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Old 08-03-2011, 03:23 PM
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My try. Probably my 5th time hitting reset in LR3 and just starting over. Maybe just a bad shot. Everyone's PP looks great though.

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Old 08-03-2011, 05:55 PM
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pseudo hdr..5 exposures made in LR3..ran through photomatix..back in LR3 for touch up...cropped a little off the bottom and tilted it downwards on the bottom left then resized...


before:





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Old 08-03-2011, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Q1911
My try. Probably my 5th time hitting reset in LR3 and just starting over. Maybe just a bad shot. Everyone's PP looks great though.
You took the image about 10:30, that's midday sun. There's nothing special about the light then.
Old 08-03-2011, 06:50 PM
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I created three exposures in ViewNX2, then converted them to Jpeg. Opened in Photomatix and created the HDR. Once saved, I reopened the jpg in ViewNX and sharpened it, added a little D-lighting, and saved. Lastly, opened in LR3 and sharpened a little more and did some noise reduction.
Old 08-03-2011, 07:16 PM
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here's my go:



All LR3, was going the color route, but couldn't get the detail I wanted so went over to B&W. Next time I'm not going to look at other people's processing, I'm sure it affected how mine turned out.
Old 08-03-2011, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by srika
true professionals don't keep any "secrets".

just saying.

ok so I'm not a true professional.

Enough people try and "copy" my look as it is. Until I can recognized for it, have a gallery show, or sell some pieces...I ain't spillin
Old 08-04-2011, 06:02 PM
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let's get a new raw up!
Old 08-04-2011, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
ok so I'm not a true professional.

Enough people try and "copy" my look as it is. Until I can recognized for it, have a gallery show, or sell some pieces...I ain't spillin
alright. I hear where you are coming from.
Old 08-07-2011, 11:24 AM
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Exposure, black, contrast, clarity, sharpening, noise, burn and dodge.



This is so interesting!
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Originally Posted by Q1911
let's get a new raw up!
Anyone?
Old 08-08-2011, 01:48 PM
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hope this is OK
http://delobbo.com/img/upload2/IMG_0842_AZ.CR2
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Here's my attempt at this one. Can't remember everything I did. In Camera Raw I adjusted the horizon, lowered the exposure, increased contrast, clarity, vibrance and saturation. In PS, I used the Topaz plugins Adjust, Detail and De-Noise. I played with exposure, saturation, sharpening, and adjusted individual hues of red, yellow and green. Through most of this I treated the sky and city separately. This one was tough.

Original
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Modified
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Old 08-12-2011, 09:07 AM
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I chose dramatic processing for a dramatic image. I, too, treated the sky and city very differently, though I did apply a graduated filter in Camera Raw to equalize things a bit before moving it into PS . I see myself tweaking this one.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/6035483148/" title="Rasi-Chicago.jpg by MoxiePhotos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/6035483148_6897cbd09f_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="Rasi-Chicago.jpg"></a>

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Old 08-12-2011, 10:55 AM
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Wndrlst and Jupitersolo - It's amazing how much color you two were able to pull out of the cityscape. Looks great.
Old 08-13-2011, 12:26 PM
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Thanks, having the RAW file helps, using the grad filter in camera RAW. Then processing the top and bottom as different images with layers and masking.
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nice to see different processings on the shot. I wanted it to be challenging (and it sounds like it was) so thanks for your time and efforts!
Old 08-13-2011, 12:57 PM
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in camera raw....

graduated filter
straighten horizon
upped clarity, vibrance, brightness
set WB to daylight

then in ps made adjustments with hdr efex pro

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Originally Posted by kcroberge
Wndrlst and Jupitersolo - It's amazing how much color you two were able to pull out of the cityscape. Looks great.

agreed. I think if we combine the sky in jup's and the city in wndr's, it will make an excellent image.
Old 08-13-2011, 03:53 PM
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sho_nuff, really digging that look!
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thanks leftride! I like this thread. It's very interesting to see the different interpretations of each photo.
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here's another raw....

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/69244/_DSC0442.NEF
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Old 08-14-2011, 07:37 PM
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I cleaned out a lot of junk, street signs, street cones, dump turck, trash, and non working items in the fountain pool.

I put structure to everything but the clouds, and blued up the sky. And cropped about 1/2 inch and right.
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