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Massey Ferguson
Posted by DaveB (Exeter, United Kingdom) on 26 August 2008 in Business & Industry.
This is a HDR shot of 3 seperate exposures; although I'm really happy with the final effect, these were all taken hand-held, so there's some alignment issues, particularly to the left of the plough (I think!) which Photomatix hasn't been able to resolve. Lesson learned: Always use a tripod!
Still good enough to post though, particularly with all the post-processing I did; along with the tone-mapping, I think I used 3 curve layers, 2 level layers, a conversion to LAB and some playing with the colour channels to get what I wanted!
As always, comments are welcome, particularly those offering feedback and criticism on my images! (It's the only way I'll learn!) :)
zOOm from Paris, France
Great HDR rendering ! Wow the colours ! And look at that sky... ! I simply like that !
26 Aug 2008 5:04am
@zOOm: Thanks zOOm
willow from Chelsea, United States
The colors are great and the clouds are incredibly dramatic. I see what you mean about the alignment, but I'm not sure I would hae noticed it if you hadn't pointed it out. Overall it's a really well HDR.
26 Aug 2008 6:12am
@willow: Thanks Willow
james mason from nottingham, United Kingdom
wow very dramatic. another way to shoot hdr is to take a single raw image then make 3 copys in photoshop each with a different exposure. Useful if there is not tripod to hand
26 Aug 2008 6:49am
@james mason: I thought about that, but I would've either lost alott of sky or alot of shadow detail, depending on what exposure I used! Thanks for the comment
@Morgane: Thanks Morgane
Erik from Amersfoort, Netherlands
Cool shot I just think the red is a bit to much red.....
26 Aug 2008 7:54am
@Erik: Thanks for the feedback Erik, you may be right, I think it looks better with more rather than less though!
Lorraine from Canada
Fantastic industrial shot, love the machine and the moody sky, well done, I think you're a wee bit of a perfectionnist, I prefer Moods to Techniques and you've got both so listen to my foot ;)
26 Aug 2008 11:39am
@Lorraine: No point trying unless you try your best, little things like that annoy me cos it's only after you get in and the moments passed that you spot them! Ears are wide open for the wisdom of your foot!
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Nice shot, and slightly blurry has a cool effect.
26 Aug 2008 3:47pm
@Graham Russon: Thanks Graham, although the blur annoys me!
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
It's a very good image Dave, but as stated the left is a bit off. I've used the method that James suggested, and that does really enhance the image.
26 Aug 2008 4:46pm
@Observing: I've used it as well, but for this one, the sky was well off, I felt I would've lost most of the highlights without bracketed shots.
Catalin from Bucharest, Romania
A very good shot but I think that the red si over satureted, over all is a great shot
26 Aug 2008 8:09pm
@Catalin: Thanks Catalin, I like the red but I see where you're coming from!
Canon EOS 400D
ISO 100
33 mm