post-processing

HDR tip for beginners

October 15, 2010

in Barcelona

I just wanted to share my experience as I am still a beginner in the subject of HDR photography and learning from my own mistakes.Two weeks ago I went to Colonia Guell to photograph a crypt designed by Antoni Gaudi. Because it is quite dark place with lots of texture I decided to use HDR technique to explore better details in lights and shadow. After composing a scene I have made 3 exposures each time then at home I used Photomatix to get the final version of the image.

After few days of watching the image I decided finally to correct the colors in Ligthroom.
So this is the final version of this image, more similar to this what I saw in real.

So if you prefer more realistic look of your HDR images do not forget correct the colors.
And finally I would like to show a black and white version of the same image which I like too. The choice is yours.

Tagged as: Colonia Guell, fine art print, Gaudi, HDR, post-processing, stock images

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Lightroom 3

June 10, 2010

in Others

As you probably know the Lightroom 3 is already on the market. I am a big fun of Ligthroom since the first moment it appear and of course I have got my upgrade immediately.
Looking for tutorials teaching about new features in Lightroom 3 all over the web I have found a lot of good and very good ones. But in my opinion the best one is provided by Julieanne Kost. Very informative, complete, and easy to follow /I love her way of explaining things/. It takes half an hour but believe me it is worth every minute to watch it. Here is the link to Julieanne Kost tutorial. And here you can visit her website and admire her work. She is a very talented artist.

Tagged as: ligthroom 3, post-processing, software

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