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Picturenaut Image of Cape Elizabeth
Picturenaut's HDR results impressed me so much, I had to do a final version of Cape Elizabeth. While doing the HDR comparison I saw lots of potential for this image. I used the HDR results that came from Picturenaut and Topaz Adjust to produce this image. I used Picturenaut to create two HDR images. One image for the clouds and another for the rocks in the foreground. I did this because I was unable to get the results I want with the clouds and the foreground in one image.
I then took both images and merged them in Photoshop with one layer on top of the other. I mask out the parts I didn't want from the clouds layer and used Topaz Adjust to enhanced to details in the clouds. I then began doing a ton of Photoshop work, cloning areas and rebuilding parts of the image. I really wanted this image to be an absolute photograph of nature so I took out the fence and the house. Afterwards I flatten and adjusted the colors and unsharpened the entire image.
As simple as this image is it gave me quite a work out in Photoshop. I normal don't like spending to much time in Photoshop but when I see something amazing in my head, I go all out trying to reproduce it.
I just wish I had my Manfrotto 322rc2 during this trip, I would have had many more photographs to show of Cape Elizabeth. Instead I had my cheapo hand-me-down tripod, you know... the half broken one you start off with because you're to cheap to buy a new one, big mistake!
Man cape elizabeth is beautiful. I never knew it was this amazing. great photography too.
Thank you.
The view is breathtaking. The photoshop work is very well done too. Though I wished it didn’t have to go through photoshop, in that way I could have appreciated the original look of the place. But still, thanks for posting this one. bookmarking software
Hi, gr8 post thanks for posting. Information is useful!
Hi, very nice post. I have been wonder'n bout this issue,so thanks for posting
OMG!!! This picture is just unreal. I absolutely love it. I just got my first digital and I am getting used to it. Hope to get as good as this.
Great Photo! I love the blues! You have some really impressive HDR shots!
You mention in your comment above that you have a few videos you were gonna make. Did you ever have a chance to do those? Where can I find them?
Do you have a videos section on your website where I can see all of your videos at once?
Chris, thanx... I do plan on having a page that will list all my videos I just haven't gotten around to it cause I've been busy and there is currently only 3 videos.
I'm glad you like my photos. I will of course be uploading more photos soon. I've decide to record my screen as I'm processing the photo and I will upload a video along with the photo so people understand how I get my results. So it will take me at least a week to upload new photos. The photograph of Cape Elizabeth was 3 exposure merge of +2, 0, -2 the merge was done using Picturenaut. You can download it here http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/index.html for windows only : ( Picturenaut is free and it's a great liitle HDR software. If you decide to use this I would recommend using Topaz Adjust with it. This program is a detail enhancer that will help make your image pop. You can download a trial version at www.topazlabs.com if you decide to buy the software you can use my coupon code captainkimo to save 10% off the price. Learn more about Topaz Adjust and the coupon code here.
I will doing a video tutorial on Topaz Adjust soon. When I have it posted I will let you know. I hope this helps... Captain Kimo
Great Pic!!! How many exposures did you use and what software did you use to combine them? Can I obtain a free version of this software anywhere??
Please drop me a line
cpegus@hotmail.com
Thanks again and I would love to see more of your work!!!
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