Beverley Minster - Revisit ... HDR Alert

Dave.L · 25 Jan 2010

Bit of a loose end on friday afternoon (no overtime again this week) so decided to have a return visit to Beverley Minster to right a few wrongs from my last visit, plus there is so much to photograph in there. Gave my old friend Mick (Mickyluv) a call to see if he fancied a few hours out, but he was more keen on earning even more money than he already has.

Terrible weather outside, really grey dark and wet, but at least its dry in there. The "Greeters" are really friendly and are keen to offer all sorts of interesting information, could talk to them for ages, but only had a couple of hours or so to play with. It was nice and quiet in there, mainly due to the bad weather I think, which helped a lot, really difficult timing 5 exposures with crowds of people about.

Concentrated on a small section of the Minster this time, to hopefully improve on some shots that didnt really turn out right last time, rather than trying to get everything done like a headless chicken.

Pentax K7
Sigma 17-70
5 shot Brackets
Tonemapped in Photomatix
Lightroom
Paint Shop Pro

This is basicly a walk from one end of the Minster to the other, with a return view at the end ... (hope that makes sense)

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2,

3,

4,

5, .... My favourite of the set, and the last ones I took (glad I waited "just another5 mins" )

Thank you for taking the time to look and please post any comments, good (preferably) or bad (if you must)

Dave ....

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redgaz1961 · 25 Jan 2010

Hi Dave
The pictures look great, might just try them in black and white
Cheers G

Dave.L · 26 Jan 2010

redgaz1961 said:
Hi Dave
The pictures look great, might just try them in black and white
Cheers G

Thanks for your comments, had a quick look at some in B+W, not really my cup of tea, thanks for the suggestion.

Dave ...

OptimusBri · 26 Jan 2010

I like them a lot. Nice and symmetrical, and the HDR is great

Gavlar82 · 26 Jan 2010

sharp images, great angles. hdr - hmm unsure

Goneforagasper · 26 Jan 2010

Love the set, I must get myself to Beverley.

tom king · 26 Jan 2010

as usual with HDR they look like cartoons not photographs ! horrible

Deckard · 26 Jan 2010

I'd have to respectfully disagree with Tom, I think you've done a good job with the HDR treatments. #3 is just verging on the HDR garish, but generally I think they look pretty natural myself.

dinorock · 26 Jan 2010

tom king said:
as usual with HDR they look like cartoons not photographs ! horrible

i think tom dos,nt like hdr

Deckard · 26 Jan 2010

In fairness, neither do I unless they're done to look natural.

mickyluv · 26 Jan 2010

Looks like the title HDR ALERT did not alert those that don,t like it yet feel compelled to look (mmm closet fans maybe) :LOL:

This is a fine set Dave,the processing on these looks a big improvement,well composed and I'm not even a closet fan.Well done
And regards money, I wish I was a pound behind you....Mick

Redhead · 26 Jan 2010

I think these are just superb,,, I love HDR, and in my opinion these look fantastic,, and what a beautiful place......

Sue

Dave.L · 26 Jan 2010

OptimusBri said:
I like them a lot. Nice and symmetrical, and the HDR is great

Thank you,........ appreciated.

wannabphotoguru said:
sharp images, great angles. hdr - hmm unsure

2 out of 3 aint too bad, ......

Goneforagasper said:
Love the set, I must get myself to Beverley.

Fantastic place, see more to photograph every time I go.

tom king said:
as usual with HDR they look like cartoons not photographs ! horrible

I appreciate and respect your views, we cant all like the same things.

Deckard said:
I'd have to respectfully disagree with Tom, I think you've done a good job with the HDR treatments. #3 is just verging on the HDR garish, but generally I think they look pretty natural myself.

Will have to have another look at 3 to see if I can draw it back in a bit. Thanks for the positive comments.

dinorock said:
i think tom dos,nt like hdr

Apparently not, but each to his own, at least he left a comment.

Deckard said:
In fairness, neither do I unless they're done to look natural.

Still trying to get that happy medium with the process, more to it than meets the eye.........

mickyluv said:
Looks like the title HDR ALERT did not alert those that don,t like it yet feel compelled to look (mmm closet fans maybe)
This is a fine set Dave,the processing on these looks a big improvement,well composed and I'm not even a closet fan.Well done
And regards money, I wish I was a pound behind you....Mick

Thank you my friend, you should have come for a couple of hours

Redhead said:
I think these are just superb,,, I love HDR, and in my opinion these look fantastic,, and what a beautiful place......

Sue

Thank you for taking the time to comment.

midsnick · 27 Jan 2010

I like them alot, i think the hdr has worked well.

HopefulM · 27 Jan 2010

really like no 3

ScarySquirrel · 28 Jan 2010

Personally the HDR is too much on 2, 3, 4 and 5 for me. On 1 it is a bit more subtle and works reasonably well.

Have you tried toning the HDR-ness (yes, I just made that up) down a bit?

Dave.L · 28 Jan 2010

midsnick said:
I like them alot, i think the hdr has worked well.

Pleased you like the processing.

HopefulM said:
really like no 3

Thank you, glad you found a favourite.

ScarySquirrel said:
Personally the HDR is too much on 2, 3, 4 and 5 for me. On 1 it is a bit more subtle and works reasonably well.

Have you tried toning the HDR-ness (yes, I just made that up) down a bit?

Thought I had been easy on the sliders, they turned out really as I intended, but I do appreciate you taking the time to comment, will have to remember that this style of processing does have limited attraction.

Dave ....

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