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Thread: Dream Lake Icy Sunrise HDR - RMNP

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    Jared Gricoskie
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    Default Dream Lake Icy Sunrise HDR - RMNP

    Took a client up to Dream Lake for sunrise, the 1 mile trail was covered with ice, but once we got to the lake all that was forgotten. The downsized image didn't get as sharp as I hoped even after a few attemps with smart sharpen 100 (tried a bit more and less),.3, gussain blur, and in lightroom I tweeked the shadow blue tint in the snow but cs3 didn't show it as well as lightroom. (When I downsize and save for web in lightroom my images are often over the 200kb for posting, any advise there?). 3 Image HDR using Photomatix



    D300, 24mm @ f14 1/25th then +1, -1 stop, ISO 320, tripod, bubble level

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    Roman Kurywczak
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    Hey Jared,
    I'd imagine that with this much texture and detail you had to really drop the IQ on the jpeg......our penalty in the landscape forum.....so I totally understand......sweet light and excellent HDR work.....love the flow and comp in the water too! All in all very well done!

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    I love the composition, light and colour here. your HDR turned out very natural. can't help with LR since I don't have it :)
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    Judy Lynn Malloch
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    Beautiful composition and The HDR worked well. Love how the light leads you right to the very bottom of the mountains and on up to the peaks. Thanks for sharing.

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    nice HDR. i like how the mountains cast that golden color over the water. well worth the hike!!!

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    Robert Amoruso
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    Jared,

    Well done for the reasons mentioned above. For my tastes I would suggest a selection on the bright mountain and tone it down some. Many ways to do this, but a channels selection and then a curves adjustment using a reverse s-curve woudl work. I tried a channels selection, CTRL-J for copy of the selection, blending mode to Multiply then masked out everything except the mountain. That increase saturation so desaturated the mountain using a mask.

    Tutorials here on these processes.

    http://birdphotographers.net/forums/...ad.php?t=24075

    Thanks for posting.

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