A Golf Ball's Perspective

[wattsbw2004]

Took this HDR shot while out golfing yesterday, Im actually surprised at how the grass was blurred even though i had a mini tripod attached although it was a breezy day. Changes made in Adobe Lightroom. What do you think, should I make any other adjustments in LR or CS3? Feel free to re-edit and repost.

[clockdoc]

Hi, Can you tell us if this was done through the traditional multiple exposure roue or did you manipulate a single exposure in post processing? I am no expert in HDR so to me it looks like the green was just overly saturated. Your blurry grass may be the result of the camera focusing on infinity when a large part of the picture was very close to the camera and wasn't as sharp. There seems to be 'registration' problems with the clouds and trees which could be attributed to multiple exposures taken in rapid succession but having movement between exposures.

[wattsbw2004]

it was actually taken through several exposures but I found out what the problem was and corrected it which made me feel kind of stupid for forgetting but here is the corrected photo. I'm much more satisfied with this result as there isn't a problem with the blurring.

[clockdoc]

Much better. What was the problem that you corrected?

[stevesutt89]

What was the problem, if you don't mind me asking?

[wattsbw2004]

you'll laugh when you read this but when I took my shots into CS3 i forgot to check the automatically align button before merging.

[oriolhdz]

Nice photo. I always like the open space photos, and the how the color pop up. I always have the restlessness to know how the original photo looks like, so I will appreciate if you share it too with us.
Good job!

[wattsbw2004]

This is th original HDR shot untouched.

[uvsub]

Wow, this almost looks like a computer generated image. Sweet technique. I've been fooling around with HDR in CS3 and getting unpredictable results.

I like this alot. My take on this if you hadn't told me what your theme was is that you strongly saturated the green to give this a surreal playful feel. Since the trees in the background don't appear much taller than the long grass, it feels like fantasy.

You really need a focal point that drives (excuse the pun) your message home. Why not include part of a golf ball close-up dimples and all in the foreground?

[matthewchj]

Originally Posted by uvsub

You really need a focal point that drives (excuse the pun) your message home. Why not include part of a golf ball close-up dimples and all in the foreground?

Yeah, I agree, there's nothing much in the foreground. A golf ball would be good. Nice shot, though!