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12/23/2006 02:17:58 AM · #1 |
OK, well, here's is a first attempt. I'm much more for using tone mapping to get a "natural" look than I've seen done on the site. I think it's quite amazing what can be done.
Here is an original workup of a shot from a trip to the Olympic Rain Forest. It was done with multiple RAW conversions laid on top of each other. I processed to the best of my ability (which is often lacking) and to the best the file offered.
Now here is the same scene done with Photomatrix's Tone Mapping. It's a different crop and different size and I also processed it seprately in PS, so the comparison is not exactly apples to apples, but still it seems like Photomatrix gave me the ability to get more out of the picture and to do it more easily.
Message edited by author 2006-12-23 02:18:42. |
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12/23/2006 02:25:31 AM · #2 |
I think I actually like the first one more :(
Maybe if you made the color a little cooler, it would help. On the other hand, I've never done tone mapping, so I may have no clue what I'm talking about. |
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12/23/2006 02:26:06 AM · #3 |
Looks great!!
I'd even be happy to obtain the tones of your original May shot.
But having said that, your new version does have a lot more punch. I'm jealous. I'm still trying to come to grips with PS - I'll get there someday.
Well done - looks great.
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12/23/2006 02:26:27 AM · #4 |
Can you post a link on original to the Toned Mapped version so it's easier to flip between the two. Thanks.
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12/23/2006 02:36:40 AM · #5 |
Without a doubt, the Photomatix approach is faster and less complicated. The first approach is very labor intensive. And you can get more out of HDRI + Tone Mapping too. You've done very well here. You might want to tone the yellow channel a tad, the greens are getting slightly artificial (to my eyes at least).
To all who are wondering, that's no no way a shortcoming of the HDRI/tone mapping process, it's just a PP choice of color management. MOST images made this way need to be tweaked for color in Photoshop. It's not a problem. And we mostly all tweak the color in everything anyway, eh? :-)
R.
ETA: Doc, I can see where you're gearing up to be some seriously serious landscape competition, eh? Maybe I should have kept this whole thing under my vest, jejeje� Though it had to come out once I started using it, back in September at Ecola Point :-) I'm not sure I'm the first one to use "natural" tone mapping here, but I for sure made the most noise about it; the whole craze is my fault, I admit it :-(
Message edited by author 2006-12-23 02:39:12.
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12/23/2006 03:30:47 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Without a doubt, the Photomatix approach is faster and less complicated. The first approach is very labor intensive. And you can get more out of HDRI + Tone Mapping too. You've done very well here. You might want to tone the yellow channel a tad, the greens are getting slightly artificial (to my eyes at least).
To all who are wondering, that's no no way a shortcoming of the HDRI/tone mapping process, it's just a PP choice of color management. MOST images made this way need to be tweaked for color in Photoshop. It's not a problem. And we mostly all tweak the color in everything anyway, eh? :-)
R.
ETA: Doc, I can see where you're gearing up to be some seriously serious landscape competition, eh? Maybe I should have kept this whole thing under my vest, jejeje� Though it had to come out once I started using it, back in September at Ecola Point :-) I'm not sure I'm the first one to use "natural" tone mapping here, but I for sure made the most noise about it; the whole craze is my fault, I admit it :-( |
Just keep it out of the hands of the Icelanders. Last thing we need is for them to start scoring 9s. :P |
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12/23/2006 06:47:10 AM · #7 |
| It's a lovely scene. The first one's colours looks more natural, the second one looks more three-dimensional. |
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12/23/2006 12:15:42 PM · #8 |
Ya, the green thing is my processing, not an artifact of tone mapping. I often tweak my yellows +10 to the green side. At least on my monitor it looks better to me. More lush. However, I'm on a crappy, dark monitor at the moment and it does look a little artificial.
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12/23/2006 01:20:22 PM · #9 |
I like the potential of the tonemapped version; I do agree about the greens. I really love the scene, the composition is beautiful. I took a SWAG at tweaking the tonemapped version:
I'll put the modification details in shortly... |
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12/23/2006 01:58:26 PM · #10 |
| I like it kirbic, although I think I like mine better. However, what I like at 720 pixels may be very different from what I like at 16x20. On the small canvas I actually kept the contrast down a bit because it made it look too busy otherwise. |
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12/23/2006 02:09:50 PM · #11 |
It's a toss up between the 2nd Dr image, and the Kribic Dr'ed images for me. The tree on the right with the grey stands out better in the last one.
A very nice landscape indeed. I want to go there someday.
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