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Welcome to Hometown, USA
Welcome to Hometown, USA
giantmike


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Challenge: HDR III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Verona, WI
Date: Jun 6, 2010
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1600 - 1/400
Galleries: Urban, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Jun 2, 2010

The entry sign as you are driving east on Verona Rd. I got lucky on Sunday and the sky participated with me (my first entry had a rather dull sign)

My photos were taken using exposure bracketing to get -3, -2, -1. I also took 0, -1, and +2, but when adding those to the mix, there was a major halo around the sign, so I left then out (also, the clouds moved enough in the time it took to adjust to exposure, that they lost sharpness).

To create the HDR image, I used the free tool HDRtist on the 3 RAW files, with the little slider set about 1/3 of the way above the third notch.

After saving the HDR to a jpeg (all this program supports for export), I rotated slightly for a level horizon, cropped a bit, stamped out a background light post that stuck out just above the sign, resized, burned a bit to reduce hallows, and sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 134 out of 161
Avg (all users): 4.9875
Avg (commenters): 5.8000
Avg (participants): 4.8243
Avg (non-participants): 5.1279
Views since voting: 945
Views during voting: 352
Votes: 160
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0


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08/16/2014 10:30:23 AM
Oh boy did I suck at HDR back then. I can barely stand to look at this.

Message edited by author 2014-08-16 10:30:33.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/13/2010 10:47:01 PM
No comment.
06/10/2010 05:31:08 AM
Nicely done , good details in the clouds just not too exciting as an overall image. 6
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06/09/2010 05:34:59 PM
nice
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06/07/2010 04:02:19 AM
Hmm... Not bad, not great. 6
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06/07/2010 03:37:42 AM
nice one,,,, need little better focus on the board,,,,
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06/07/2010 12:36:22 AM
Is this one of those places with "welcome" and "please visit us again" on the same sign?
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