Homemade HDR.

iArts · Apr 20, 2010

Was just sitting at home,remembering sweet days of skating outside.Now all the outside rinks are closed
Anyways,here's the picture.Please leave your thought.

HDR made from 3 RAW shots. EV -2,0,+2 .Shot with Nikon D5000 + Kit 18-55mm lens. Tonemapped in Photomatix Pro.Texture overlay made in Photoshop.

Bynx · Apr 20, 2010

Very nice iArts. I bet some will ask why 3 shots were necessary.

bigtwinky · Apr 20, 2010

I like the concept of the shot very much.
I'm not a fan of the wall / wood panels in the back. I find the texture, lines and such in the panels to be interesting on their own and drawing my eye from the skate. If you have a locker room or something with the same feel, that might work.

Maybe playing with the lighting in the room as well to give a more spotlight effect on the skate and minimizing the impact of the wood panels?

And I ask... why an HDR? Can you post up the mid exposed of your 3 shots?

D-B-J · Apr 20, 2010

bigtwinky said:
I like the concept of the shot very much.
I'm not a fan of the wall / wood panels in the back. I find the texture, lines and such in the panels to be interesting on their own and drawing my eye from the skate. If you have a locker room or something with the same feel, that might work.

Maybe playing with the lighting in the room as well to give a more spotlight effect on the skate and minimizing the impact of the wood panels?

And I ask... why an HDR? Can you post up the mid exposed of your 3 shots?

+1

iArts · Apr 20, 2010

Here's the original shot.As you can see,it's not even cropped (you can see a tiny bit of a second skate on the right)

No postprocessing done here whatsoever.Just a plain shot as is from my camera.

Bynx · Apr 20, 2010

There are so many people who dont realize the power of HDR. A simple shot like this and how its made into a 3D photo as compared to your original middle shot. Again, well done.