River Adur
One from this morning. I took an HDR sequence, however this is processed from one of the images. I would value honest critique; eg does it look totally artificial. The land/ vegetation is pretty much a silhouette in the original
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Uploaded19/12/2017 - 23:50
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Posted 20/12/2017 - 09:15
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Must agree with all above comments. Great colours, lighting and the river leads you into the picture. Liked.
Posted 20/12/2017 - 09:24
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Very nice, and not artificial at all to my eyes - Liked.
I'd also like to see two other versions; one with the land completely silhouetted as you describe the 'original'; and a second with the levels of the land lifted a bit more, so that the frost is more obvious.
Phil
I'd also like to see two other versions; one with the land completely silhouetted as you describe the 'original'; and a second with the levels of the land lifted a bit more, so that the frost is more obvious.
Phil
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Posted 20/12/2017 - 12:35
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Lovely, natural looking and well composed image. Liked.
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Posted 20/12/2017 - 16:24
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Looks great. Lovely photograph
Posted 20/12/2017 - 17:23
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It doesn't look artificial at all, love the processing, hang it on the wall!
Posted 20/12/2017 - 22:09
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Great lighting, hues, textures and journey in this🙂 The tonal range looks realistic - our eyes / brain compute a vast range of contrast in comparison with a camera's interpretation in a single frame
Posted 20/12/2017 - 22:09
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First rate... just the right amount of detail in the grass for me without over doing it... super shot...
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Posted 20/12/2017 - 23:22
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Thanks everyone - much appreciated.
I agree and it is roughly as i recall the scene, albeit the grass and frost were perhaps a bit brighter.
About the two other versions Phil; the one with brighter frost would take me a bit too long at present to try and process and still get a realistic sky & reflection. My attempts so far look pretty bad. The other is easier to do and I have posted it in Your Photos; link
morpheus71 wrote:
The tonal range looks realistic - our eyes / brain compute a vast range of contrast in comparison with a camera's interpretation in a single frame
.The tonal range looks realistic - our eyes / brain compute a vast range of contrast in comparison with a camera's interpretation in a single frame
I agree and it is roughly as i recall the scene, albeit the grass and frost were perhaps a bit brighter.
About the two other versions Phil; the one with brighter frost would take me a bit too long at present to try and process and still get a realistic sky & reflection. My attempts so far look pretty bad. The other is easier to do and I have posted it in Your Photos; link
Andy
Posted 20/12/2017 - 23:23
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Doesn't look the least bit artificial. It's lovely - very like it was here yesterday morning - when I didn't have my camera with me !!
Posted 21/12/2017 - 07:52
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Looks spot on to me,
Lovely shot.
Lovely shot.
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Posted 21/12/2017 - 09:09
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Andy
Many thanks for posting the silhouette version (which also works well IMHO), but having seen it I think that on balance I prefer this one.
Phil
Many thanks for posting the silhouette version (which also works well IMHO), but having seen it I think that on balance I prefer this one.
Phil
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Posted 25/12/2017 - 11:31
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Really well deserved POTW, great shooting
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Posted 25/12/2017 - 19:44
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Looks real good to me!
Posted 26/12/2017 - 18:43
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A good choice for POTW, well done. Its lovely and not at all artificial.
David
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Posted 31/12/2017 - 07:29
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Agree with all of the above, doesn't look in the least artificial, as with other comments I agree it looks "like the eye would have seen" as opposed to "what the sensor captured". I also have played around with capturing files for HDR, and although I have seen very good, and natural looking, HDR work by others, my experience echoes yours. I have always been happier with the results I have got by processing a single RAW frame than by stacking and processing HDR. Having said that, shooting bracketed frames in wide contrast situations does maximise your chances of getting a perfect single exposure to work from!
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Posted 31/12/2017 - 20:56
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Thanks Paul. The eye is amazing with its ability to adapt to the extremes of light level before it. And on the whole I agree that processing a single image can/ does produce a better result than trying to produce a totally natural look with bracketed HDR shots
Andy
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