Another photo shot during sunset at John D. MacArthur State Park. I was tempted to add some texture but I think it looks pretty good the way it is. I love how the sunflares came out in this photo. It sorta matches the seagrape leaves. The stairway decented somewhere, not sure where. I was too scared to find out, not of any monsters or anything like that. What I was scared of was far worse, no-see-ums. Them blood thirsty creatures will eat you alive if you wander off into the darkness and these stairs lead into some pretty dark woods.
Processing Technique: 3 exposure HDR merged using Photomatix. Detail enhanced using Topaz Adjust. Noise removed by Topaz DeNoise. Image smoothed using Topaz Simplify. Photo processed with Photoshop CS4.
Camera Used: Canon 5D Mark1
Lens Used: Canon 17-35mm f/2.8L USM
Camera Settings: ISO 400, Aperture Priority, f/2.8 @ 1/6 of a second, AEB +2/0/-2, Image Shot in JPG
Processing Time: 2 hour
Location: John D. MacArthur State Park
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Jon
Kimo,
Do you find yourself processing most of your images the way you describe in your HDR enhacement tutorial? ( The pier picture)
1)Multiply – 20% mid color pop
2)Overlay – 40% Neutralizer Jose Diaz
3)Duplicate Copy merge all
4)Denoise
Also,how often do you use topaz clean?
Thank you taking the time on all my question’s.
@Doug – Yeah I do… but the settings change depending on the picture. For instance 1. Multiply I might change it to 10%-50% more or less. Also I might use a different setting other than mid color pop. It all depends on the result. Same thing goes for everything else. If the setting doesn’t give me a result that I’m happy with I’ll change it. I use DeNoise 99% of the time unless I want it to look grainy. As for Topaz Clean I’m starting to use more often than I normally do. However, I mask out areas in Clean that don’t look right with the filter applied.
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So cool how you linked all your facebook blog and Flickr together..not figured that out yet. Love this artistic gem.
@Melinda – I luckily found a plugin that did this for me. I love now.