Sorry! No Petrol Sales Today :: HDR

Sorry! No Petrol Sales Today :: HDR

Crap Challenge #2

This is my 2nd post for my crap challenge set :)) Yeah rather crappy subject but that's the challenge! ;) Anyhow its fascinating to find an abandoned petrol kiosk out of nowhere. It must have been there since coca cola era cos it looks real vintage & classic to me! :P

View LARGE On Black to see the 'NO PETROL SALES' signage

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About

The abandoned petrol kiosk outside a town in Tasmania

The Shot

Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) in RAW taken handheld using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens

Photomatix

- Tonemapped generated HDR using Detail enhancer option

Photoshop

- Added 2 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues) to darken the sky

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds) to tone down all red bits

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (masters) to slightly destaurate the image

Music

Silverchair - Petrol & Chlorine

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Naya02

Naya02

She is not mine anymore :)

Vespa Piaggio

Vespa Piaggio

Un plauso al Ciri (Roberto) per lo splendido restauro del 1962

Vespaland. com/VespaPhotos. aspx Sat, 10 Oct 2009

What is the price of love???

What is the price of love???

Parking GO Misano

Parking GO Misano

Please don't use this image on websites,

Blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

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Merano Panorama - Merano, Italy (HDR)

Merano Panorama - Merano, Italy (HDR)

Watch the Before and After - Comparison to see where this photo comes from!

The story of this photo:

I shot this panorama of the beautiful Etsch Valley (Valle dell'Adige) in South Tyrol, Italy last year on a hiking trip. It was shot from the south side of the Mutspitze Mountain. Merano, the most notable city in this area, is shown to the lower middle of the shot. As you can see, this is a wonderful place to do a lot of hiking in the mountains and to see some wonderful nature.

Take a look at my "HDR Cookbook"! It contains some more information on my techniques.

How it was shot:

> Handheld

> 4 autobracketed shots, three exposures (0, -2, +2 ev) each

> Camera: Nikon D90

> Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm 1:3,5-5,6G ED VR

> Details can be found Here

How it was stitched and tonemapped:

> Created 4 HDRs (32 bit) using Photomatix version 3.1

> Stitched the 4 HDRs using Photoshop; saved them in OpenEXR format

> Tonemapped resulting panorama HDR using Photomatix version 3.1 (Detail Enhancer)

> Saved as 16bit TIF

> Take a look here for a more detailed description.

How it was post-processed:

> Post-processing was done in Photoshop

> Topaz Adjust on the entire image to get back the colors and the details

> Topaz Denoise [Details]

> Saturation and levels layer on the valley (tuning master and reds and some brightening)

> Levels layer on the sky to brighten it

> Saturation layer on the cloud to the right to desaturate it a bit

> Global saturation and curves layer to fine tune colors and contrast

> Vignette effect using a masked fill layer [Details]

> Sharpening using the high-pass filter [Details]

Related photos that you may like:

If you like this photo, you may also want to view the following photos...

> “James Bond” Rock - Panorama - Phang Nga, Thailand (HDR)

> Edinburgh Castle - Edinburgh, Scotland (HDR)

> New College - Edinburgh, Scotland (HDR)

...and take a look at the following set(s):

HDR - Landscapes

Any comments, feedback or criticisms are highly welcome! Thanks for viewing!

Over the line!

Over the line!

Explore, Interestingness: March 20th 2007 @ #85