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      09-25-2014, 05:48 AM   #5457
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How do you get that 'washed out' kind of effect? Been wondering for a long time...


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      09-25-2014, 07:23 PM   #5460
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How do you get that 'washed out' kind of effect? Been wondering for a long time...
Lower Contrast and raise Exposure level.
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      09-25-2014, 11:43 PM   #5461
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      09-25-2014, 11:49 PM   #5462
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      09-26-2014, 07:37 AM   #5463
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Messing around with HDR...still not sure how I feel about it.

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      09-26-2014, 09:21 AM   #5464
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Messing around with HDR...still not sure how I feel about it.
Nice composition and sky.

HDR is all the rage still, so it's a skill to be developed, but I think it's harder to make an image look both realistic and interesting. Here, you've got a strong subject, a great sky and your telling a story with you bike. I'm not sure if HDR added anything. When you look at this ten-years from now, will you think to yourself, "Thank goodness I did that one in HDR."? If the answer is "yes", then you should keep doing this and get even better at it. (This is pretty darn good).

I like HDR when it allows me to expand dynamic range, but try to do it so that a non-photographer won't suspect that I did anything.

I hope you don't mind me writing out my reaction. No offense is meant. I'm just philosophizing about when to use HDR.

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I'm with Dave on this one. It's pretty good as HDR goes, but it's a great subject and composition regardless. I think it would also make a pretty great monochrome with all the contrasts in the tower and the clouds.

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      09-26-2014, 11:16 AM   #5466
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Nice composition and sky.

HDR is all the rage still, so it's a skill to be developed, but I think it's harder to make an image look both realistic and interesting. Here, you've got a strong subject, a great sky and your telling a story with you bike. I'm not sure if HDR added anything. When you look at this ten-years from now, will you think to yourself, "Thank goodness I did that one in HDR."? If the answer is "yes", then you should keep doing this and get even better at it. (This is pretty darn good).

I like HDR when it allows me to expand dynamic range, but try to do it so that a non-photographer won't suspect that I did anything.

I hope you don't mind me writing out my reaction. No offense is meant. I'm just philosophizing about when to use HDR.

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Point taken. I felt given the "alien" nature of this location a slightly different interpretation might work...or not. Thanks for the input.
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When I do HDR I take the HDR version and overlay a normally processed +/- 0EV image on it, then reduce the opacity to bring our the expanded dynamic range without revealing the "fake" looking parts of the the HDR image. So with your HDR image open in Photoshop, go to File then Place (or Place Embedded) and navigate to the non-HDR version. Once they're stacked, adjust opacity to suit. Sometimes you need to switch the order of the layers to get the best results.

Here's an example of HDR alone and HDR/normal merged.

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      09-27-2014, 12:45 PM   #5469
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When I do HDR I take the HDR version and overlay a normally processed +/- 0EV image on it, then reduce the opacity to bring our the expanded dynamic range without revealing the "fake" looking parts of the the HDR image. So with your HDR image open in Photoshop, go to File then Place (or Place Embedded) and navigate to the non-HDR version. Once they're stacked, adjust opacity to suit. Sometimes you need to switch the order of the layers to get the best results.

Here's an example of HDR alone and HDR/normal merged.
Very nice lesson Mark.
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Another different edit style for me ...


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      09-27-2014, 10:39 PM   #5472
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Nice one David. I see the heavy vignette. What else did you do?
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Nice one David. I see the heavy vignette. What else did you do?
Thanks, Dave.

Actually this one was an easy one:

Base shot with 6D+TS-E 17, CPL, and 3-stop soft GND;
ISO 50, 6.0s @ f/20

Editing all done in LR5

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- WB : As Shot (I am generally very happy with the 6D white balance)

Lightroom Color Preset : Old Polar
Lightroom Effect Preset : Vignette 2 (the heavy one)
Default sharpening (+25)
No change to default NR
Default lens profile correction

Then added radial filter around the majority of the tree and the sky behind it:
- Exposure: +1.84
- Highlights : +25
- Clarity : +41

Another radial filter (long horizontal oval) on the lower grass area to bring it out a bit:
- Exposure : +1.55
- Highlights : +55
- Shadows : -46
- Clarity : +65

So it's the heavy vignette coupled with the extra exposure in the center of the frame.

Here's a before and after, attached..
Also attached screenshot of where the radial filters are.

Note - the GND filter is the reason that in the original shot, the tree is noticeably darker than the grass.
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We don't often get cool clouds out here

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Those are truly great clouds Ed.
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Those are truly great clouds Ed.
Thanks Dave. Clouds like that just scream for a B&W conversion to me.
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Thanks Dave. Clouds like that just scream for a B&W conversion to me.
I agree in that case.
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