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Saw this old army type bulldozer today out in a field and it was just calling me to photograph it...

D200 and 18-200VR tripod mounted using cable release. F10 at 18mm. HDR of 5 frames bracketed 1EV. Tonemapped in Photomatix and proccesed in CS4 using Topaz Adjust and Topaz Detail...

Thanks for looking, comments or suggestions welcome...

Bob



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ink0gnito said:
this could have been achieved with either 1 or 2 shots. looks fake.
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Actually there was not enough detail in one photo to bring out the sky like this. I rather like the look but find it mostly realistic. Perhaps you just don't like HDR. That's OK. To each there own. Thanks for your thoughts though...

Bob

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Fake or not, I love the picture, very battle'ish. I gotta learn how to do HDR now.........
 
blackdiesel said:
Nice. I need to practice with Topaz.
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Thanks blackdiesel. Topaz is an awesome program. I always run it on a duplicate layer and than back off the opacity to keep it more realistic with just a bit more "pop" and detail. I like the Photo Pop preset, I made some adjustments to it a little bit with a bit more detail and saved it as my own preset. I usually back off the opacity by about 50%....

Bob

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I really like this processing . Great feel for the photo ...

I also have CS4 . Is Topaz a plug-in , or it's own program ??? I would love to try it out ..
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Bob nice shot and processing I think it is well done... Also think the # of bracketed shots you took were pretty spot on to pull out all the detail in the foreground and keep the detail in the clouds. That really is a fantastic subject only comment I would make is this. I think the shot would have more composition punch a little bit closer and a little bit lower. Like maybe 12" closer and 12" or 18" lower... I feel that would have made the bull dozer feel and look even more ominous...
Mofongo said:
Saw this old army type bulldozer today out in a field and it was just calling me to photograph it...

D200 and 18-200VR tripod mounted using cable release. F10 at 18mm. HDR of 5 frames bracketed 1EV. Tonemapped in Photomatix and proccesed in CS4 using Topaz Adjust and Topaz Detail...

Thanks for looking, comments or suggestions welcome...

Bob



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Photography is more about depth of feeling than depth of field
http://www.pbase.com/mofongo
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Chris
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...when it's properly (read: realistically) done. cartoonish HDR-style effect is certainly not for everyone.

you could have taken 2 shots (metered sky and tractor), then merged exposure. OR... metered for the sky, adjusted compensation and then pulled out details from the RAW file.
 
ink0gnito said:
...when it's properly (read: realistically) done. cartoonish HDR-style effect is certainly not for everyone.
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Actually, this is pretty realistic and close to what I saw and far far from the cartoonish HDR effect we sometimes see. So far, everyone I showed this image to (photographers and non photographers) all said it looked realistic when I asked (only after reading your comments)...
ink0gnito said:
you could have taken 2 shots (metered sky and tractor), then merged exposure. OR... metered for the sky, adjusted compensation and then pulled out details from the RAW file.
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Could have but using the 5 files bracketed the way I did I got a much more realistic photo.

My self and others are not seeing what you are seeing...

Bob

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Photography is more about depth of feeling than depth of field
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Chris Walden said:
Bob nice shot and processing I think it is well done... Also think the # of bracketed shots you took were pretty spot on to pull out all the detail in the foreground and keep the detail in the clouds. That really is a fantastic subject only comment I would make is this. I think the shot would have more composition punch a little bit closer and a little bit lower. Like maybe 12" closer and 12" or 18" lower... I feel that would have made the bull dozer feel and look even more ominous...
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Thanks Chris. I also think the 5 file bracket worked out well to pull all the detail out...

I also agree with you about getting closer and lower. I plan on going back and reshooting it with my Sigma 10-20 at 10mm for a very dramatic and ominus effect...

Will that ultra wide angle distorted point of view look realistic? Probably not but than again, this is photography, a form of art...

Thanks for your comments...

Bob
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Photography is more about depth of feeling than depth of field
http://www.pbase.com/mofongo
 
if you see in such colors and saturation in real life, your must be a bionic man. take a look at the posted HDR porche that's discussed on this forum, it's slighly saturated by very realistic. such cannot be said about your image.

in any case, it counts that you like it. keep on shooting.
 
Mofongo said:
Chris Walden said:
Bob nice shot and processing I think it is well done... Also think the # of bracketed shots you took were pretty spot on to pull out all the detail in the foreground and keep the detail in the clouds. That really is a fantastic subject only comment I would make is this. I think the shot would have more composition punch a little bit closer and a little bit lower. Like maybe 12" closer and 12" or 18" lower... I feel that would have made the bull dozer feel and look even more ominous...
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Thanks Chris. I also think the 5 file bracket worked out well to pull all the detail out...

I also agree with you about getting closer and lower. I plan on going back and reshooting it with my Sigma 10-20 at 10mm for a very dramatic and ominus effect...

Will that ultra wide angle distorted point of view look realistic? Probably not but than again, this is photography, a form of art...
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Not sure if that was a rhetorical question or not :-) But it will surely distort especially at 10mm but you can correct in post giving the best of both worlds, wide angle feel minus the distortion. Good luck...
Mofongo said:
Thanks for your comments...

Bob
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Photography is more about depth of feeling than depth of field
http://www.pbase.com/mofongo
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http://www.33g.com/photos

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
 
Chris Walden said:
Chris Walden said:
I also agree with you about getting closer and lower. I plan on going back and reshooting it with my Sigma 10-20 at 10mm for a very dramatic and ominus effect...

Will that ultra wide angle distorted point of view look realistic? Probably not but than again, this is photography, a form of art...
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Not sure if that was a rhetorical question or not :-) But it will surely distort especially at 10mm but you can correct in post giving the best of both worlds, wide angle feel minus the distortion. Good luck...
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Actually Chis my WA question was a fun reference to Incognitos post above about the photo not being realistic. My point is that really no photo is realistic as it's a 2 dimensional representation of a 3 D world as well as so many other factors like lens choice, DOF, shutter speed etc...not to mention B&W...

I actually love the distortion I get from my 10-20 at 10mm and usually don't bother correcting it except sometimes for building interiors...

Thanks for your comments...

Bob
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Photography is more about depth of feeling than depth of field
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Very cool shot. I'm glad you are going to reshoot with a super wide, because that's exactly what I was thinking. You've been around these forums for awhile, did you see or remember seeing that fantastic yellow bulldozer shot that James Cover took a couple of years ago, I believe with the Sigma 10-20mm? This reminds of that and has the same potential. I can't decide if I think that the background trees should have a little more PP. I know you wouldn't want to emphasize them, but they kind of seem like every other part of the image was PP'd but them, if you know what I mean. Looking forward to seeing the reshoot with the Sigma...
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