Reading Oracle HDR

[Catdaddy]

Well, I set up my tripod for this shot - don't think the CCTV operators liked it that much! :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/walkdev/Photography/Reading051106/Oracle_HDR.jpg

[WetSparks]

Nice shot, why not send them a copy of it ;)

[Catdaddy]

Hahahaha! Can you lend me a keyboard? Mine's got coffee all over it!

Maybe they'd like this one too! (Under the bridge that I took the other one from...)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/walkdev/Photography/Reading051106/Oracle_Bridge_HDR.jpg

[CT]

Nice! It's just on the slant enough to feel a bit unsettling Chris.

1.25 degs I make it. :D

Edit first shot that is. Second is very nice.

[Grendel]

Excellent Chris! I never spotted that second shot - well found. HDR looks great on those :clap:

[Catdaddy]

Nice! It's just on the slant enough to feel a bit unsettling Chris.

1.25 degs I make it. :D

Cheers, Cedric! Updated the image now, thanks! (I made it 1.21 degress hahaha!)... :thumb:

Excellent Chris! I never spotted that second shot - well found. HDR looks great on those :clap:

Thanks Paul - I've wanted to take that shot under the bridge for a while... would have loved to do it with a 10-20mm bit of glass though!

First attempts at HDR. Jury's still out whether I like them that much or whether I've gone a bit overboard on it... Hmmm...

[Grendel]

Did you do it using Pete's tutorial?
It's actually the water in No 1 that does it for me! The colours and textures in the buildings look really vivid but that's kinda the idea with HDR isn't it?

[Catdaddy]

I did, Paul, yes. Well, more or less. I just mucked about with the tone mapping until I got something I thought was more-or-less okay!

[Marianne]

they are both splendid shots Chris :)

[Warspite]

Very nice - shame it was such an effort to get them though, but good to see determination and conviction coming through in the end :clap:

:thumbs:

[Hacker]

Very nice Chris, like the sky in the first.

[HIMUPNORTH]

Sorry but I do not care for the first one. The HDR effect says drama, the composition doesn't. The result for me is a troublesome picture with no ooh! factor.

Now #2 is different. That dramatic curve matches the treatment and is a winner:1st: :thumbs:

Good efforts Chris and agree that a mega-wide shot would be a great starting point for the treatment.

[minimeeze]

:agree:

[Venomator]

Ditto ... :agree: ...first is just a pic (albeit a decent pic !) but the second is something else ... excellent shot that one ... imo of course ...:thumbs:


BTB ... what's with all the troublesome wires across the water ... most annoying they are ...:D



:p

[Catdaddy]

Thanks for the comments, everyone!

I've had another go at the 2nd shot - toned down the HDR effect a little and removed the cables across the water. Do you guys think it's any better?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/walkdev/Photography/Reading051106/Oracle_Bridge_HDR_2.jpg

[Grendel]

Sorry Chris I preferred the first one :shrug: I think the clouds look a bit unnatural on the second, although cloning out the cables makes a big improvement!

[Joe T]

I like the arty (almost comic-book) feel of the first one. :)

[Forbiddenbiker]

I like the second and prefer the 3rd cleaned version, first doesn’t do much for me….to little contrast and a colour flatness type thing.

A very inspiring image for me that last one Chris, what a great comp… think I'd better find my self an HDR package.