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Keppel Bay Marina
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The Scene
Two sundays ago, we went for brunch at Privé Bakery & Café at the Keppel Bay Marina, off HarbourFront. It is a charming little place, with its own marina and some good (but expensive) restaurants. To get there, you will have to turn into an inconspicuous road, and then cross a long bridge.
There are a couple of restaurants, one of which is the Privé Bakery & Café. The food was good, the company was good, and it will have been perfect but for the stupid cold that was making me drowsy and sick at the same time!
The Shot
I did bring my super-duper ultra-wide-angle lens along with me. However, save for this shot, all my shots of the marina, skyline, boats etc. turned out pretty sh**e. I now realize how difficult it is to have good composition in a place like a marina... respect to those who have mastered it...!
Anyways, this shot turned out pretty decent. The unique architecture stood out. I took this in AEB mode on tripod.
The Processing
Processing this shot was an absolute nightmare. First up was the HDR of the three shots using Photomatix. The HDR turned out really good (thanks to the people sitting there who did not move for any of the three shots :o)
The only problems were the flags The HDR showed up three flags for each one (called ghosting). So, i literally spent one week cleaning up the flag.
The technique is standard HDR cleaning (available for free in my websites). You will have choose the best shot of the flags. Then adjust the brightness, curves etc. of the single image to as close to the HDR as possible. And then use a layer mask and start painting the HDR to reveal the "good" flags. The only problem was that i was trying to do all this on my macbook trackpad. Not easy...
After the clean-up, as usual, i adjusted the brightness, saturation etc to get the best possible effect.
You
As usual, pls leave any comments you have. I will be grateful for any tips that you may offer to make this better...
Have a great weekend!!!
Keppel Bay Marina
View in View In Full Size for full effect!
The Scene
Two sundays ago, we went for brunch at Privé Bakery & Café at the Keppel Bay Marina, off HarbourFront. It is a charming little place, with its own marina and some good (but expensive) restaurants. To get there, you will have to turn into an inconspicuous road, and then cross a long bridge.
There are a couple of restaurants, one of which is the Privé Bakery & Café. The food was good, the company was good, and it will have been perfect but for the stupid cold that was making me drowsy and sick at the same time!
The Shot
I did bring my super-duper ultra-wide-angle lens along with me. However, save for this shot, all my shots of the marina, skyline, boats etc. turned out pretty sh**e. I now realize how difficult it is to have good composition in a place like a marina... respect to those who have mastered it...!
Anyways, this shot turned out pretty decent. The unique architecture stood out. I took this in AEB mode on tripod.
The Processing
Processing this shot was an absolute nightmare. First up was the HDR of the three shots using Photomatix. The HDR turned out really good (thanks to the people sitting there who did not move for any of the three shots :o)
The only problems were the flags The HDR showed up three flags for each one (called ghosting). So, i literally spent one week cleaning up the flag.
The technique is standard HDR cleaning (available for free in my websites). You will have choose the best shot of the flags. Then adjust the brightness, curves etc. of the single image to as close to the HDR as possible. And then use a layer mask and start painting the HDR to reveal the "good" flags. The only problem was that i was trying to do all this on my macbook trackpad. Not easy...
After the clean-up, as usual, i adjusted the brightness, saturation etc to get the best possible effect.
You
As usual, pls leave any comments you have. I will be grateful for any tips that you may offer to make this better...
Have a great weekend!!!