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Dark Star
18-04-2007, 22:16
Nice sunny day in London so I took a stroll round the Warren St area. All comments gratefully received! More HDR practice!!! :D:

Just added one more and tried to reduce noise on 3 & 4

1)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/pot.jpg

2)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/pub.jpg

3)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/between-2.jpg

4)
http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/2-2.jpg

5)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/et-1.jpg


6)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/reflec.jpg


7)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/top-2.jpg
Janice
18-04-2007, 22:31
Lovely stuff John..... quite a productive day in the smoke then!! :D

There is quite a bit of noise in the sky of the first ones.....My favourites are the last two 5 & 6... they are brilliant. :thumbs:
Dark Star
18-04-2007, 22:48
Yeah thanks Janice I might redo those - I was keen to process and post - could have spent a little longer on those first ones I think!
BBW
18-04-2007, 23:05
3 & 5 for me
Magic88
19-04-2007, 02:14
Great images, John. They are tack sharp, have great color and beautiful composition. Two thumbs up.
markp
19-04-2007, 06:47
6 & 7 do it for me, nice one. Shame about the JPG compression in 3 & 4.
Jas
19-04-2007, 08:36
4,5 and 6 are my favourites, good pic's including one of my occasional office in Triton Square!
Dark Star
19-04-2007, 09:32
4,5 and 6 are my favourites, good pic's including one of my occasional office in Triton Square!

Cheers chaps! Jas which one is your office? I work round the corner on Drummond Street/Hampstead Road.
ShawWellPete
19-04-2007, 10:21
I really like number 2, a subject many photographers wouldn't bother with. It sreminds me of a painting I have by Bary Smith, a London artist. Here (http://www.barryejsmithart.co.uk/fantastic5.htm)is an example of his work.

Did you have to correct the angle of the building?
Dark Star
19-04-2007, 10:44
Thanks Peter - interesting comparison! Yes I did a little perspective shifting but it didn't need too much (my first real attempt as well!)
Jimmy_Lemon
19-04-2007, 10:49
WOW more great shots! Are these all HDRs from one image? or are you doing the auto bracket jobby? (is that the right term?) Whenever I have tried HDR from one shot I get a similar kind of noise...I am guessing because you are altering the image. When I have tried with the auto-bracketing it seems to loose all the noise. Just a thought! Still stunning shots! I like all of them!
Dark Star
19-04-2007, 10:58
Cheers Tom and they are indeed HDRs from one image. I was out without a tripod so these were all handheld and I don't trust myself to keep a steady camera between shots! :bonk:

Maybe next time !!!! I'm still learning lots about this game but as long as its fun....:D
ShawWellPete
19-04-2007, 13:30
I've yet to have any success from HDR, do you use photoshop or photomatix?
Dark Star
19-04-2007, 13:34
Photomatix Peter.

Into Rawshooter to create my 3 images as tifs, into Photomatix to create and tone map and then into CS to finish off, tweak, sharpen and size.
ShawWellPete
19-04-2007, 13:40
Photomatix Peter.

Into Rawshooter to create my 3 images as tifs, into Photomatix to create and tone map and then into CS to finish off, tweak, sharpen and size.

I'll try it again - I think there are problems when using Photomatix with Lightroom when using 1 raw which is when I gave up last time.