Anyone Know How To Do This Effect??

[LynnDA]

Does anyone know what this effect is called and if there is any tutorial that shows you how to achieve it??
PHOTOBLOG KU by Paulus Rusyanto
Thanks

[zona5101]

it looks like it was done by a long shutter and multiple strobe illumination...but that is a guess - and there is some post work as well - why not ask the photographer?

[BrianD]

Looks like a light version of HDR. Photomatix is popular program, CS5 is supposed to have improved HDR capability...do a youtube search for "HDR Tutorial" - that'll get you close.

[OsmosisStudios]

Looks like HDR< but I wouldnt rule out Zona's technique, though I'd suggest it was with a flashlight instead of a strobe.

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

Looks like HDR< but I wouldnt rule out Zona's technique, though I'd suggest it was with a flashlight instead of a strobe.

By clicking the photo you can view more photos - and some are more clearly HDR (the train station, bridge shot w/ double people)

[sk66]

Based on the light halos I'd also say HDR, but I do think the foreground tree probably had some artificial light added.

[LynnDA]

Thanks for the tips, I've had a look at a couple of HDR tutorials and I'll give it a go. It looks quite complicated but you don't learn if you don't try. Is there any pointers anyone can give that might make it a tad less scary?

[Krusty79]

Originally Posted by LynnDA

Thanks for the tips, I've had a look at a couple of HDR tutorials and I'll give it a go. It looks quite complicated but you don't learn if you don't try. Is there any pointers anyone can give that might make it a tad less scary?

Download Photomatix Pro. You can use it in the free mode - it will put Photomatix watermarks on your images. Try taking a normally exposed shot, then one at +2 and one at -2 works in most cases. Load the 3 jpgs into Photomatix and let it process them.

Download HDR photography software Photomatix

[LynnDA]

Thanks Krusty79 I'll give it a go. But I did find that CS5 has single image HDR so I might give that a go first to see whats what and then go from there.

[bigwater]

If your going to do HDR it will work much better if the shots are captured in a raw format if possible. CS5 does have the HDR toning command but again it will convert the image to 32 bit for processing so if you can capture in raw you can at least start with maybe a 12bit image out of camera. Depending on your technical knowledge and camera it might also be a good idea to capture the image in the Adobe 1998 color space also because it is a larger color space (if your comfortable and know how to convert it back because images posted to the web in Adobe 98 often will look much differnet than intended {use convert to profile srgb for the web cmyk for print})
I almost always use raw and that gives me the ability to process more than one copy of the image and blend them together 'by hand' basically single shot HDR, fun fun.
But then again I'm really a Photoshoper not a photographer

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