Another Stroll Through Venice

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Sneaked into Venice before my flight, to grab a few shots in the rain:-(

nice city scene, not an ugly street to be found in Venice. good composition.

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i have so many fine memories of Venice.. Grand shot and fine HDR! works very well

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Have you applied some sort of 'paint' effect to this Alan? It works very well for me, really suits the scene

Dave.

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HDR High Dynamic Range

HDR : High Dynamic Range explained so anyone can understand

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If I were going to process this to monochrome from RAW here is my process.

I have often been asked, "How do I create HDR pictures with moving subjects?” so here is my work flow to produce a B/W HDR with people as the main subject. Please be advised this is "My work flow" so it may be unconventional and incorrect.

1. I use a Canon 5D with a 17-40 L F/4.0 USM

2. I shoot in RAW and RGB mode. (Always in AV mode to keep DOF constant)

3. I use auto bracketing and take three shots simultaneously –2.00ev / 0.00ev / +2.00ev (Varies)

4. Select one image from the three. The image should have good dynamic range and exposure

5. Open the image in Raw Shooter Essentials 2006 or an equivalent RAW converter

6. Set output preferences to 16 Bit Tiff and RGB

7. Ensure all auto exposure controls are off and turn off sharpening

8. Create the 1st image with an exposure of –2.00ev and save to the desktop

9. Create the 2nd image with an exposure of 0.00ev and save to the desktop

10. Create the 3rd image with an exposure of +2.00ev and save to the desktop

11. Now open Photomatix Pro 3.0

12. Set the out put to 16 bit Tiff RGB

13. Click on generate HDR and select the three Tiffs from the desktop

14. There will be a brief pop up appears stating the images have the same exposure value. Ignore this.

15. The next pop up will ask you to input the exposure latitudes

16. Enter +2.00ev and –2.00ev and click OK

17. On the next screen deselect ‘Align source images’ and ‘Reduce ghosting’ (only required when merging three separate images)

18. Click tone map and adjust as required

19. Save the mapped image to the desktop

20. Open the image in Photoshop

21. Duplicate the background and use shadow and highlight for added detail


22. Next adjust curves and levels

23. When the contrast and brightness are correct, duplicate the background and use ‘Noise Ninja’ to lessen the noise levels

24. Flatten the image and duplicate the background. (Flattening is optional but will reduce file size considerably and processing time)

25. Adjust curves, level and hues to your liking.

26. Convert the image to 8 bits

27. Go to filter>artistic choose poster edges.

28. Adjust the settings to: -

Edge thickness 10
Edge intensity 0
Posterisation 6

29. Flatten the image again.

30. Select the black and white filter and cycle through the presets and choose the best option

31. Adjust curves and levels if required

32. Create a new layer.

33. Add the high pass filter at about 1.5 and change the blending mode to overlay

34. If the image is slightly dark go to Layer > New adjustment Layer > Exposure and knock the Gamma slide back slightly

35. Save as a 16 bit Tiff with LZW compression



There are several processes between the steps, between 14 and 15 I scratch my head several times and between steps 27 and 28 I reach for a suitable alcoholic beverage, strength depends on the progress being made.

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Hi Alan .. I love all your HDR's they are always so well done ... and what a lovely scene to look at .. Thanks for sharing ..
Cheers
Else

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