hdr sunset? C&C welcome

dantambokdantambok Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
edited January 23, 2011 in Landscapes
HDR image then processed in PS5 :D
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Canon 7D, 450D, 50mm 1.8, 50mm 1.2, Mp-e 65mm, 70-200mm f/2.8L USM, 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, Canon 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM, 580exII, some sigma lenses:D

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  • eoren1eoren1 Registered Users Posts: 2,391 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2011
    it's funny you should post this as I just got through tearing my hair out over processing a similar sunset shoot via HDR. I found that Photomatix tends to push the sunset towards an unnatural orange hue that was difficult to fix. There are other limitations of HDR that come to play in these types of shots. I ended up staying in Lightroom and using the gradient/masking to boost the foreground and burn the sunset...
    If a non-HDR version won't work, here are my suggestions for this one:
    Push up microcontrast to +2 or so
    Pull down the light smoothing. If you are using the buttons, change to sliders. Try not to go higher/lower than +/-2 to minimize the halos you have around the rocks
    Push highlight smoothing to 100 to rid the clouds of gray
    Then bring it back to LR/PS and adjust the tone curve to get some contrast back in, maybe push up the blacks as well
    It's a nice scene and hopefully the above will bring it more in line with what you saw when you shot it.
    Hope that helps
    E
    Eyal
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  • dantambokdantambok Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2011
    Thank you for the help! I'll try to reprocess it tomorrow. I actually did the strong orange on the sunset on purpose in ps5 :)
    Canon 7D, 450D, 50mm 1.8, 50mm 1.2, Mp-e 65mm, 70-200mm f/2.8L USM, 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, Canon 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM, 580exII, some sigma lenses:D
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