Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Sonny. I'm going to play with several of them. I think this is one I'm going to want to print big. Tina On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > I like the second mix a little better, but the first wasn't bad. Maybe > split the difference? > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > > > Hi, Bob- > > > > I took over 40 photos of this scene, some bracketed and some not. I like > > the drama of the HDR that is not available with a single exposure but I > > don't want to over do it. Maybe the second one is better: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154445908 > > > > I used Photomatix to merge the exposures. I have Nik HDR but haven't > tried > > it. The Photomatix software is very intuitive and gives you lots of > > choices. > > > > Thanks, > > > > TIna > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 2:59 PM, rgacpa at gmail.com <rgacpa at > > gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Tina, > > > Well there is no doubt it's HDR! But does that make it "bad"? Not in my > > > opinion; HDR is just another tool that's available to us in the digital > > age. > > > Is it over-done? Now that's a very subjective question. IMO, it could > use > > > a little desaturation in the greens and a bit less drama (contrast > > > reduction) in the skies. > > > > > > One question I have is why or if you needed it. It looks like a cloudy > > day > > > and your M has about 12 stops available. Was there not one of the > > exposures > > > that had recoverable whites and blacks? If so, did you check it out and > > > preferred the HDR? > > > > > > I think the HDR certainly gives a mood that is hard to reproduce from a > > > single exposure, so it really is a matter of taste. IMO, this image > would > > > be spectacular on canvas. > > > > > > Did you use NIK HDR? Some other program? Just curious... > > > > > > Decisions, decisions... > > > :-) > > > Bob > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > On Feb 10, 2014, at 7:50 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > > > > > > > > PESO: > > > > > > > > An HDR of three exposures: > > > > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154445482 > > > > > > > > Too much? > > > > > > > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Tina Manley > > > > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com