HDR Shootout #4

[480sparky]

Sun peeked out a bit this morning, so I went out and managed to take a few before I got cold (it's 28°F right now).

All exif data is attached. Tripod mounted camera, mirror-up and remote release, so there should be no alignment problems.

Original image:

(Yeah, I know there's vignetting, but I decided to use a CPL to get the sky darker. Edit it as you wish.)


Click on the following for the full-size images:

EV-2
EV0
EV+2

Have at it!

 

[480sparky]

OK, I'll throw my own out first:

Luminance.
Profile 2.
Contrast Factor 0.700
Saturation Factor 1.400
Detail Factor 1.0
Pre-Gamma 1.000

Edited in Gimp 2.6 to correct perspective & increase saturation.

 

[Provo]

Here's a step by step how to compress & upload source files for the shootout's
*Windows 7 64bit if you have 32bit then same steps except download winrar 32bit
HDRShootout Upload Guide.​

 

[Provo]

Hey this is a nice image file to play with thank's sparky & may I add that your edit looks mighty good but it's still the 1st edit

 

[Forkie]

Here's my go. Photoshop CS4:

 

[willis_927]

Here's my attempt.

 

[Bynx]

Wow this wasnt an easy one at all. Nik HDR EFFEX PRO.

 

[Provo]

Here's my edit

Photomatix 4.0.2
Lightroom 3
Photoshop CS5
Nik Color Efex (Tonal Contrast preset) Masked layer 60% W photomatix output
Nik Raw Presharper 60%
Content Aware brush corners

Here's same image above just added OnOne Phototools Color Boost Portrait

 

[nos33]

Photomatix pro
touched up in photoshop
topaz denoise
topaz adjust
the stick at the top was bugging me so i got rid of it. it totally drew my eye away from the subject.

 

[Bynx]

Josh you have done it again. You consistently knock it out of the ball park. Excellent colors, and clarity. The details in the door and the top of the loft on the right is excellent. Something that eludes the others. Again I have to say I cant see a rendition beating your efforts. I have to pay closer attention to what you do and what you do it with.

 

[Provo]

Josh you have done it again. You consistently knock it out of the ball park. Excellent colors, and clarity. The details in the door and the top of the loft on the right is excellent. Something that eludes the others. Again I have to say I cant see a rendition beating your efforts. I have to pay closer attention to what you do and what you do it with.

Thanks dude best compliment anyone has ever given me to date. Much appreciated

 

[SlickSalmon]

I wish I lived in an area where the sky was this blue!

Two versions for your viewing pleasure. The first is straight out of Photomatix Pro - strength = 90 (I forgot to write down the other settings)

This one is with a little Photoshop editing, mostly crop, curves, and sharpening

 

[480sparky]

I wish I lived in an area where the sky was this blue!

"Well, you know I... I never got to bat in the major leagues. I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Make him think you know something he doesn't. That's what I wish for. Chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes just to look at it. To feel the tingling in your arm as you connect with the ball. To run the bases - stretch a double into a triple, and flop face-first into third, wrap your arms around the bag. That's my wish, Ray Kinsella. That's my wish. And is there enough magic out there in the moonlight to make this dream come true?"
.......................................................................... --- Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham

 

[SlickSalmon]

I wish I lived in an area where the sky was this blue!

"Well, you know I... I never got to bat in the major leagues. I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Make him think you know something he doesn't. That's what I wish for. Chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes just to look at it. To feel the tingling in your arm as you connect with the ball. To run the bases - stretch a double into a triple, and flop face-first into third, wrap your arms around the bag. That's my wish, Ray Kinsella. That's my wish. And is there enough magic out there in the moonlight to make this dream come true?"
.......................................................................... --- Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham

Bravo!

 

[mortovismo]

In HDR, blue sky more often than not is your enemy.