My First HDR - Cardiff, Urban

DukesyFoto

A Mix of PhotoMatrix and Photoshop on this. Turned a pretty bland photo with bad lighting into something a little bit more interesting.

tobers

Hey - I like that. Particularly the fact that there seem to be no signs of life - makes it look even bleaker and more desolated.

I'll ensure I avoid Cardiff!!

David_S85

I like the bluish tone and the sky, but am ambivalent about the HDR process.

I would consider straightening the horizon. What is the subject in this shot?

bsvirginian

It looks as if more than HDR is happening there. Any other treatments applied? BS

David_S85 wrote:

I like the bluish tone and the sky, but am ambivalent about the HDR process.

I would consider straightening the horizon. What is the subject in this shot?

DukesyFoto

tobers wrote:

Hey - I like that. Particularly the fact that there seem to be no signs of life - makes it look even bleaker and more desolated.

I'll ensure I avoid Cardiff!!

Cardiff is a great place really. You should definetly come. Like all cities though it has it's less attractive areas plus it rains a fair bit.

bsvirginian wrote:

It looks as if more than HDR is happening there. Any other treatments applied?

Yeah it started by using photomatrix to tonemap and then some curve/level/defining work in Photoshop. Hope that helps

Raz

To me it looks like it's taken out of a computer game, or some animated movie. I actually like this.

Raz