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Challenge: HDR II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Date: Sep 13, 2009
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Sports, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Sep 13, 2009

 I don't think this is going to go over well with the voters. Wanted to do something other than landscape. It was fun to do. Max Quigley helped once again and again Last minute entry!

[Sep. 15th, 2009 06:39:39 PM]

The more I look at this I wish I had more time to tweak the processing.

So the score is a pleasant surprise at this point. 6.6ish

[Sep. 17th, 2009 09:20:56 PM]

Lighting:
4 lights:

1 Strobe with silver umbrella on the camera right to light up Matt(red jacket)

1 bare strobe on the camera left to light up Phil

1 Speedlight in the background at full power for the "Star"

1 Speedlight at 1/4 power to light up the basket in the background.

All powered by my trusty AB Cybersyncs.

This off camera lighting is addictive!!!

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 155
Avg (all users): 6.7462
Avg (commenters): 7.3500
Avg (participants): 6.3095
Avg (non-participants): 7.0708
Views since voting: 3372
Views during voting: 588
Votes: 197
Comments: 27
Favorites: 9 (view)

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AuthorThread
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/09/2009 12:20:28 PM
This came out really good Leo! I came back to check out your lighting notes as I just shot a 'strobist' style shot and have another one coming up. Thanks for the details!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/23/2009 11:02:05 AM
btw, this is awesome. i wish i could shoot portraits like this
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
09/21/2009 09:42:38 PM
Love your work Leo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/21/2009 07:12:18 AM
This is awesome location portraiture. Could be a print ad.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/21/2009 02:43:53 AM
Great shot buddy. I could learn a few things from you. Gave you an 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 09/20/2009 08:43:12 PM
nicely done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 09/20/2009 07:11:06 PM
Very good post processing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
 09/20/2009 01:08:49 PM
Your score might hurt for not using all the 720px, which would have given more details to the image. Nice pp.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 09/19/2009 10:04:20 PM
Good demo of the HDR potential. The outcome has a unique and dramatic style. Not sure I totally like the result, but I like the obvious effort put into the process. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 09/19/2009 02:19:39 PM
the little light on the background are a bit distracting but is a good image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 20-35mm f/2.8 L
09/18/2009 04:57:45 PM
Real nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/18/2009 01:37:47 PM
nice to say the least, its very challenging to HDR people.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 09/17/2009 11:38:42 PM
Came back for comments:

Some may mark this down due to halos but I think it is exactly what HDR is all about. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Coolpix A
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
09/17/2009 06:59:42 PM
great use of lighting and hdr processing.
i'll come back after the challenge hoping to see some info on this...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 09/16/2009 11:26:05 PM
This is too overprocessed for my taste. The colors are really great, so as the light, but the details are not the big thing on this shot in my opinion. Good luck for you and sorry if i was rude. If you feel unconfortable with this comment, please sent me a pm and i'll read your opinion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-RX1
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 09/16/2009 10:25:05 PM
Nice photo journalism. 7/10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/16/2009 10:19:43 PM
wow. very VERY well done. jeez, you should shoot my senior portraits; this is definitely yrbook worthy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 09/16/2009 09:45:04 PM
A good application of a style I've seen used in sports pics before. Very dramatic looking.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/16/2009 02:03:59 PM
Amazing work on lighting. Clever choice to meet the challenge requirements. Hope this does well.

Raj
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/15/2009 07:55:56 PM
Very stylized image....very well done. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/15/2009 03:18:06 PM
A very good stylized use of the technique. I could see a whole set of "cards" done this way for a team, for instance. Interesting light, too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-3
Pentax D-FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW
 09/15/2009 01:55:25 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:

3
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak Z650
 09/15/2009 10:06:25 AM
definetely in the top! love this 10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 09/15/2009 04:45:18 AM
Wonderful by all means, love it, 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/14/2009 10:04:40 PM
This is beautiful....voters are crappyheads!!

No vote...cause I am not a crappyhead!!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 09/14/2009 02:03:00 PM
I really like this. It's a little different take on HDR since HDR's are typically landscapes, but it works beautifully here!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Nikon
 09/14/2009 02:25:20 AM
cool! maybe Nike can use this as a poster. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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