HDR Tonemapped Gas Stations along Route 66

cajohnsonphotographycajohnsonphotography Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
edited October 21, 2009 in Landscapes
Last Year we traveled down Route 66 from Chicago to Adrian Texas, the half way point. We were suppose to make the second half of the trip this year, but due to certain circumstances we had to cancell it for this year. These are a few of the gas stations we stopped at along the way. They were converted to HDR's and tone mapped. I hope you enjoy them.
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  • pgaviriapgaviria Registered Users Posts: 78 Big grins
    edited September 23, 2009
    Oh wow. I have made that trip 2-3 times in the past 10 years and have NEVER seen these. LOVE the colors.
  • HDShooterHDShooter Registered Users Posts: 114 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    This was a Great Idea, and well done!
    I love HDR for scenes like these!
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  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    Very cool.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    Very cool!
    I love HDR--don't know how to do it yet, but I like the look of it very much and I'm really digging yours.

    Next time can you please post them bigger and with spaces in between the photos--it would just make them that much more enjoyable, for me anyway. I'd love to be able to look at a screen sized version of these.
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  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2009
    cajohnsonphotography wrote:
    They were converted to HDR's and tone mapped. I hope you enjoy them.
    How many exposures did you take and what software did you use? I know I can do HDR's in Photoshop, at least to some degree, but I'm not sure what limitations it has compared to other software out there.
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  • cajohnsonphotographycajohnsonphotography Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    lizzard_nyc wrote:
    Very cool!
    I love HDR--don't know how to do it yet, but I like the look of it very much and I'm really digging yours.

    Next time can you please post them bigger and with spaces in between the photos--it would just make them that much more enjoyable, for me anyway. I'd love to be able to look at a screen sized version of these.

    Thanks Liz,
    That was my first posting and it took me a bit to figure that out. Next time I should have it all figured out. Otherwise you can see the full size on my website.
    http://www.cajohnsonphotography.com

    Thanks again
  • cajohnsonphotographycajohnsonphotography Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    mercphoto wrote:
    How many exposures did you take and what software did you use? I know I can do HDR's in Photoshop, at least to some degree, but I'm not sure what limitations it has compared to other software out there.

    Thanks Bill,

    Those were converted using 3 shots, +2 0 -2 and then converted to an HDR using Dynamic HDR by media chance http://http://www.mediachance.com/hdri/index.html

    I tried them and Photomatix and went with mediachance because of the ease of converting and I really liked their final results. I then brought them into Photoshop for the final touch-ups. Both companies have free trials, so give them shot.

    Thanks for looking,

    Craig
  • BeachBillBeachBill Registered Users Posts: 1,311 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    Very nice. thumb.gif

    I was at a gallery last night where the current show is HDR automobiles with emphasis on the HDR I guess. The compositions were very plain and boring to me.

    I would love to see your images printed big hanging in a gallery. They are much more interesting and I'm sure there are a lot of details we are missing when looking at the very small images.

    Awesome job! bowdown.gif
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2009
    These are all great images. Though a bit over the top as HDR images,
    for me.
    They would ALL be much easier to look at if you used some line spaces
    between them, as I have done with the first few in the quote below, so they separate and
    are easier to see, each on their own, instead of all run together!
    <br><br>Thanks,
    Don<br><br>
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  • wingerwinger Registered Users Posts: 694 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2009
    These are very cool, my and my friend are playing a photo trip for the southwest in the spring. I am going to have to send him a link to these so he can put it on the agenda :)
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    Very cool images.

    I love heavy HDR thumb.gif
    Randy
  • clikrf8clikrf8 Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited October 20, 2009
    HDR works
    Although I am not a big fan of over the top HDR, this process really worked with these images. Sort of retro and I like the effect. Great journey.
  • SUMGUYSUMGUY Registered Users Posts: 61 Big grins
    edited October 20, 2009
    I'm a fan of SOME images done HDR...These I like thumb.gif. I have no idea how to do it, after looking at yours I think I will look into having a go. Nice work mate!

    Cheers
    Scott
  • OobersOobers Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
    edited October 20, 2009
    Oh so cool. I love these. You should do more and publish.
  • dadwtwinsdadwtwins Registered Users Posts: 804 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2009
    What a great idea and well executed. Fantastic series you got going hereclap.gif
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  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    Oobers wrote:
    Oh so cool. I love these. You should do more and publish.
    A Route 66 Gas Station photo book. :)
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