9 exposure hdr - key west sunset

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i cant wait to see if i get the same reaction here as i did on this other forum. derp derp why did you take 9 exposures and your hdr isnt whacky doo. because i dont tonemap like a nutjob thats why...oh well here goes


http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4895/dpp0136and8more.jpg

[Bzrk]

I like it. Noce soft tones. Although I doubt the same effect cannot be created with a little less exposure ;)

[Ingardj]

2 exposures should be enough for this shot. One for the car/foreground and one for the sky.. :/

Nice shot either way.

[Levina de Ruijter]

I don't understand why the car is in the picture, but I guess that's a male thing. Other than that: lovely image. I think you processed it well, making it look quite natural but with just that wee bit extra.

[007]

nice.. but I would have thought key west would have a more colorful sunset.. but nice capture.. subtle sky tones..

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thank you everyone. levina the car is in the picture because she got me down there, plus shes a photo whore :D

as for the multiple exposures. i was always under the impression that the more exposures the better. i will agree that some of the exposures are overlapping, but i always just assumed the more, the better. apparently that is incorrect logic, but thats ok because i like the result

[82NoMe]

2 exposures should be enough for this shot. One for the car/foreground and one for the sky.. :/

Nice shot either way.



as for the multiple exposures. i was always under the impression that the more exposures the better. i will agree that some of the exposures are overlapping, but i always just assumed the more, the better. apparently that is incorrect logic, but thats ok because i like the result

I have done extensive testing in the amount of brackets to use. My experiments were 3 exposures vs 7. I found that more works better because that the blacks were better and there was less haloing. The crux is alignment. IMHO

[Todd Lambert]

Looks good to me, you nutjob.

[EmmaRose]

b-e-a-uuutiful :) this is what HDR's are supposed to look like.

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I have done extensive testing in the amount of brackets to use. My experiments were 3 exposures vs 7. I found that more works better because that the blacks were better and there was less haloing. The crux is alignment. IMHO

so i am right eh? alignment isnt a problem, my tripod is a rock

Looks good to me, you nutjob.

lol thanks

b-e-a-uuutiful :) this is what HDR's are supposed to look like.

thanks and i agree. hdrs that are wickedly over done do not appeal to me. im using it for the sole purpose of blending the exposures, so that i get an accurate representation of what the scene actually looked like

im using this 1440x900 (http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2745/dpp0136and8morewp.jpg) copy as my desktop and i think the large size really does it more justice

[monty28428]

Very nice -- I think there is a little banding in the sky and I like the photo whore.

[Kevin]

Very nice, but in looking at this as the tone mapped image I don't see more than three stops of tonal range, I believe even going to four stops would be pushing it. Although the sky needs to have more contrast which can be handled in PS.

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thank you guys. the lowest ev exposure was @ -2 and the highest at +2. again i have to emphasize i only hdr/tonemapped this, to accurately represent the scene, as i am shooting with only natural light. not sure why you think it needs more contrast though? looks flat to you? keep in mind i shot this with 18-55is kit lens(not trying to make excuses btw, but i mean it is a kit lens, im really impressed with it though)...cant wait til my toki 11-16 gets here :D

[Ezekiel97]

sad to say that I live in Key West and have no clue where this is!

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sad to say that I live in Key West and have no clue where this is!


lol really? thats funny


i found it by accident though. you go one block west of the southernmost point and turn right (south) and go to the end of the street

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no wait, i just checked google maps. i think it was simonton street, the south dead end at the water

[Ezekiel97]

I know where its at, that small wall by your car was throwing me off.

[Bzrk]

thank you everyone. levina the car is in the picture because she got me down there, plus shes a photo whore :D

as for the multiple exposures. i was always under the impression that the more exposures the better. i will agree that some of the exposures are overlapping, but i always just assumed the more, the better. apparently that is incorrect logic, but thats ok because i like the result

More is not necessarily better. I mostly use 3, which is fine for most situations. When the object you want to shoot has an enormous amount of contrasts, lights and darks, etc. then it's better to use more exposure. But then 5 or maybe 7 will do just fine in my experience :)

[Picture North Carolina]

Technically good HDR, poor composition.

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wow poor comp really?

[Picture North Carolina]

Just my opinion. Not worth more than anybody else's. I would also (partially) disagree with the tonemap / nutjob comment. I find some of the overly-tonemapped images posted here as ugly as crap. But that is not because tonemapping is inherently ugly. It's because it works well in some subjects / images, and does not fit others.

I would be interested in knowing what hdr tool was used, tho. With photomatix, I would typically expect a halo along that roofline or above the wall. It's a very natural-looking HDR, a very good job of blending.

[enrigonz]

lol really? thats funny


i found it by accident though. you go one block west of the southernmost point and turn right (south) and go to the end of the street

I think is the other way around the northern most point of the key, close to a BB king or something like that.

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Just my opinion. Not worth more than anybody else's. I would also (partially) disagree with the tonemap / nutjob comment. I find some of the overly-tonemapped images posted here as ugly as crap. But that is not because tonemapping is inherently ugly. It's because it works well in some subjects / images, and does not fit others.

I would be interested in knowing what hdr tool was used, tho. With photomatix, I would typically expect a halo along that roofline or above the wall. It's a very natural-looking HDR, a very good job of blending.

thank you. i used photomatix and then a final touch up in photoshop

[FredH999]

This is where HDR via Photomatix really comes in handy.
The sun has been gone for 1/2hr so the building, dock, car, wall would be too dark unless overexposed which would make the sky too light.
Therefore, Photomatix brings out the details much better than a single shot could do.

Nicely done; easy to look at.

Fred

[Picture North Carolina]

The sun has been gone for 1/2hr so the building, dock, car, wall would be too dark unless overexposed

Fred

Seems to me that might be spots of orange sunlight on the face/top of the structure and on the pilings?

[CanonGolfer]

You could have also pulled it into PS, brought out the sunset a little more then painted it on to the original. I always make sure (now at least) to use all of my tools instead of just relying on photomatix to get the job done.