-=5D CLASSIC admirers, assemble! (3)

Just playing around with my 5D at night before it started raining (and a little after)

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #8863066
When Light Meets Water

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5D + Brick @ 70mm
1/180 @ f/8 ISO 100
Flash Opposite Camera via Skyport Trigger

very cool!

lostid wrote in post #8863268
Jay I love the shot. Want some golden light?

Gorgeous!

lostid wrote in post #8868026
Mahalo Mike.

Here is another different version of what I posted in the last a few days. It's a risky spot to get shots due to waves but I like this spot. The worst can happen is to get another used 5d.

I blended 2 exposures in PS, one for sky and one for the foreground.

Another stunner!

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #8871018
Some Desert Color:

Rose Lit By One Off-Camera Flash

Fishook Barrel Blossoms:


Finding A Foothold In Sedona:

Love this!

lostid wrote in post #8868026
I blended 2 exposures in PS, one for sky and one for the foreground.

correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't this constitute HDR then? hahaha, i always looked at your flickr gallery with the "HDR free" tag next to it and i was perplexed about how you were able to get so much dynamic range. i've played with all sorts of different filters and i haven't been able to get such a defined sunset with properly exposed foreground subjects like you're able to. is exposure blending your dirty secret?

alt4852 wrote in post #8872456
correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't this constitute HDR then? hahaha, i always looked at your flickr gallery with the "HDR free" tag next to it and i was perplexed about how you were able to get so much dynamic range. i've played with all sorts of different filters and i haven't been able to get such a defined sunset with properly exposed foreground subjects like you're able to. is exposure blending your dirty secret?

I think what he means is that he took one photo where he exposed for the forground and another where he exposed for the sky and then masked them in photoshop. Sort of like a manual GND filter.

Harleypugs wrote in post #8861728
Had some time to play today....no where near as good but it was fun

Guess no one else is play.....

Harleypugs wrote in post #8872622
Guess no one else is play.....

I totally WANT to...I just have no time.

http://rfpstudio.smugm​ug.com …460_VCPEo#68455​5944_nGt6u

^^^that's why

Wow...love that one.

And yeah...I am sure those two keep you busy...

mehran.mo wrote in post #8872524
I think what he means is that he took one photo where he exposed for the forground and another where he exposed for the sky and then masked them in photoshop. Sort of like a manual GND filter.

oh.. i was always under the impression that any image that incorporates more than one exposure in order to display more dynamic range than possible with a single exposure is considered HDR. if that isn't the definition, what is?

alt4852 wrote in post #8872954
oh.. i was always under the impression that any image that incorporates more than one exposure in order to display more dynamic range than possible with a single exposure is considered HDR. if that isn't the definition, what is?

It's more like MediumDynamicRange.

Harleypugs wrote in post #8872912
Wow...love that one.

And yeah...I am sure those two keep you busy...

Thanks and yeah, those two aren't too bad....it's the rest of the remodel mess you can see that is killing me.

I have been processing some old shots of late

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #8871018
Some Desert Color:

Rose Lit By One Off-Camera Flash

Fishook Barrel Blossoms:

Great shots Jay.

sevillafox wrote in post #8872397
Gorgeous!


Another stunner!

Thanks Tiff.

mehran.mo wrote in post #8872524
I think what he means is that he took one photo where he exposed for the forground and another where he exposed for the sky and then masked them in photoshop. Sort of like a manual GND filter.

Yes that's basically what I mean and been doing. My goal is to achieve the natural results for the images so hopefully you won't be able to tell whether I have done any blending. My favorite is to use the gradient tools which are like GNDs. I tried Photomatix before, but soon after I was convinced that I would never be able to achieve the natural results I wanted. Today majority of the HDRs done with Photomatix or other softwares have distinct unnatural flavors. But some people like it.

maxblack wrote in post #8872973
It's more like MediumDynamicRange.

or NDR - Natural Dynamic Range

One from last Saturday at Diamond Head Beach looking East. This spot could be good for sunrise.

Shot was taken about 30 minutes after sunset. A single shot no blending. It was underexposed however I was able to recover it from RAW.