baseball HDR (with storm)

I did this today. I know its over done. It was ment to be that way... I just need to do some cloning and I should be good.

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I think there's a lot of potential here Dave. However I think it would have a lot more impact if the stands were full, the players were in position (including a couple of runners on base just to fill it in more...) and, ahem, the horzion were straight...

I'd play with some layer masks and see if I could lighten up the scoreboard and advertising signage just a little. I think I'd put the grass on its own layer as well for a little tweak toward lighter too.

I do like what the contrast ratio is doing to the seating areas. They're crisp as all get out.

Something that would be fun to try: A layer mask creating a nice shaft of sunlight falling on home plate with the home team up to bat... Devine intervention as it were.

Good start .. could be worked a bit more (IMO)

thanks for the comments and suggestions jay.. sadly it was raining today for work so... not a lot of a crowd... ask 40driggs I got him into the game today. ill take a look at what I can do. I am going to do two more and post them here..

As you said they are overdone, but sometimes that works and it looks fine to me. One thing to note, Photomatix has a tendency to 'see' parts of an image that are bisected by thin lines as separate regions. It seems to treat the regions differently, which sometimes is a mistake. I see this happening in the first of your shots with the wire crossing the sky on the right side. It's not super pronounced, but notice how that wire looks like a boundary in the sky, with different shadings on either side? (it's also happening with the 2nd light pole from the right).

To get rid of that, you need to raise the "micro-smoothing" slider, which unfortunately will reduce the overall grittiness and contrast of the shot. But it also might smooth out the center of the field where there seems to be a dark blob.

Overall though, I like the first one the most.

Good job - I really like the first one.

+1 for #1 -- I love the way it looks and the sky is wonderful.

#3 is my personal preference, the field looks much better to me and it doesn't feel as dark. I do believe adjusting the horizon would be beneficial however.

Familiaphoto wrote in post #7509740
#3 is my personal preference, the field looks much better to me and it doesn't feel as dark. I do believe adjusting the horizon would be beneficial however.

horizons were fixed... it may just be the way i took the photo.. so i dunno im not dead straight 90 degrees on the field either so that may be a big factor..

I think it's not as overdone as a lot of people do them. This image is looking good, great shot.

BenJammin wrote in post #7510076
I think it's not as overdone as a lot of people do them. This image is looking good, great shot.

Thanks,

Well I showed the images to my boss (who has never really done HDR before) and he said that if I start doing that he will pay me alittle more to do the processing for these shots. He really liked them and even said he would upgrade to Photomatix pro for me so I could do it.

i happen to think they are really awesome!!! good job!

thanks zacker

WOW they are both really good, but I like #1 the best.