jeremypayne
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D700 HDR
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jmaclifford
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That is beautiful! Very well done, care to share your process?
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jeremypayne
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Here's a bit on the process ...
For this image, I used my D700 with the 70-200VR at 120MM on a tripod next to a swiftly moving brook and took 5 frames at 0EV, -2EV, -1EV, +1EV, +2EV. I shot Aperture Priority at F/16 and the 0EV exposure was 4 sec. The light was sideways and very warm. The 0EV turned out to be very overexposed and the best exposure was the -2EV. Normally, I try to be more careful with my exposures and shoot in manual, but I was in a rush as I was losing the light.
When I was reviewing my images, this one caught my eye as it reminded me of something I had shot a long time ago - so I decided to make a go of the HDR.
I did more processing on these RAW files prior to the TIFF to HDR conversion than I normally do - I used a graduated filter, crushed the Blacks, cropped to 4x5, boosted saturation ... etc. I ended up sending the 0EV, -2EV and -1EV to Photomatix for conversion.
Here they are as they were sent to Photomatix:
Following the conversion using the Details Enhancer, I flipped the image along the vertical axis and did some minor global image enhancements in PS.
Happy to share any other details ...
For this image, I used my D700 with the 70-200VR at 120MM on a tripod next to a swiftly moving brook and took 5 frames at 0EV, -2EV, -1EV, +1EV, +2EV. I shot Aperture Priority at F/16 and the 0EV exposure was 4 sec. The light was sideways and very warm. The 0EV turned out to be very overexposed and the best exposure was the -2EV. Normally, I try to be more careful with my exposures and shoot in manual, but I was in a rush as I was losing the light.
When I was reviewing my images, this one caught my eye as it reminded me of something I had shot a long time ago - so I decided to make a go of the HDR.
I did more processing on these RAW files prior to the TIFF to HDR conversion than I normally do - I used a graduated filter, crushed the Blacks, cropped to 4x5, boosted saturation ... etc. I ended up sending the 0EV, -2EV and -1EV to Photomatix for conversion.
Here they are as they were sent to Photomatix:
Following the conversion using the Details Enhancer, I flipped the image along the vertical axis and did some minor global image enhancements in PS.
Happy to share any other details ...
I and Thou
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jeremypayne
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Yeah ... I think I can get it sharper ... might be worth a second try with sharper TIFFs.
I keep going back and forth between sharpening a bit (or a lot) first and then doing the HDR processing and then sharpening again or merging first with no sharpening at all and doing all sharpening after conversion. This is a good playgorund to test out the sharpening workflow as there is a good amount of detail in the RAW captures.
I keep going back and forth between sharpening a bit (or a lot) first and then doing the HDR processing and then sharpening again or merging first with no sharpening at all and doing all sharpening after conversion. This is a good playgorund to test out the sharpening workflow as there is a good amount of detail in the RAW captures.
Vladik
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Really awesome effect, great job! This one definitely should be printed! 
Thank you for sharing and especially not putting your signature straight through the middle of the image, as some like to do!)
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Thank you for sharing and especially not putting your signature straight through the middle of the image, as some like to do!
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http://www.sfinthedark.com/gallery2
jeremypayne
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Here's take two with an eye towards optimizing sharpness ...
jeremypayne
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Take two ... re-processed with an eye towards optimizing sharpness:
Really nicely done!Thanks for sharing you process...
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