O Captain! My Captain!

[anvilimage]

I went and explored a local floating history museum, the USS Hornet, last weekend with my fiance and her boys. I grabbed this shot of the captain's chair while touring the island (control tower).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3351/3217688292_1b79e2e093_b.jpg

You can view it even larger here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anvilimage/3217688292/sizes/o/

-joe

[ArcticShooter]

Excellent shot. Great details.
You have to look at the larger size. You should just replace it with the large size, since that is within the forums limit.

[anvilimage]

Thanks!

I wasn't sure of the posting limit size so I played it safe and used the smaller size. I edited my post above to reflect the larger size allowed...

-joe

[CameraBuff]

Very nice, I love those indoor shots where the outside view through the windows is so nicely exposed.

[anvilimage]

Very nice, I love those indoor shots where the outside view through the windows is so nicely exposed.

Well, that is only thanks to the magic of HDR...

-joe

[flapsmcgee]

Thats one of the best HDR's ive seen in a long time ...well done

[canonloader]

I agree, one of the best I have seen. I've been aboard her many times, when she was still commissioned and part of the 7th Fleet. ;)

[zacker]

very cool... loads of detail!!

[uwshprod]

By far one of the coolest HDR photos i have seen.

[LostShootingStar]

wow, that looks great. http://m08o1124znfu179.imageshacknow.info/img/2464/j08o1214ldqc/thumb.gif so used to seeing HDR in nature photography.

[Familiaphoto]

That is great, love the look it gives the leather.

[AxxisPhoto]

Wow! That is one of the best HDR images I've ever seen! Outstanding work.

[heycow]

Very cool shot with great PS.

You know, I don't think I've ever gone on the Hornet tour...I really should. :D

[tmcman]

Nice. You get to see out the windows and you get that nice mechanical shine to the interior details. Thanks.

[Windup]

Joe,

Nicely done!
Can you share details?

How many exposures and what aperture settings?
Did you use a tripod?
What was your editing software?

Thanks
Marty

[TATER64]

Brilliant conversion Joe

[anvilimage]

Joe,

Nicely done!
Can you share details?

How many exposures and what aperture settings?
Did you use a tripod?
What was your editing software?

Thanks
Marty


Wow! Thanks for all of the comments! Work had me out of commission for a few days and it was a surprise coming back...

Marty: It was shot in a pretty tight space and I was trying out the Sigma 10-20 that I picked up from another list member recently. The HDR was composed of 3 RAWs shot hand-held at f8/ISO 320. I slammed the three images together using Photomatix and then I layered the original exposures under it in Photoshop CS4 so that I can do spot corrections by brushing through a mask and exposing the layer underneath.

Depending on the image, my workflow can change and I will use a filter to remove noise or I will adjust the color curves somewhere in the process.

Note that I did shoot this one hand-held because of the constraints of available space and time since I was on a tour, but I almost always use a tripod and I recently bought a wireless trigger to minimize image shake.

Heycow: Make the trip over there, it's definitely worth it! After I got home I read the guide pamphlet and I realized I probably missed half of the ship!

Thanks again, everyone, for the compliments!

-joe

[Windup]

Joe,

Good explanation!
Thanks

[crimsonblack]

Awesome!

[anvilimage]

Thanks!

I found it funny when this pics was recently found by someone who converted for a steampunk wallpaper and then someone else pasted in a vintage looking Captain Kirk. Check it out here:

http://anvilimage.com/2010/03/26/el-capitan-emerges-from-the-shadows/

-joe

[Viva-photography]

Oh lord. Another Dead Poet's Society refrence.
I THOUGHT I WAS DONE WITH ENGLISH!

haha. Nice picture though.