Rocking Under the Blood Red Sky (II) :: HDR
Explore Frontpage | 16.12.2008 (Thank you everybody! :D)
(BIG HUGS to gorgeous Rachel for capturing the screenshot for me! :D)
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(Great thanks to buddy Frank for capturing the #1 screenshot for me too!)
This is quite similar to another shot i posted 2 months ago. I believe at that time when i processed this hdr, i must be feeling quite happy & unknowingly unleash the saturation beast in me haha! Yesterday was the naughty beast :P Now that i look at this, i wonder if the colours are a bit too intense or is it because the strong colour theme fits the atmosphere really well back then? i've noticed a couple of ghost artifacts here & there but seriously i'm just too lazy to reprocess this so let's hope you don't get blinded by the power of my redness! :D
View LARGE On Black to feel the intensity :P
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About
The Mossy Rocks at the Glenelg Beach
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' (yellows & reds) to tone up part of the sky
- Blended in +2 EV exposure shot to correct the darkness of the rock section
- Blended in 0 EV exposure shot to correct the movement of water
- Applied dodging on the remaining dark area of the rocks
- 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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