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Blue and White - Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia (HDR)

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The story of this photo:

This shot was taken in Sidi Bou Said, a place near Tunis where many artists (also western artists) were staying to seek inspiration. This town was famous for inspiring artists. All buildings in this town are white with blue windows and doors. This gives the place a unique look. Today it is a major tourist attraction that is probably not missing on any guided tour through Tunis.

 

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How it was shot:

> Taken handheld

> Camera: Nikon D90

> Lens: Sigma 10-20mm F3,5 EX DC HSM

> Details can be found here

 

How it was tonemapped:

> Preparation: developed the raw files with ACR mainly in order to reduce the CA [details]

> HDR creation and tonemapping using Photomatix version 3.1 (Detail Enhancer)

> Saved as 16bit TIF

 

How it was post-processed:

> Post-processing was done in Photoshop

> Topaz Adjust on the entire image to get back the colors and the details [details]

> Topaz Denoise (on the sky and the foreground separately - more aggressively on the sky) [details]

> Saturation layer on the sky (increased master)

> Levels layer on the sky (increased brightness)

> Saturation layer on the clouds (desaturation)

> Saturation layer on the foreground (increased master)

> Levels layer on the foreground (increased contrast)

> Saturation layer on the white walls (decreased blues to remove a blue cast)

> Vignette effect using a masked fill layer [details]

> Sharpening on the foreground using the high-pass filter [details]

> Sharpening on the sky using the high-pass filter (less aggressive) [details]

> Perspective correction and cropping

 

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Uploaded on August 20, 2010
Taken on August 6, 2010