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10/08/2007 02:40:05 PM · #1 |
took them at Gravity park in chilton wisconsin, the guy on the bike is my uncle and the one on the quad is my neighbor, think they will like?
//i122.photobucket.com/albums/o268/jimbo_for_life/Jay.jpg
//i122.photobucket.com/albums/o268/jimbo_for_life/Travis-1.jpg
Message edited by karmat - please keep the longest side under 500 pixels, please. |
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10/08/2007 02:41:52 PM · #2 |
| they look pretty cool, my suggestion is is to low the saturation a little bit |
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10/08/2007 02:58:56 PM · #3 |
Oh I donno. I think the saturation is part of the charm here. He's straddling the border between illustration and photography, and doing it very well IMO.
Good work, jimbo!
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10/08/2007 03:14:07 PM · #4 |
I think it's right on. The point of an HDR image is to be partial over-saturated and to have a surreal look to the photo.
This brings up an interesting question I have been meaning to ask and haven't gotten around to. So, since these awesome HDR images came up...here it goes. When you take and convert a 32-bit image to 16-bit (and this is in CS2 or CS3) and use the option for HDR conversion, if you change the drop down to Local Adaptation and adjust the curves, what is this considered in a challenge? I am guessing this goes beyond basic editing? and would probably fall into Advanced Editing? |
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10/08/2007 03:21:24 PM · #5 |
I thkn they rule man. Which i never say for HDR stuff (never say never right?).
Looks like Motorstorm or whatever its called on the PS3.
Great job. Was it done in photomatix?
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10/08/2007 04:31:14 PM · #6 |
| I took the raw and imported it into rawshooter essensials 2006, played around with it, got dirt how i wanted it, saved it, got the bike how i wanted it, each part in its own file, brought it into photoshot and overlaped each one starting with the sky, then rider, then dirt layer one and two. used the eraser with a 16 percent hardness and erased everything around the inital piece of the photo i wanted, then merged layers down and saved, not really done like a normal HDR image, but i cant figure out how to use the merge to hdr in photoshop so i just do this:) thanks all on the comments |
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10/08/2007 05:08:26 PM · #7 |
The Merge To HDR in Photoshop is actually pretty cool once you play around with it and know what settings work well. The one thing you have to do with Photoshop though is to shoot 3 images that have been bracketed. I usually go 1.5 or 2.0 stops above and below. I make sure my camera is set to full manual mode and then let the camera adjust the shutter speed for me. If you're only shooting one image its a little different but you can still get some pretty cool images. Here is my quick and dirt method to use the Merge to HDR. Open Photoshop and go to File - Automate - Merge to HDR. Select the three images you want to merge. Click through and it will open a dialog to adjust exposure. View all three images and then go back to the first image. If it is the image that is over exposed adjust the exposure on the right hand side down so that you are matching the over exposure. Your next image will probably (not always) be your correctly exposed photo. Leave it set to 1/60th of a second. Then select your photo that is under exposed. Again adjust the exposure time on the right hand side to match your exposure (normally two or three steps above 1/60th works well. Click ok...go get a drink and come back to see if its done. Once it processes the image it will most likely look like crap. Don't worry your not done. Go and change the image from 32-bit to 16-bit. Change the drop down selection to Local Adaptation and adjust curves accordingly. From here you can do whatever else you like to PP your photo. If you want more detailed info let me know.
Keep in mind that PS works well for when you bracket the image in camera and composite the three images. If you want some real fun try bracketing 4 or 5 images manually and you can get some pretty cool results. |
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