{"id":10221,"date":"2011-06-25T08:26:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T12:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/?p=10221"},"modified":"2014-06-04T09:54:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T13:54:48","slug":"pirates-of-the-caribbean-skull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/pirates-of-the-caribbean-skull\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates of the Caribbean Skull"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>I used this photo to test out Topaz ReMask to see how well ReMask was able to help me create a decent cutout of the skull. It did a pretty good job. I didn’t spend too much time creating the mask. All I had to do was outline the area that I wanted to cutout. With ReMask I didn’t have to be exact. Being exact is where all the time is spent when creating a good mask. I also posted the original photo to show you a before shot. Photo is a 3 exposure HDR image. Processing was done in Photoshop Elements using the Topaz Plugin Bundle. Photograph was taken at an outside bar while waiting for the water taxi to leave for the smokestack demolition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn Captain Kimo’s HDR techniques with his e-book…<\/em>
\n“Secrets to Mastering HDR Photography”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Software I use for processing my photos:
\n<\/strong>Photomatix<\/strong><\/a> – Used for creating high dynamic range.
\nTopaz Adjust<\/strong><\/a> – Photoshop plugin used to enhance details.
\nTopaz DeNoise<\/strong><\/a> – Photoshop plugin used to eliminate noise.
\nTopaz Clean<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>Photoshop plugin used to smooth pixels.
\nTopaz Simplify<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>Photoshop plugin used for artistic affect.<\/p>\n

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Photography Style:<\/strong> High Dynamic Range<\/a>
\nDigital Camera Used:<\/strong> Canon 5D Mark2
\nLens Used:<\/strong> Canon 17-35mm f\/2.8L USM
\nPhoto Location:<\/strong> Riviera\u00a0Beach, Florida<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HDR image of the Pirates of the Caribbean Skull, photo was taken while waiting for the water taxi to leave for the smokestack demolition. High dynamic range photo merged & tone mapped using Photomatix HDR software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1155,106,81,612,214,42,105,1154,1156,1158,1157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}