Mambo's Cafe Sunset "Ibiza"

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 17 Oct 2006 at 15:40

You dont see me HDR'ing much but heres one from my holiday.

Using a combination of ND Grads I was able to achieve a nice balanced exposure. The HDR just brought out some uumph! in the shot.

"Edit - This is a new copy. Made on a registered copy of Photomatrix"

17mm
F16
1/20sec
ISO 400

EOS30D EF17-40L F4

"Not sure if I feel its too saturated or not.."
Johnny

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 17 Oct 2006 at 16:11

Helium_Junkie said:
Oh my, excellent effect! Well done
Mind if I save that as a wallpaper?

Knock yourself out

Blackvault said:
WOW Johnny. I'm really loving it. What type of filters did you use?

Blackvault

Thank you. Cokin P series Neutral Density Grad filter.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 17 Oct 2006 at 16:19

nomore said:
Really cool, except for some cloaning issues in the sea (right-hand side) , or is that an artefact of combining multiple exposures?

Nah its a clone issue. I havent bought my copy of photomatrix yet

Blackvault said:
How much did that set you back and what size did you get?

Blackvault

about £30 including adapter, thread ring and size. Cokin P series is a size to fit most of the big lenses.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 18 Oct 2006 at 12:33

Psilonaught said:
did you autolevel the jpg once Photomatrix had finished Tone Mapping? Reason I ask is that the colour shout HDR, and look unrealistic.

TBH if you goin to take the time to use grads, taking the image into Photomatrix anyway seems slightly pointless

I couldnt use them effectivily since I was hand holding the camera at very low shutter speeds.

I thought it looked nice anyway but I aint exactly a wiz in photomatrix. I just had a play really.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 18 Oct 2006 at 21:40

I guess that was aimed towards me.. The image size is already 800 in length. I cant understand how that is too small. It looks big enough and I run a desktop at 1800x1440

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 19 Oct 2006 at 01:25

I think I understand why people think this is a love or hate shot. Its just a sunset photo that I have used HDR to give it a impactful appearance. I think because people are naturally trying to find the origianity in the shot it is making many question it.

Personally. I do like it. But im glad people are telling me that it doesnt appeal to them for various reasons. Im not skilled at HDR processing and I will learn to get it right (naturally)

Thanks for all the comments so far
(good or bad...tomato - tomarto...Nikon or canon

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