![]() ![]() Opened tone mapped image into photoshop High structure B&W copy made blend mode set to luminosity. ![]() Imported background raw files straight into Photomatix and tone mapped.In the past couple years photography and HDR has become more of a passion and I’m constantly looking to improve. Photography has always played an important part in my work. Selectively Dodged and Burned image using a 50% gray overlay layer.In Photoshop downsized image and sharpened using Blake’s HDR Tone Mapping Method (Sept 7th).In Photoshop selectively color corrected.In Photoshop used Nik Color Efex Pro 4’s Pro Contrast filter.Brought resulting image (see insert) into Topaz Simplify 4 and using the Watercolor mode and emphasized lines.In Photoshop selectively overlaid a scratched texture in overlay mode.Processed supplied images in HDR Efex Pro 2 using realistic mode and boosting contrast and saturation.I discovered digital world in 2000 and with a LR4 catalogue approaching 100K, hopefully I have a few “keepers”. Developed first film (Plus-X) circa 1960 in a furnace room and soon learned the relationship between temperature and chemical reaction (development time). I also added a texture on top, but limited it to the building as I liked the light coming through the arches left alone.I merged the original middle exposure (via layer mask) with the tone mapped image to keep the HDR effect in check.Just open up some of the shadows a bit without going too over the top I haven’t spent too much time on tone mapped HDR, but I am loving Lightroom 4 with its creative possibilities. I do all the photography for the school and some events on the side. I am a fulltime fundraiser for a small Baltimore college. ![]() It is great to see how other post process the same image and how others learn from one another. Even with my vague rules, all of the entries pulled out more than just something worth looking at! As usual, I had a blast with this Concert and can only hope that the others felt the same. Sometimes I am less creative than others with rules on these things. The directions for this Month’s HDR Concert were pretty vague… be creative if you want. ![]()
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