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Challenge: HDR II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Date: Sep 8, 2009
Aperture: f25
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20 sec and 1/250
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Sep 8, 2009

 This was a tough situation because of a blowing wind causing the foreground plants to move and blur during the multiple images I normally use for HDR. So this is made from one neutral exposed raw image which was then outputed as multiple 16bit tiff files at different exposures. The only thing that I could not really resolve very well from that was the sky. So I used another image taken from the raw series of exposures that was an underexposed one and made an additional 3 tiffs. I then created the HDR from that in photomatix. I then used a bit of topaz adjust to help boost the contrast. When I opened the resulting image in PS I did not like the effect of the hdr on all the goldenrod and other plants in the foreground because it made them look too crunchy. So I agained opened up the neutral exposed image in PS and put it in a layer above the HDR layer and used a layer mask to blend the two. I used mostly the non HDR plantlife with and HDR phone booths and sky, although I toned down the sky by letting some of the non HDR version take effect.

Overall I am pretty happy with it because it is a bit unique because it mixes HDR with non HDR in some areas. I debated as to how much HDR effect I wanted to use since I am normally not a fan of the overcooked skys etc. In the end I left it as pretty heavy HDR because I think that is what people will be looking for in this challenge.

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 155
Avg (all users): 6.1600
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.9655
Avg (non-participants): 6.3097
Views since voting: 1207
Views during voting: 468
Votes: 200
Comments: 14
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 09/21/2009 12:26:47 AM
Good finish Ernie!!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/20/2009 07:48:07 PM
Good photo. Well done.
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 09/19/2009 10:32:47 PM
A bit heavy on the saturation.
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 09/18/2009 04:04:00 PM
huh, where did you find these? amazing subjects
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 09/18/2009 01:47:18 PM
*sigh* bl...dy stupid idea to have lost those phone boxes from our tourist towns. Nicely done shot. Be interesting to see what would happen if the greenes of the foliage was reduced.
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 09/17/2009 08:44:26 PM
Nice finding, surreal.
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 09/16/2009 10:53:46 PM
I'm not sure why I like these rusty old phone booths, but I do.
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:)
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 09/16/2009 10:32:19 PM
Weird! Never seen a photo like that. I'd give this an oobie
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 09/15/2009 11:05:10 PM
Killed by mobile phones. A shame too, the UK phone booths really have some style to them.
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 09/15/2009 02:18:02 PM
I shall be rating this challenge by the following criteria:

1 - Not HDR in my opinion

3 - HDR is way over-done, in my opinion

5 - A reasonable use of HDR, but not a very engaging photo, in my opinion

7 - A reasonable use of HDR, and an engaging photo, in my opinion

10 - A fantastic use of HDR, and an out of this world photo, in my opinion

Your photo receives:

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 09/15/2009 10:12:09 AM
love this shot! great colors, idea and capture, fave!
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 09/15/2009 02:31:09 AM
They almost look as though they've been grown there. Nice find.
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 09/14/2009 04:52:29 AM
i love thechain and lock!
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 09/14/2009 02:26:28 AM
nice texture
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