Ed Vatza
10-02-2009, 07:01 PM
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s1/EdV_02/0906_HadlockFallsHDR_001-Edit-Edit-.jpg
Hey Friends,
I really need some help with this one. I'm really not sure what to make of this image.
The original image is from our trip to Acadia back in June. This time we were a day early and a dollar short rather than a day a late. The day after we hiked up to the falls, it poured and the falls was raging. Anyway, I made a number of images using my 30D and 24-70mm f/2.8L lens with a Singh-Ray Vari-ND filter to slow and smooth the water in the falls. The problem was that try as I might, I couldn’t seem make the image pop. It just looked flat. So I just forgot about them.
Today, I went back to the images and got an idea. I created two additional images at +1 1/2 EV and -1 1/2 EV in Lightroom. Then I combined the three using Photomatix. The tone-mapped HDR image started to pull out some interesting colors and details from the aforementioned flat image. Then I took the resultant image into Topaz Adjust and made some further color enhancements in there.
This is the result. Much more pop and much more color than the original but what do you think? Like it? Don’t like it? Why? Your thoughts would be appreciated?
Hey Friends,
I really need some help with this one. I'm really not sure what to make of this image.
The original image is from our trip to Acadia back in June. This time we were a day early and a dollar short rather than a day a late. The day after we hiked up to the falls, it poured and the falls was raging. Anyway, I made a number of images using my 30D and 24-70mm f/2.8L lens with a Singh-Ray Vari-ND filter to slow and smooth the water in the falls. The problem was that try as I might, I couldn’t seem make the image pop. It just looked flat. So I just forgot about them.
Today, I went back to the images and got an idea. I created two additional images at +1 1/2 EV and -1 1/2 EV in Lightroom. Then I combined the three using Photomatix. The tone-mapped HDR image started to pull out some interesting colors and details from the aforementioned flat image. Then I took the resultant image into Topaz Adjust and made some further color enhancements in there.
This is the result. Much more pop and much more color than the original but what do you think? Like it? Don’t like it? Why? Your thoughts would be appreciated?