HDRs of the Cornish Coast
Discussion
Had a few days in Cornwall last week and was lucky to be blessed with great weather. Some stunning scenery and epic views.
Took the opportunity to try out a few HDRs of the coast photos. Used a Sigma 10-20 on a 400D complete with Cokin P ND grad filter. Initially shot in RAW and exported via Lightroom in TIFF format to Photomatix for tone mapping. Some are more processed than others to may not be to everyone's taste. In addition stuggled somewhat with excessive haloing and a somewhat noisy sky in some pics.
Feedback welcome as always. My personal fave is the waterfall shot, handheld at 1/4 sec.
IMG_3174mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2968mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2379mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2995mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2967mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2942mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2932mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
Took the opportunity to try out a few HDRs of the coast photos. Used a Sigma 10-20 on a 400D complete with Cokin P ND grad filter. Initially shot in RAW and exported via Lightroom in TIFF format to Photomatix for tone mapping. Some are more processed than others to may not be to everyone's taste. In addition stuggled somewhat with excessive haloing and a somewhat noisy sky in some pics.
Feedback welcome as always. My personal fave is the waterfall shot, handheld at 1/4 sec.
IMG_3174mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2968mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2379mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2995mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2967mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2942mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
IMG_2932mod by g3org3yuk, on Flickr
...Mole... said:
The composition of the Photos is nice but the HDR seems a little to overcooked for landscapes in my opinion. The waterfall shot would look amazing if the HDR was a bit more Subtle. If you're using Photomatix i'd try and keep the "light smoothing" as high as possible.
I pretty much agree with this, i personally think these shots would look a lot better without the HDR. The basic shots are really nice, in particular the waterfall, but the HDR makes it look a bit cartoony.pictures are nice, but as has been said, HDR effect feels a little overdone (unless your going for an artistic effect, which is what it seems your after).
The biggest thing that bugs me, is your saturation, some of the pictures (particularly the last 2) feel oversaturated.
Another area where you could improve is sharpening, while you cant show a lot of improvement from the sharpening tools included with photoshop, third party sharpening tools could end up being your best friend here. My fave is NIK software sharpener pro, and for good reason.
I would like to say, your pictures are great, and my criticisms are meant to be constructive. I don't want you to feel like I think your pictures suck, because they are great. On a final note, photography is art, so do whatever you feel looks best.
The biggest thing that bugs me, is your saturation, some of the pictures (particularly the last 2) feel oversaturated.
Another area where you could improve is sharpening, while you cant show a lot of improvement from the sharpening tools included with photoshop, third party sharpening tools could end up being your best friend here. My fave is NIK software sharpener pro, and for good reason.
I would like to say, your pictures are great, and my criticisms are meant to be constructive. I don't want you to feel like I think your pictures suck, because they are great. On a final note, photography is art, so do whatever you feel looks best.
dblack1 said:
pictures are nice, but as has been said, HDR effect feels a little overdone (unless your going for an artistic effect, which is what it seems your after).
The biggest thing that bugs me, is your saturation, some of the pictures (particularly the last 2) feel oversaturated.
Another area where you could improve is sharpening, while you cant show a lot of improvement from the sharpening tools included with photoshop, third party sharpening tools could end up being your best friend here. My fave is NIK software sharpener pro, and for good reason.
I would like to say, your pictures are great, and my criticisms are meant to be constructive. I don't want you to feel like I think your pictures suck, because they are great. On a final note, photography is art, so do whatever you feel looks best.
Very much appreciate the feedback. As mentioned, it's the first time I've done HDR since some of my Thailand photos back in 2008 which imo were more successful:The biggest thing that bugs me, is your saturation, some of the pictures (particularly the last 2) feel oversaturated.
Another area where you could improve is sharpening, while you cant show a lot of improvement from the sharpening tools included with photoshop, third party sharpening tools could end up being your best friend here. My fave is NIK software sharpener pro, and for good reason.
I would like to say, your pictures are great, and my criticisms are meant to be constructive. I don't want you to feel like I think your pictures suck, because they are great. On a final note, photography is art, so do whatever you feel looks best.
Agree with your comments, I feel process worked well with 1 and 3 and perhaps the final shot with the steps in a more 'artisitic' way.
Will check out the sharpening prog.
When I get the chance, will go back to these and sort out the originals.
Thanks
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