A trip to the store [Archive] - Canon Digital Photography Forums

Belmondo

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 01:13

A trip to Neiman Marcus in San Francisco recently.

http://www.onlinephotographers.com/gallery/albums/Hot-August-Nights/Nieman_Marcus_1.jpg
http://www.onlinephotographers.com/gallery/albums/Hot-August-Nights/Nieman_Marcus_2.jpg
http://www.onlinephotographers.com/gallery/albums/Hot-August-Nights/Nieman_Marcus_3.jpg

thomascanty

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 10:00

That's a fancy looking store!

Ikinaa

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 10:05

Nice, the second picture reminds me of your current avatar.

photog_87

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 12:34

Did you HDR the first one... it looks like it. That or you are a master of dodge and burn!

Skrim17

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 12:36

so the wife gets louis vuitton and you get to take pics? seems somehow unfair, yet honest.

second pic is telling.

Belmondo

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 12:48

Did you HDR the first one... it looks like it. That or you are a master of dodge and burn!

No...I did it all in 16-bit. There was a little bit of fiddling, but probably no more than about 10 minutes total. The main thing was bringing up the detail in the interior surfaces which, as you can tell, were pretty dark.

photog_87

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 13:03

Ah-hah... bottom left pillar right by the exit... you missed a spot. But serious... try passing this one through HDRing... i have been BLOWN away by the results. Have you given it a stab before?

kevin_c

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 13:19

Nice, the second picture reminds me of your current avatar.
:lol::lol::lol: I was thinking that - Great shots Belmondo, love the first one in particular.

Belmondo

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 13:19

No, I haven't. I'll give it a stab. I also have a couple photos of the stained glass ceiling that was salvaged from the old City of Paris department store.

photog_87

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 15:55

I would love to take a stab at it with your original RAW file. If you are game...

Belmondo

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 16:15

I would love to take a stab at it with your original RAW file. If you are game...

Sure. I'm in the middle of paying bills and doing some property management right now. Send your email address by PM or email me, and I'll take a stab at sending it later.

photog_87

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 18:43

e-mail sent... actually... you can just email me at "nick@blee-ree-eyed.com".

Belmondo

7th of August 2006 (Mon), 23:39

Nick:

I tried twice to email it, and both times I got an error saying my server had rejected it as being too large. It's roughly 16mb. RAW images from a 1Ds Mk II tend to be big.:o

If you have any thoughts on how to send it, I'm game.

SolPics

8th of August 2006 (Tue), 03:22

Nice shots. My wife loves that store, and they don't even sell cameras.

photog_87

8th of August 2006 (Tue), 09:45

belmondo - first thing to try is zipping it. a RAW file has a lot of "fluff" in it that comresses quite well. So try that first, see how small you can get it.

Kevin

8th of August 2006 (Tue), 12:31

I almost lost my balance in the first one. A real hot spot for my better half.;)