The Board of Water and Light

[Lance Nelson]

I haven't gone too deep into the world of HDR yet, I've actually only done about 5 or 6 of them ever. This is my most recent and probably my best yet. However, I'd really like to get some CC as to how I can make it better.

I used PSCS3 for this, no Photomatix or any other sort of 3rd party software.



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Canon 40D w/ Sigma 10-20mm
Focal Length: 10mm
F/11
5 Exposures total bracketed in 1 stop increments.

[elephunk]

Nice natural effect. Not sure if it has handled the shifting clouds all that well though. Could you get away with using fewer exposures, or maybe masking part of the image?

[Lance Nelson]

I agree, the cloud shift is bothersome. I think when I get back from class I'll try a 3 exposure shot.

[Murtasma]

I think you did a great job tone mapping the HDR image. I do find the cloud shift to be bothersome however. 3 Exposers will be more then enough to get all the details for this particular scene 5 shots is overkill on something like this. I would also see how much lens correction you can get away with to fix the converging lines in the building, unless you like them then I would leave them. Personally I don't like it when lines converge in buildings usually.

[Lance Nelson]

I like the converging lines on this shot, I think it makes it pop out more. How would you fix those though, other than purchasing a tilt lens?