Twin Pagodas in Chinese Garden, Singapore (II) :: HDR
My 2nd last post for the year woohoo! That means I'm another day closer to my holiday! :P Today is a bit crazy for me.. lots to do here & packing to be done for friday. Real busy so a quickie post for now but will try catch up soon in my slow yet steadiest pace :)) Hang on! less than 2 days to go before xmas hit us downunder! :D joy to the world baby!
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About
The Sunset with the Twin Pagodas at the Chinese Garden, Singapore
The Shot
Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) with tripod using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues) to adjust the sky
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to tone up the sunset
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds) to drastically tone down the pillars
- Applied some dodging on the top section of the pagodas
- Applied noise reduction
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome
Music
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