Landscape HDR for C&C

[qleak]

I don't usually play with tone mapping too much. But I found in this case it helped to bring out a little more of the single raw photo. The second one is a curves edit where I tried to bring out out a little more vibrancy to create some drama. I masked in the curves layer since I didn't like the effect on the shadows so much.

20140604_0034 by n8.iverson, on Flickr

15938373396_d3706ccf17_o by n8.iverson, on Flickr

I'm interested in your thoughts.

 

[goooner]

Its nice, I would have tried a gradient by making the sky darker. I think you will get a nice effect with the clouds in the picture. Might have lightened the foreground a touch more as well.

 

[qleak]

Its nice, I would have tried a gradient by making the sky darker. I think you will get a nice effect with the clouds in the picture. Might have lightened the foreground a touch more as well.

Thanks for your comments. I'm still not quite satisfied with my attempts on this, I may be posting some follow-ups

 

[KmH]

HDR? How many exposures did you merge?

 

[qleak]

HDR? How many exposures did you merge?

Single raw file exposure tone-mapping. If you object to me calling it hdr I understand

 

[HikinMike]

The composition/subject isn't very strong, IMO. That said, If you shot this in RAW, I would re-process this twice (at least)....one for the sky and one for the foreground. Then use the Gradient tool like 'goooner' mentioned.

You might want to check out Tony Kuyper. He does a lot of work with masks. Tony Kuyper Photography—Writing

 

[weepete]

I do like the lighting and the way it illuminates the field which is really cool but the foreground grass colour in the second is too different from the background for my taste. The biggest issue is the flat section of sky on the left which dominates the frame too much.

 

[qleak]

The composition/subject isn't very strong, IMO. That said, If you shot this in RAW, I would re-process this twice (at least)....one for the sky and one for the foreground. Then use the Gradient tool like 'goooner' mentioned.

You might want to check out Tony Kuyper. He does a lot of work with masks. Tony Kuyper Photography—Writing

Thanks for your comments Tony Kuper's stuff looks pretty cool.

I'd be interested to hear what in your opinion is weak about the composition / subject. I understand perhaps it's unclear what the subject is (and that's what you probably mean by a weak subject?).

I was trying to capture something interesting of an incredibly foggy day and the light just beginning to break the fog. I'm thinking a crop to landscape could help my case here but I have a little too much work for tonight maybe an edit later this week.

 

[qleak]

I do like the lighting and the way it illuminates the field which is really cool but the foreground grass colour in the second is too different from the background for my taste. The biggest issue is the flat section of sky on the left which dominates the frame too much.

That's part of what I was trying to capture the way the light broke the fog.

The background greens had considerably more brown in them. So unless I just blast them with some green in curves, they will always be a different shade. This also would be more obvious with slightly less sky and probably less foreground too. I'll going to take another shot at this soon/.

Thanks for you comments. I really appreciate them

 

[HikinMike]

Thanks for your comments Tony Kuper's stuff looks pretty cool.

I'd be interested to hear what in your opinion is weak about the composition / subject. I understand perhaps it's unclear what the subject is (and that's what you probably mean by a weak subject?).

I was trying to capture something interesting of an incredibly foggy day and the light just beginning to break the fog. I'm thinking a crop to landscape could help my case here but I have a little too much work for tonight maybe an edit later this week.

Yes, I'm not seeing a subject. It could be the fact that it's too dark?

Cropping it from portrait to landscape, you are going to loose a lot of info (pixels).

 

[qleak]

Yes, I'm not seeing a subject. It could be the fact that it's too dark?

Cropping it from portrait to landscape, you are going to loose a lot of info (pixels).

Thanks again for your comments.

It took me a little bit to come to terms with your comments about the subject of the photo, but they are fair and much appreciated