Thanks a lot, Gkrishn,Torqy and mjothi for liking the pics.
Hi Rudra, thanks a lot.
Well, actually what you are talking about is very high dynamic range in that sense[where even AEB doesn't help and you need to manually shoot different exposures keeping the frame same]. These are actually different exposures but only difference is that I've used the software(canon RAW in this case) to get different exposures as the light levels are different from the sky then to the earth. And it was nowhere possible to get everything in right mode of exposure with one shot but the difference was not that high also (so yeah it's not truely HDR, but I would like to call the extreme cases as VDHR ;-) ). So I thought why not use the HDR process to TRY to get the best out of it.
So to do this I used HDR process of photomatics (which is quite easy and effective) as I'm not very much comfortable with masking, erasing and blending. I did tried masking techniques before but never got any satisfactory results. But with photomatics it was different. I got the 32bit HDR which as you said can't be properly displayed in our current crop of monitors as monitors doesn't themselves have that range. Then comes the process of Tone-mapping and after playing with few settings I got the desired result. Then using Photoshop levels/curves contrast was corrected and the image was sharpened and borders and copyright used. This was the whole workflow that I use and I hope it'll be help to others.
And about the abnormal looking photographs which one gets from HDR is actually possible to get in this case also., I tried it acctually he he. It won't be like the extreme cases but using light smoothing and strength sliders even in these case I could see those output. And to be frank I never liked those artificial looking shots much. May be for first 2-3 outputs one'll feel like wow but after that "naah, natural looking photos are better". And as you said probably it'll be easier to print also then those unnatural HDR's.
Regards,
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Originally Posted by rjstyles69 Kaushik in all of the pics the clouds look burnt and I guess I cant do much. So I leave it at that and maybe the next time I will give it a try.
BTW where is the travelogue buddy ? I saw the pics on flickr and they are fantabulous. |
Oh in that case you can't help it,better to leave it, there is always a next time.
Travelogues will be there soon, but I thought I'll process the photos first and then start the travelogue. And still many more pics left for processing and I'm actually scared at the thought itself he he.. Quote:
Originally Posted by rjstyles69 Why not give it a try Rudra ? Am actually toying the idea to get something in matt finish over the weekend. Ooh yes and before I forget I have found a place on KG Road which does digital printing and yes some amazing quality in their work. |
Hey, let me know also if you get the prints done well, I'm also looking for some place good to get some prints.
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