Rapallo Castle blue hour 2012-01-04 184129_hdr_compressor_filtered

OK, this went directly into my "personal favourite" shots.

It is difficult for me to shoot in "blue hour" days, but in Christmas vacations I did it!

 

HDR from a single raw shot, in the original the sky was 100% black. I'm still surprised by how Photomatix manages to push up the light in the sky!

 

This time I tried another photomatix method, Tone Compressor: normally I use Detail Enhancer, but this time it rendered the sky a noisy mess.

 

The camera was rested on a pile, just near the handrail on the left

 

 

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Camera: Nikon D5000

Lens: Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC (8 mm)

ISO 200; f/11

 

HDR from single raw shot

Processed with Photomatix Pro

Noise reduction with Noiseware Professional

Curve correction with GIMP.

Resizing and watermark with Fastone resizer

 

 

Done