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This is a composite HDR image taken out at the Konza Prairie Trail. This is one of my first attempts at HDR. For a long time I have stayed away from HDR because of my general dislike of how it is used. But this week I have taken interest in the technique.
One HDR image was created for the sky and another HDR image was created for the grass. Each set had 7 RAW exposures at a relative f/stop of +0, -1, -2, -3, +1, +2, and +3 taken on a tripod. I used my hand to cover up the sunset in the latter so that there would be no reduction in contrast from a potential flare. I used HDR Efex Pro 2 to create two HDR images from the two sets of photos. HDR Efex Pro 2 creates a 32bit image to work from within PS. I found it important to keep the image in 32bits for some initial adjustments. I used a wacom tablet to make fine grain exposure adjustments by painting into a layer mask in both HDR images. For the sunset, I spent a lot of time painting in contrast and painting in slight color adjustments in a layer mask. Then I composited the two images together. Next I down-converted the images to 16bit images where I continued to make adjustments and clean up the image. Overall I spent quite a lot of time post processing this image.
I learned a couple of things from the exercise of creating this image. In retrospect, I would have used a piece of cardboard instead of my hand! If there was a way to anchor it to the lens that would have been even better. But the bigger thing is that I would have shot at a higher ISO (ISO 400 instead of ISO 100) for the foreground. It was somewhat windy and in my haste, I didn't realize the shutter speed was a little on the low end for some of the brighter exposures. Both of these issues made for a difficult post-process session.
Canon 5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
24mm @ ISO100 f/11
Shutter speed ranged from 1/4 to 160th sec
my identifier: konza sunset-e
The low tide left a thin pellicule of water on the sand, transforming the beach in a gigantic mirror.
Saint Malo, Brittany, France
Somewhere in the mountains above Socorro on the island of Madeira. This was the first crazy sunset above the clouds I shot after we had to turn back from our planned route due to, well general road failure tbh. Holes big enough to swallow the car, rocks bigger than the car, and signs saying "just don't".
Yet another sunset pic from new years eve.
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Plage de l'Almanarre, Hyères, Var, PACA, France
I often go to this beach as it is located just next to the Salins d'Hyères, salt marshes rich in birdlife diversity. The sunsets there are quite breathtaking.
Not only are the sunsets spectacular, but they seem to last longer as well! The more I look at last summer's photos from this place, the more I want to return.
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Sunset light on oak trees and hills above Anderson Lake, Santa Clara County, California
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October will have been the month of glorious sunsets and stunning skies that lit up like they rarely do..... this particular evening glowed with the most spectacular orange.
Marly, Lorraine, France.
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always carry your camera... i was walking the streets of my town when suddenly the sky change in a way not expected wheni raised my head i got surprised there was a colorful sunset .then i hurry up and unpacked my camera for this shot