The old coal harbour dock during a perfect sunrise, This pic was taken 2 days after Christmas in 2013 and is one of the first HDR edits I made that I really like......in fact it is still one of my favorites. This spot can bring back some fond memories of when I was younger and I am sure a few of you viewing this feel the same way about it. As far as the exposure both pictures are 6 overlapped exposures at half steps of exposure value (1 normal,2 lighter and 2 darker in half steps). Both exposures were shot at 18mm wide and at F 3.5 knowing what I do now I would of increased the F stop to focus the whole exposure better but I am happy with it regardless. HDR (high dynamic range) photography is really fun you can do extreme ranges of contrast, color, and detail that are not achievable from a single exposure, this can sometimes make it super unrealistic looking and over photo-shopped but I love them and so should you. People see these and immediately think WOW all Photoshop.....well im telling you rite now try it out for yourself photoshop is an art on its own not a magic wand this is not a silly cell phone color filter this took serious work and most people do not understand this aspect of photography its not just the picture taken or the equipment, so many hours go into the editing on 99% of every picture you see. So never judge a book from its cover you need to understand how it is written first.
The old "Bomb Dock"... This is where the munitions were unloaded back in the day when Coal Harbour was an RCAF seaplane base durning WWII.
ReplyDeleteNice job on your edits. What I always aim for when doing HDR is to make it as close to what I was seeing with my own eyes when I was there taking the picture.