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Long Tail (HDR)

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Watch the Before-and-After Comparison to see where this photo comes from!

 

The story of this photo:

One thing that I have learned about creating HDR images is that "time is a great advisor". - Watch out! I am in a Zen mood today! - LOL

 

I regularly go through my archives looking for shots that I have neglected for one reason or another so far. With experience comes a change in the way you look at older shots, and sometimes you discover something that you would not have seen a few months before and you bring that out in post-processing. This is one of those photos.

 

It was shot in the Phang Nga area in Thailand just before we got onto that boat to take a tour to the James Bond Rock and Ko Panyi.

 

Enjoy!

 

Take a look at my "HDR Cookbook"! It contains some more information on my techniques.

 

How it was shot:

> Handheld [details]

> Three exposures (0, -2, +2 ev) autobracketed and merged to get and HDR

> Camera: Nikon D90

> Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm 1:3,5-5,6G ED VR

> Details can be found here

 

How it was tone-mapped:

> HDR created from the 3 JPEGs

> Tone-mapping: Photomatix Pro 4.0 (Detail Enhancer)

 

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 (less aggressively on the sky) [details]

> Topaz Denoise on the entire image (more aggressively on the sky) [details]

> Topaz Infocus on the entire image for sharpening

> Saturation layer on the water (master, yellows)

> Curves layer on the water to enhance the reflective look

> Saturation layer on the sky (master, blues)

> Levels layer on the sky (increased contrast)

> Topaz Detail on the sky to bring out the details in the clouds

> Sharpening using the high-pass filter [details]

> Watermarking

 

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Uploaded on January 20, 2011
Taken on March 22, 2010