The Shard

[KaPOWitsCHRIS]

The Shard in London. Tallest building in the EU apparently. Tone mapped this one from a single image.

 

[YoungPhotoGirl]

Clarity (or HDR) is a bit intense for me.
What lens did you use?
Love the tones, great job!

 

[KaPOWitsCHRIS]

Clarity (or HDR) is a bit intense for me.
What lens did you use?
Love the tones, great job!

I used the Canon 50mm f1.8

 

[YoungPhotoGirl]

Nice,
I fell when HDR is attempted there needs to be a certain softness to it , or it becomes overwhelming.
Maybe give that a go- a slight gaussian blur would probably do the trick
Was this image an intentional HDR, if so, I find that a HDR composure of 3 images works a bit better (not that I do HDR often, so take my advice with a grain of salt!)

 

[YoungPhotoGirl]

*feel

 

[KaPOWitsCHRIS]

Normally I do use multiple exposures for HDR but this time I didn't have my tripod with me

 

[AaronLLockhart]

It's actually not that bad to be from a single image. A bit overcooked, but not bad.

 

[john5189]

One of the first of many to post a picture of this building.
not bad

 

[KaPOWitsCHRIS]

Thanks all. Something I hate about all my own HDR images is the sky, however I don't know how to make that look more natural while keeping the HDR in the rest of the image.

 

[AaronLLockhart]

Thanks all. Something I hate about all my own HDR images is the sky, however I don't know how to make that look more natural while keeping the HDR in the rest of the image.

2 words:

Layer mask.

 

[AaronLLockhart]

This is an example with a layer mask done on the background and then the tones re adjusted to look more "natural."

 

[KaPOWitsCHRIS]

Well here's my attempt at fixing the sky

 

[AaronLLockhart]

Well here's my attempt at fixing the sky

Very good sir!

 

[KaPOWitsCHRIS]

Well here's my attempt at fixing the sky

Very good sir!

Thank you.

Here's the normal image for anyone who wants to try their own editing on it. It has had some small adjustments in Lightroom as I shot in RAW.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5560005/_MG_4032.jpg