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Was walking around at Singapore's Haw Par Villa and saw those monkeys... and somehow felt the urgent to climb up there

Since lighting conditions weren't that easy (a lot of glare from the monkeys, overcast sky, that white statue in the background), I used a polarizer and bracketed the scene with +2, 0 and -2 EV.
Set my D90 to remote & 2 sec timer and took a couple of unbracketed shots with normal metering.

Generated an HDR from the 3 bracketed shots and inserted my destruction team in PS with layer masks...

Post processing like WB, Contrast, Vibrance, etc. in Lightroom.

Destruction Team vs King Kong

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Old 06-16-2009, 02:46 PM
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Interesting and vibrant post processing. Thanks for sharing, and welcome to DPS!
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Old 06-16-2009, 05:50 PM
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lol a lot of work for the shot but well worth it nicely done ... I love hdr but much prefer the natural look to them now .. nice job though
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LOL!!! WELCOME TO THE GANG...I think you will fit in here just fine!!!!
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