Littlehampton Pier in HDR

[David Stringer]

Well seeing as it was a decent day today weatherwise i finally got out to take a few shots. Ive not been having much luck so far with HDR but i think the practice is pushing me in the right direction.

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[hodad66]

great shot! love the skies and water....
lens?

 

[Rich M]

Littlehampton Pier

David.....I like it.

You look at it and you know it is HDR, but it's not garish or overdone. It has a fanciful feel to it. Like I said.....nice.

Care to share any details? ....# of exposures, tripod or handheld, Photomatix or PS?

Regards......R

 

[David Stringer]

I always forget those little details hehe.
GF1 with 20mm pancake, ISO 100, f16, 7 exposure autobracket handheld and processed in Photomatix and then levels adjustment in Photoshop CS4.

 

[Rich M]

Handheld? That's AWESOME. I am inspired.

Thenk yew.....

 

[andyw]

HDR works really well on that wood, Fantastic!!

 

[David Stringer]

Thanks guys, Rich photomatix aligns by matching features and it does it very well so handheld isnt too bad

 

[Rich M]

Thanks guys, Rich photomatix aligns by matching features and it does it very well so handheld isnt too bad

That's a good thing to know.....I have it sitting on my Mac, but never really delved into it.

Thanks.....R

 

[deckitout]

Love it, hand held I am impressed

 

[goldenlight]

Love the effect on thep ier but the top part of the sky looks a little overcooked for my taste. It would crop nicely as a 16:9 though. :smile:

 

[ahuyevshi]

This is really good...

 

[BBW]

David - very impressive and I agree that it is just right for the HDR and works very well. It's such a different look and you've handled it really well here.

 

[Iconindustries]

Cool picture. But i'm not sure what HDR acutually is? I can tell from the picture that it must be something to do with the contrast and maybe something to do with the sharpness? Whatever it is, i would love to give it a go.

iconindustries

 

[Herman]

Thanks David for this top HDR shot, very impressive. I will take a look into HDR.
I look forward to more HDR shots from you.

Have a nice day.
Kind regards, Herman

 

[David Stringer]

Cool picture. But i'm not sure what HDR acutually is? I can tell from the picture that it must be something to do with the contrast and maybe something to do with the sharpness? Whatever it is, i would love to give it a go.

iconindustries

If you want to give it a try this is where i got all my information from and it has a pretty good free tutorial.

http://www.stuckincustoms.com/

 

[David Stringer]

Love the effect on thep ier but the top part of the sky looks a little overcooked for my taste. It would crop nicely as a 16:9 though. :smile:

I know what you mean about the top, also the blurry people obviously from the 7 exposures, i'm going to try again at some point to correct both these issues and then it may end up in my hallway.

 

[Iansky]

Lovely shot David and the HDR effect looks good but not overdone.

I love the leading line of the pier with the stopping points along the way and the subtle yet evident rays of the sunthrough the clouds are great.

A lovely and well created image.

 

[Brian Mosley]

David, great shot - as someone noted, the sky could do with being a little lighter... why did you choose f16 and what were you focused on?

Cheers

Brian