The Shot
This was taken on the Playa Grande beach Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote at close to high tide. There were also some good waves coming in and I used my recently acquired ND 8 filter which reduces light by 3 stops to get a soft feel to the waves. The HDR exposures were 1/5 sec, 1.6 sec and 6 seconds.
I was on a slightly higher bit of the beach providing a safe location as the waves came in.
The picture was taken on a Tripod with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle zoom at 10 mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing. Opened in Photoshop first and each image noise reduced with Noiseware Pro and saved as tiffs.
Photomatix
Outputted in Photomatix to detail enhancer. Click the Camera name top right for Exif details and the settings used.
Photoshop
Detail brought back in with Topaz adjust with HDR pop with adjustments
General adjustments in levels and curves to enhance.
Vibrance layer increase 25 points
The sunset colours were enhanced in the tonemapping and Topaz and slightly taken back by reducing saturation in yellows and blues with a layer mask to keep the colour in the water.
Layers flattened before going on to sharpening
First duplicate layer Noiseware Pro and a little sharpening
Second duplicate layer with mask to apply extra sharpening and contrast with low amount and high radius using Unsharp mask (Clarity Effect) The settings were 53 amount and 53 radius.
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The Shot
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This is my first shot to be processed from this year’s London Open House on 21st and 22 September. City Hall is on the south bank of the Thames near Tower Bridge and was my first visit.
The amazing spiral staircase inside is the centerpiece of this building. I had been to it in 2011 but wanted to try out my fisheye lens on it. I was surprised that the queues were quite light. I arrived an hour before opening but very few people were there and when I came out there was no queue. Last year there was apparently a long wait.
The light was pretty rubbish all weekend with dull overcast skies but for photos of the inside of buildings this was an advantage as it meant less contrast.
The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Samyang Fisheye lens at 8 mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing.
This picture was enhanced with HDR processing and Photoshop to bring in more detail. The original image had little colour with the grey sky so I decided to convert to mono for a better look.
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Another futuristic image from La Defense Paris and perhaps a few more bridges between buildings and some flying cars would make it complete! The viewpoint deserves to be better known but is just off the main Tourist areas and is difficult to find on the map with a lot of paths in the area. See my Blog for directions. It is taken at the same location as another shot taken in April but a little further along the footbridge.
The picture was taken with a Tripod with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle zoom at 10mm. The image was opened in Camera Raw and 3 additional images were created at +2EV and -2Ev for a “false HDR” with each image having Noiseware Pro applied. A Photoshop action I had saved was used to create the extra images automatically. The images were saved as tiffs.
The HDR was created using Photomatix and additional enhancements in Topaz adjust and adjustment layers in Photoshop. The before and after images on my Blog show a big difference.
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This is the DLR, Docklands Light Railway, platform at Bank Underground Station, London. The station is named after the Bank of England above ground but could not be more different. There is an especially clean, vibrant and futuristic look to the platform.
The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Samyang fisheye lens at 8mm and f5.6. I took 3 pictures for HDR.
Processing was done in Photomatix using Detail Enhancer. This was followed by Topaz and adjustment layers in Photoshop. A motion blur tool was used in Topaz to add movement to the train. The image was cropped a little for better composition.
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The Shot
This was taken on the Playa Grande beach Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote at close to high tide. The ideal weather for a good sunset is high white cloud which the sun shines through. The day developed like this and the sunset followed just to order. There were also some good waves coming in and I used my recently acquired ND 8 filter which reduces light by 3 stops to get a soft feel to the waves. The HDR exposures were 1/3 sec, 1.3 sec and 5 seconds
The picture was taken on a Tripod with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle zoom at 10 mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing. Opened in Photoshop first and each image noise reduced with Noiseware Pro and saved as tiffs.
Photomatix
Outputted in Photomatix to detail enhancer. Click the Camera name top right for Exif details and the settings used.
Photoshop
General adjustments in levels and curves to enhance.
The colours needed very little adjustment, Vibrance layer increase 31 points
The +2EV exposure was added in as a new layer. A black layer mask was added by holding alt while clicking the mask icon. Note that with an existing mask eg white which is the default for adjustment layers the colour of the mask can be changed from white to black and vice versa by clicking the mask to select it and then holding ctrl while pressing I for Invert. In this case a white brush was used on the black mask to bring more detail into the rocks with the extra exposure in this layer.
Layers flattened before going on to sharpening
First duplicate layer Noiseware Pro and a little sharpening
Second duplicate layer with mask to apply extra sharpening and contrast with low amount and high radius using Unsharp mask (Clarity Effect) The settings were 60 amount and 60 radius.
Another duplicate layer was used for Topaz Adjust to bring back more detail using HDR Presets, Dynamic Pop with adjustments. In Photoshop the effect was brought down a little by reducing the opacity of the layer used for Topaz to 86%.
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