[Trblmkr]

What are you using to process the pictures. Almost all of them are over saturated. If you're using Photomatix, don't go over more then 70 in saturation (even that might be too high). Even though I hate the presets, I still like to start off with the Neutral/Balanced to give me a good starting point.

 

[Braineack]

some cool shots, i was just there over the weekend.

nyc is dirty and brown. youre over saturating the piss out of these.

 

[Parker219]

^ Thats because it was dirty and brown. I tried to make every pic look like Florida where I live.

 

[DGMPhotography]

I think what you are doing is tone mapping, and not true HDR. The rink one was better, and the black and white, but most of the color ones are going way over board.

 

[Parker219]

1 image taken, then make 2 copies, so you have 3 total images. Take 1 image to -2 exposure, one image straight out of camera, and 1 image plus 2 exposure.

Then combine all 3 images in Photomatix.


So you tell me if thats HDR or tone mapping.