Seeing Double!

[RobN185]

Here is a pretty boring shot that I saw had potential...
(my arm is in shot to stop the glare from the sun)

1. Original

2. Final Version (copied, flipped and tone-mapped)

Don't discard your old images, there may be some little gems in there!

 

[new photographer]

wow i love it!!!!!!!

 

[PushingTin]

very creative, i like it

Could do without the halo at the edge of the trees reflection and would remove the dust spot bottom left (and right cause of the flip) of photo

 

[Frequency]

WOW; only if your palm was not there; Even if you had spend a few hours there so that you could avoid the glare, the image would have compensated; these is too much compromised
By the way, i took your palm to be a pillar of the bridge, from under which you were shooting

Regards

 

[RobN185]

Thanks "new photographer"

Thanks "Pushing Tin", I'm so embarrassed about the dust spot(s) - how did I miss that!!!!
I agree about the halo, I have it again on the next shot, taken same place, same day. I need to improve my processing...

 

[Frequency]

Sheer Magic :thumbsup:

 

[tyler_h]

Avoid tonemapping if you want realistic images from your pp. Brightness/Contrast layer adjustments with masks for different regions should be able to get you so pretty good results without requiring excessive time or effort.

 

[Frequency]

Was the symmetrical version there, when i commented first? i did not see that then. But i think the original scene there must be more beautiful. Symmetrical one has some points of attraction though

 

[RobN185]

Yeah, sorry Frequency.
I screwed up the Flickr link for the symmetrical version - all fixed now.
Thanks for the comments.

 

[Samerr9]

no.2 is real wowww

 

[new photographer]

Do you mind me asking what you use to make it look so surreal?

 

[RobN185]

Hi "new photographer", thanks for your interest.
It started life as a RAW file, put into "Photomatix" ("Photomatix" can take a single RAW as input file), then tonemapped - brought up the shadow detail and colour saturation, then adjusted to suit!
Once I was happy with the look, I finally cropped, copied and mirrored.

Hope this helps...

 

[new photographer]

Hi "new photographer", thanks for your interest.
It started life as a RAW file, put into "Photomatix" ("Photomatix" can take a single RAW as input file), then tonemapped - brought up the shadow detail and colour saturation, then adjusted to suit!
Once I was happy with the look, I finally cropped, copied and mirrored.

Hope this helps...

wow, thankyou so much! I will have to try it sometime!!

 

[Drake]

Almost like photography recycling, using something that you would otherwise delete to create something creative.