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.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/qpro/6006512512/http://www.flickr.com/photos/qpro/6006512512/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/qpro/, on Flickr

 

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:





after:

 

You took the image about 10:30, that's midday sun. There's nothing special about the light then.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

let's get a new raw up!

 

alright. I hear where you are coming from.

 

Exposure, black, contrast, clarity, sharpening, noise, burn and dodge.



This is so interesting!

 

Anyone?

 

hope this is OK
http://delobbo.com/img/upload2/IMG_0842_AZ.CR2

 

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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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>

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reverseimage/6035771456/http://www.flickr.com/photos/reverseimage/6035771456/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/reverseimage/, on Flickr

 

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

 

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.

 

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!

 

in camera raw....

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

then in ps made adjustments with hdr efex pro

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sho_nuff1997/6039090818/http://www.flickr.com/photos/sho_nuff1997/6039090818/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/sho_nuff1997/, on Flickr

 

agreed. I think if we combine the sky in jup's and the city in wndr's, it will make an excellent image.

 

sho_nuff, really digging that look!

 

thanks leftride! I like this thread. It's very interesting to see the different interpretations of each photo.

 

here's another raw....

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/69244/_DSC0442.NEF

 

 

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/reverseimage/6043962732/http://www.flickr.com/photos/reverseimage/6043962732/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/reverseimage/, on Flickr



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.