Posted by MnX (PARIS, France) on 4 January 2007 in Cityscape & Urban.
Nothing really exceptional on this photo... Ok I tried as usual to do a nice framing. But what I was saying is, nothing exceptional abotu the photo, but something exceptional about the post-processing (I'm sure I'll burn in hell for post processing my photos :p). It's the first sucessful attempt at making a HDR photo. It's been 2 or 3 monthes I've read a tutorial on HDRing photos. I think it's pretty unusefull for the moment (no HDR monitors aren't there). Except for one thing : hard exposure conditions! If you want everything to be nicelly exposed weither there's not enough light or to much. It's just like bracketing except you don't really have to make a decision, you can have the nice clouds in the sky AND the nice bikini girl under the tree shadow. (At least that's the main interest I see in HDR photos :p) Ok my photo is not really a good exemple as hard exposure conditions (except this auto focus is still getting mad in the low light) but there really are differences between this photo and all the others behind it. Why is it my first successfull attempt now? Because everytime I tried before, there was always some difference between the framing of the photo and the result was all blurry. Even when I tried with a tripod I couldn't get it right...
It's pretty stupid joy but I suggest you try at least 1 HDR in your life I would suggest this sky/bikini thing as subject much more nice ^^.
I think there won't be any EXIF data so here are what I remember for info geeks (and I'm one :p): f/32 (for the star like lamp and DOF) 28mm (because there's a lock on 28mm and I can be sure that framing won't accidentally change) 10s,15s,20s and 30s exposure (-2 EV, -1,3EV, -1EV, 0 EV) ISO 1250 (Lower iso I wouldn't have so many different exposition, higher... it would be very noisy... I guess ) What do You think about the result, about the interest of HDR, about anything else? Is there a HDR pro here who thinks I've done or said crap? Have a good day everybody!
o.. i like it.. very much. i ll take your advice n try one as soon as i can.=) thnx for sharing.
4 Jan 2007 5:39am
@benjamin: I'm waiting to see your bikini girl! I couldn't find one in paris.
thanks for the comments recently MnX. been a bit busy the last couple of days so couldnt do the rounds but yesterday's post was great. Like how you can see the stars. Looks like the Sun is just behind those trees! I'm no photography or processing expert so cant really advise. I just experiment with each image and see what 'feels' right as opposed to approaching it technically. Thats probably why some of my processing is really dodgy! ;-) Lets just enjoy the learning curve!
4 Jan 2007 6:19am
@Stu: Let's enjoy it! I've thought of some nice comparison : If learning photography would be the everest, I would have climbed the little hill in the garden (I should say this talus ^^).
ce reflet est vraiment exceptionnel et donne de la force à la photo
4 Jan 2007 12:54pm
I like this a lot---I don't do technical stuff, all I can do is 'like'. I find the graffitti and cement very pleasing in that urban decay way that is so cool.
4 Jan 2007 2:52pm
Le résultat donne en tout cas un bel éclairage chaud qui contredit quelque chose de triste attaché a cette image.... Pas si triste au fond....
4 Jan 2007 3:45pm
@Still: Oui effectivement. J'ai laissé la balance des blanc automatique (pour parler technique un peu), cela fais toujours un rendu plus chaud que j'apprécie beaucoup. J'ai découvert très récement comment faire un étalonnage correct des blancs, mais je ne l'utilise presque pas, sauf lorsque le sujet est une personne, ce qui est rarement le cas. Merci de cette remarque, ces derniers temps je m'attarde beaucoup sur la technique et peu sur le coté artistique (à croire que mon esprit cartesien reprend le dessus ^^)
I like this image very much :-) nice composition !
4 Jan 2007 9:46pm
Very well done. But where's the bikini girl?
5 Jan 2007 12:41am
@Damon Schreiber: I think she had another photo session in the bahamas... she didn't choosed me :p.
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