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by **Chica** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:34 pm

Tom and I have returned from our 2 month long overseas adventure and now have roughly 30,000 pics to sort through... promise not to put them all on here hehe!!

Here's my first small attempt at HDR, handheld, 3 shot bracketing.

by **colin_12** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:28 pm

These are really good Chica. Not over done, just right I think. :cheers:

by **surenj** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:39 pm

Bar a little haloing these are very subtle HDRs which suits quite well. The last one has the best composition. I realise that it's hard to exclude people, vehicles, streetlights etc etc when photographing this.

Do you have any wideangles showing the collosal nature of this structure?

by **DebT** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:58 pm

Clever girl well done !
DebT

by **wendellt** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:34 pm

great to see you travelling
the HDR attempt is good
just a creative footnote when you backlight things try to get some of the sun in and you will get a nice nostalgic flare

by **biggerry** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:14 pm

roughly 30,000 pics to sort through

Do you have any wideangles showing the collosal nature of this structure?

I think a ultra wide angle would have been nice here. I think the HDR style has worked very well, I would not have picked it to be HDR image, they all look quite natural. As mentioned the last image is a standout for me due to the composition, but I am left wanting more field of view.

With 30,000 clicks I am expecting a few more in the coming weeks :up:

by **biggerry** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:20 pm

Lookign at the first image again, I think gettign some more light out of the shadows would be great, i had a crack with your redbubble version, let me know if you want it removed etc...

by **Chica** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:40 pm

Hey everyone, thanks for the great feedback....

biggerry.... thanks for taking the time to play and tweak, it looks awesome.... can you tell me what you did? I would love to try and replicate!!!

I have got some photos that show the whole colosseum that hopefully shows it's size. It's an amazing place.

by **biggerry** on Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:47 am

just a creative footnote when you backlight things try to get some of the sun in and you will get a nice nostalgic flare

probably a bit hard to reshoot, however PP options are endless...

by **biggerry** on Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:55 am

can you tell me what you did? I would love to try and replicate!!!

1) Level and curves - or - d-lighting in capture NX to adjust the light in the shadows
2) Adjust the colour cast to bring it back from looking like sydney sandstone to something a little cooler..
3) A little contrast adjustment, mainly to counteract the levels/curves adjustment which can (in some cases) leave it looking washed out.
4) Add flare effect, I just did that in GIMP, you could probably do the same in photochop but I am not sure! in GIMP it is the under, 'filters' -> 'light effects' ->'FlareFX'

hth

by **surenj** on Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:04 am

Nice effect Gerry. I was thinking exactly the same thing! FYI PS has a similar lens flare filter.

by **Chica** on Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:37 pm

Wow, that looks amazing..... thank you.....I so appreciate the help and support on this site. I think instead of writing reports tonight, I will be playing in Photoshop!!! :-)

Cathy

by **Chica** on Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:31 pm

Hi everyone

I had a play in PS... (Im a novice PS'er!!) Any thoughts?

Cheers

Cathy

by **biggerry** on Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:57 pm

I had a play in PS... (Im a novice PS'er!!) Any thoughts?

lookign good there Chica! good work on getting that light out of the shadows, looks heaps better in my opinion. I think my flare FX is a bit better..but hey.. i'm a bit bias... :up: