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JuliBoc


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Challenge: Landscape III (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Location: Delray Beach, FL
Date: Apr 13, 2007
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2007

 HDR from two exposures plus the bird added from another exposure.

Post-processing steps

Photomatix Baxic:
HDR from two RAW files.
Tone Mapped and saved as TIFF-16 bit.

CS2 processing:
Cropped and straightened slightly
Shadows/Highlights and Exposure adjustments
High Pass/Soft Light mode
Hue/Saturation on individual colors
Converted to 8-bit mode
Copy/Pasted and resized a bird from a third file taken at the same location
Cloned to remove some grass in front of the bird
Dodged the bird to reduce shadows
Levels adjustment on bird
Added border, resized, smart sharpened, saved for web.
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People all agreed that the focus is bad on this. I am thinking that the problem may have come from combining two shots for HDR. It was a breezy day, and while I used a tripod and I am pretty sure the camera was steady, the trees were probably moving enough that the two shots didn't combine well. This is my second failure at HDR, but it won't be my last. I'll keep trying, and each time I'll learn something.

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 04/29/2007 03:44:55 PM
With such a wide variety of flora in the shot, I agree with the others that the shot would have been improved by greater sharpness, so we can better distinguish the details. I've only had success myself with HDR with absolutely static images, good on you for giving something "live" a go!
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 04/26/2007 06:32:01 AM
I have the same problem with HDR when using actual multiple images. I fear it's limited in the situations where it can be used - particularly, as you mentioned, when there's any wind or movement in your subject. But yeah, keep trying it - it works well in some instances, not so much in others.
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 04/25/2007 09:22:17 PM
Just a thought (as I of course have no idea what is to the right of the image) but I think setting the tree in the middle just a bit more off to the left might help this also, good luck with the HDR, I just DL'ed the trial and am looking forward to trying it out. Neat location!
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 04/25/2007 04:32:07 PM
Yeah I think the multiple-exposure HDR is a tricky thing to get right. The slightest variation in camera position or wind-driven movement of the subject will end up knocking out the image in a slight way. I've had a few shots that I thought would be good end up messed up by that.

Having said that I don't think that this was a disaster by any stretch. I think, had the perspective been right, I'd have been tempted to have the bird up front right, for some foreground interest.
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 04/25/2007 12:16:57 PM
I think that it is a good shot you did good in my book ;)
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 04/25/2007 08:16:08 AM
Julianne, I think this is a neat shot. I think the focus is off a bit but the whole compositon is very nice.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/24/2007 08:38:05 AM
Sorry but the image quality is not up to par, the fuzzy/blurry look of it doesn´t appeal to me, shame as it looked promising as a thumbnail.
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 04/23/2007 01:09:51 PM
it seems a little bit out of focus...
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 04/19/2007 01:53:11 PM
lack of sharpness and too centered composition are hurting this image ...
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 04/19/2007 01:48:11 PM
A bit fuzzy on the focus - I have this problem with landscapes, too. My camera (nor I) can't seem to find where it is I want to focus. In this case, maybe focus on the foreground trees. I do love the light - you picked a great time of day. And I like the little surprise of the egret!
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 04/18/2007 10:56:53 PM
needs better focus
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 04/18/2007 12:06:50 PM
A bit out of focus/shakey and the white bird to the left seems out of place????
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 04/18/2007 03:55:25 AM
Was the bird digitally inserted?
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