Lakeside

[potterm]

My first serious foray into HDR, taken from a single RAW exposure which was processed to create 4 jpegs at varying exposures (-2,-1,0,1), and then pushed through Photomatrix. Two tone-mapped images were then produced (using different algorithms) and overlayed in photoshop using Soft Light mode. Then just a touch of curves/sharpening/saturation adjustment to finish.



EXIF of the original was: f/6.3, 1/250s, ISO 100

Thanks for looking.

Martin.

EDIT: Large version on-black is here.

[jakethepig]

Martin, this is a gorgeous photograph. I love the reflection and I have see the large version on black and that one looks even better and well worth a look to anyone viewing this one. But you never posted the link to that one buddy. Great work my friend.

Jake.

[Fred flyfisher]

Very nice Martin, I've been messing around a little bit with HDR but, I haven't been satisfied with the results yet. This is really nice. Doesn't look over done to me. Nice work.

[potterm]

Originally Posted by jakethepig

Martin, this is a gorgeous photograph. I love the reflection and I have see the large version on black and that one looks even better and well worth a look to anyone viewing this one. But you never posted the link to that one buddy. Great work my friend.

Jake.

Thanks once again Jake - much appreciated. Yes I forgot the link - version on-black is here.

Originally Posted by Fred flyfisher

Very nice Martin, I've been messing around a little bit with HDR but, I haven't been satisfied with the results yet. This is really nice. Doesn't look over done to me. Nice work.

Thanks Fred. Yes I've been dabbling for a while and thanks to Bradzo's recent efforts finally took the plunge. In my book there are two types of HDR that work - those that are completely overdone (and therefore more artistic / painterly), and those that just provide lots of detail in a (hopefully) life like image. To be honest I wasn't completely happy with either of the results from Photomatrix at first, which was why I overlayed them in PP. I can't claim credit for that idea though - see http://garmahis.com/tutorials/hdr-tu...free-software/.

Martin.

[Chippee]

This is stunning. I love the reflection. Excellent work.

[potterm]

Originally Posted by Chippee

This is stunning. I love the reflection. Excellent work.

Many thanks Chippee.

[Chewys Dad]

Really Nice work Martin! You created a beautiful Landscape that had depth and great detail. It's not over cooked and very well composed.
I just started my foray into HDR, I need to take more landscapes in Raw; I shoot almost exclusively in JPG Large; I've tried using 3 copys of a Jpg in Photo Matirx with different exposure settings, but havn't been too happy with the results. I need to read the tutorial I guess, You know how us guys never like to read the instructions. Oh well, I'll keep trying.
Thanks for Sharing these.
Chewys Dad.

[joeandrews]

Fantastic colours and reflection! Nice job.

[dlalonde]

Love this. I'd love to hang something like that on my wall. Well done.

[Frankius]

It looks great!

I used photomatix a lot of times, with bad results (acidentally paint-like), and with your method sound tricky, i will try it next time!