St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne (III) :: HDR

Highest Position - Explore #3 | 09.11.2008

(Thankin' u :D & special thanks to Sylvia for the initial explore link too)

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OH NO! Not another church shot again!!! haha! i bet most of u will be thinking that way! my apologies dude :P just can't resist it! As many might have known :) i tend to post my churchy shot on Sunday (as always) but i missed that yesterday since i was out most of the day. As usual this post rolls onto monday :P This might be appropriate for some who are still enjoying Sunday where you are :D Hope you all still feel as holy today! i sure am ;) Enjoy a great start to the week!

 

View LARGE On Black to be holy :P

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About

 

A Main Entrance View of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne

 

The Shot

 

Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) with tripod using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens

 

Photomatix

 

- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option

 

Photoshop

 

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to adjust the contrast

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (master) to decrease the overall saturation

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds & yellows) to decrease the harshness tone of the wall

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to enhance the lightings

- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer

 

You

 

All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome

 

Music

 

U2 - One

 

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Done