Argal Lake

[MattGrey]

 

5 exp HDR from a single RAW in Photomatix, adjusted in LR5

Tripod , mirror lock-up, standing in a puddle, squatting on a thorn, F22, .8 Sec.

[colinb]

I'm a little lost with the 8 secs? And assuming the location was very dark?

[Black Pearl]

Or - Matt wanted some blur in the water so selected a small aperture and a low ISO.

 

I'd be interested in seeing the original, single RAW image processed in Lightroom without the extra (fake) exposures being (fake) HDR'd.

I'd wager the result would be as good or better...unless you were after a HDR look that is.

 

Nice shot by the way.

[Martyn]

I'm a little lost with the 8 secs? And assuming the location was very dark?

 

I read Matt's post as "point eight" sec.

[MattGrey]

Yeah, I did type .8 second....that's not right, but neither is 8 sec?!  Am at work now but will check raw when I get in, from memory it was around 2 seconds with a filter to blur the water.

 

The light was very flat due to being overcast, I processed in photomatix to get some sort of dynamism (is that a word!) to the image.  Didn't spend to much time on the the single raw as I could the end result would have been disappointing.

[colinb]

Yeah, I did type .8 second....that's not right, but neither is 8 sec?!  Am at work now but will check raw when I get in, from memory it was around 2 seconds with a filter to blur the water.

 

The light was very flat due to being overcast, I processed in photomatix to get some sort of dynamism (is that a word!) to the image.  Didn't spend to much time on the the single raw as I could the end result would have been disappointing.

 

Sounds a bit more like it Matt, keep the HDR coming nice work.

[ChrisLumix]

Or - Matt wanted some blur in the water so selected a small aperture and a low ISO.

 

I'd be interested in seeing the original, single RAW image processed in Lightroom without the extra (fake) exposures being (fake) HDR'd.

I'd wager the result would be as good or better...unless you were after a HDR look that is.

 

Nice shot by the way.

 

BLUR? That's frozen solid, to milk!!!!

 

Apart from that, I'm not too sure about the HDR in this - it gives a kind of 'flat' look to the picture, without enough areas of light and dark. It's a nice composition though

[MattGrey]

It's far from perfect I know.  First time I have tried capturing moving water..and a very rare occasion where I have used colour?! 

[Black Pearl]

The water blur (in my opinion) is perfect but I feel the image is too warm and I'd a little more oomph to the shadows.

[MattGrey]

May have a little play with it tomorrow and see what I can do.