Paris. Budpest.

Had a conference in Budapest for work. Some pics.

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I like your PP work. you mind sharing what you did?

Thank you.

I did almost all of the work in Lightroom. All the processing revolves around increasing the darker areas of the pictures, which is then offset by additional contrast or clipping the blacks.

1) Use the fill light slider to lighten the dark areas (I pushed it past the halfway mark)
2) Increase the black clipping (Again, past the halfway mark, pic will look really dark)
3) Increase the exposure / lighten sliders to offset the black clippings
4) Fine tune with the recovery, clarity, contrast and the dark curve sliders as needed

I find that this technique works well with buildings, but no so much with people.

It's like my quick HDR.

Great shots, love 1 and 3 (esp. 3).

Was that a friend of yours on the Velib' in 1? He's nuts cycling round the Arc de Triomphe roundabout, it's scary enough in a car

That was some random dude posing for a picture. I agree, it's a huge suicide circle!

wonny wrote in post #5435333
Thank you.

I did almost all of the work in Lightroom. All the processing revolves around increasing the darker areas of the pictures, which is then offset by additional contrast or clipping the blacks.

1) Use the fill light slider to lighten the dark areas (I pushed it past the halfway mark)
2) Increase the black clipping (Again, past the halfway mark, pic will look really dark)
3) Increase the exposure / lighten sliders to offset the black clippings
4) Fine tune with the recovery, clarity, contrast and the dark curve sliders as needed

I find that this technique works well with buildings, but no so much with people.

It's like my quick HDR.

Thanks for the tip

Nice pictures! I know you, you're friends with Chris Lee (Chicago) right?

Small world... who are you?!

Chris and I chill together once in a while. We actually shot a wedding together last year.

Wow, they are amazing i LOVE that first & 2nd shot...

None of these are HDR? All of them look like it.

Excluding the plane wing shot.

Nope, none are HDR. Cheap HDR I guess!

Thanks!

The second image is a great street scene.

Tremendous series, thanks for sharing!

Like the p and p of the first three photos, nicely done

Thanks for looking all!

I've got some pictures from Hallstatt and Vienna Austria on the way... just need to find the time to finish them up!