Calgary Sunset 2

Posted by Kenton (Calgary, Canada) on 11 November 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.

I'm experimenting a bit here. Firstly I'm trying this picture frame idea. Secondly, and this is a bigger experiment, I'm working on learning how to do HDR (High Dynamic Range) images. I'm trying a program called Photomatix and it is really good, much better than the HDR stuff built-in to Photoshop (at last it is easier to get good results).
Stay tuned for more...

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Comments (7)

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

It's a curious treatment. I would like to see the original to compare and see the changes.
Well done.

11 Nov 2008 6:22am

@Paco Díaz: Paco, I've posted one of the original images (the closest to a good exposure) on my Flickr site here. Thanks for the compliment.

Maxine from Rangiora, New Zealand

wow this is magical! great work Kenton, keep playing!

11 Nov 2008 6:22am

@Maxine: Thanks Maxine.

Kathryn from Warburton, Australia

wow this is great! I usually don't like the results of HDR all that much (though i would like to try doing it myself!) but this is really good - it is more subtle so i like it! Out of interest - around what time was this taken? Yeah Maxine said it right - 'Magical"! well done and keep playing!

11 Nov 2008 7:21am

@Kathryn: Thanks Kathryn. I think HDR can be overdone and sometimes that isn't bad either, as long as it isn't being passed off as natural. What I'm trying to do at the moment is just enhance what I have to bring out the details that were there but couldn't have been captured in one image. This picture was taken around 6:00pm. The sun was down, but there was still lots of twilight left.

Marie from Isère, France

Excellent !

11 Nov 2008 9:48am

@Marie: Thank-you.

Florence from Paris, France

Great skyline ! And great HDR too.

11 Nov 2008 3:59pm

@Florence: Thank-you.

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

you achieved quite a nice result with nice lgihting and good preservation of detail all around - great effort!

12 Nov 2008 3:43am

@DarkElf: Thanks!

Denise from Perry, United States

Beautiful shot, this is my next project to try.... I think it will take me quite some time to understand the concept. This makes me want to visitt this beautiful city.

17 Nov 2008 2:22am

@Denise: Thanks. I've certainly discovered that it isn't as easy as I would have thought.

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