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Posted on 10/04/10 10:24:25 PM |
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Scott
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My beaches
Hi there Well it's been a while since I posted last so I thought I'd post some of my more recent images. whereas before I was doing a lot of textured HDR work I have since tried to do some landscapes. These are some of them... 
I have learnt that doing landscapes the images need to be much more precise with invisible processing, something I'm still working on. With textured HDR's it doesn't matter so much. I still dabble in this medium... 
Your feedback and honest critique is of course welcomed. Scott |
Posted on 11/04/10 09:22:59 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: My beaches
Lovely images Scott. I love the beach house particularly. Great use of wideangle and I love the light and texture. Nick |
Posted on 11/04/10 11:16:28 AM |
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Lagartija
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Re: My beaches
Wow! Well done!!! Very nice sky colors and the beach house is simply great! _________________ Put a chopper in your life! www.froggerbikers.es |
Posted on 11/04/10 12:01:26 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 676 Reply  |
Re: My beaches
Lovely set with lots of atmosphere. |
Posted on 11/04/10 4:11:17 PM |
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Luka
Skilful Snowman Posts: 94 Reply  |
Re: My beaches
Great photos Scott What is textured HDR? |
Posted on 12/04/10 12:21:37 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2806 Reply  |
Re: My beaches
Stunning Scott. Hard for me to choose which one I like the most.  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 12/04/10 9:58:55 PM |
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Scott
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Re: My beaches
Many thanks. I've lost my creative mojo lately so positive comments are very welcome. Luka A textured HDR is a normal HDR image (combined 3 exposures fired into Photomatix) with a textured layer added.... see http://www.flickr.com/groups/textures4layers/ The textured layer is placed on top the HDR image in Ps with the Multiply blending mode used, though Overlay can work too. Scott |
Posted on 13/04/10 1:04:08 PM |
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Luka
Skilful Snowman Posts: 94 Reply |
Re: My beaches
Aha, like last one (with house), I like better normal HDR thanks for explanation |
Posted on 01/06/10 4:23:24 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: My beaches
HRD, an abreviation for what please. |
Posted on 01/06/10 7:00:17 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3741 Reply  |
Re: My beaches
Hi James, HDR = High Dynamic Range. Basically it's a technique that allows you to take the best exposed parts of a series of images shot with different exposures and the software then combines them into a single image. The other way of doing it is to take a single shot as a RAW image and then tweak the exposures slightly so that you now have a series of 'differently' exposed images which, again, the software combines into a single image. Some images can look quite over the top but, if done subtly, can produce some absolutely beautiful shots. If you would like to try it yourself then just Google 'Photomatix' to download a trial version. The trial lasts forever but puts a watermark on your image until you get around to paying to have it removed. There are other pieces of software available that do the same job but this is the one that I use.....as does Scott. And Scott.... very nice. Gordon _________________ Why is there only one word for ‘Thesaurus’? |
Posted on 01/06/10 7:21:50 PM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply |
Re: My beaches
Gordon is right. Some shots can be stunning and others just look awful. I am open minded about the technique and have tried it on one or two images. Here is a shot of our local church using 3 exposures, normal, +2 and -2 stops. These were processed in Photomatix Pro and then tweaked in Photoshop. Nick  |
Posted on 02/06/10 01:04:52 AM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply  |
Re: My beaches
Wow now this is the kind of photography I would like to do but never get anything as nice and interesting as your work - superb images. |
Posted on 02/06/10 10:37:17 AM |
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laddition
femme fatale Posts: 585 Reply  |
Re: My beaches
C'est magnifique! Bravo!!!  _________________ Mais je me connais, je lâcherais pas l'affaire.... Je vais piquer de grève comme on pique une colère... Plus têtue que tous les vieil homme et la mer... Pour que continue le combat ordinaire! |