Rob's Project 365 for 2013
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Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
You should have windows 8 its no trouble at allof course i could be lying
mike
I think if Microsoft would man up and admit that the interface it a piece of garbage and give people a choice to go back to the classic desktop like Windows 7 then it might be the best version of Windows yet. BUT the interface stinks. I have a shell that sort of mimics the old desktop.
Kias
Senior Member
9/1/2013
Thanks to a house full of academianuts, I managed to get Photomatix at a seriously good price last night.
As if I didn't have enough to learn, lets throw some HDR in with it! Yup, I'm also nuts.
There's one place I know of that I could use some good HDR, and that's this tunnel under the train tracks, so this'll be my test subject.
Here's the bracketed photos I took, while standing in water.
I know with HDR people either love it or hate it. I'm trying to find that fine line where you're not completely sure if it's HDR or not. Ok, I know everyone here can probably tell it's HDR, I mean everyone else.
Here's what I wound up with. I think it might be a tad over the line, but I can't quite figure out how to get pull it back a bit. Yet. I will figure it out.
Thanks to a house full of academianuts, I managed to get Photomatix at a seriously good price last night.
As if I didn't have enough to learn, lets throw some HDR in with it! Yup, I'm also nuts.
There's one place I know of that I could use some good HDR, and that's this tunnel under the train tracks, so this'll be my test subject.
Here's the bracketed photos I took, while standing in water.
I know with HDR people either love it or hate it. I'm trying to find that fine line where you're not completely sure if it's HDR or not. Ok, I know everyone here can probably tell it's HDR, I mean everyone else.
Here's what I wound up with. I think it might be a tad over the line, but I can't quite figure out how to get pull it back a bit. Yet. I will figure it out.
Kias
Senior Member
they might just say "you must have a really good camera"
That's when I say, "Thanks! You must have a really good mouth!"
I love What the Duck.
Kias
Senior Member
Well, I can't quite use this for tomorrow photo, as it seems to be today still.
However, after hundreds of failures, I think I may have got this whole star thing figured out...
Now I just need a wider lens with a larger aperture, I do believe. It's quite big up there!
17mm f/2.8 ISO-3200 20 sec.
However, after hundreds of failures, I think I may have got this whole star thing figured out...
Now I just need a wider lens with a larger aperture, I do believe. It's quite big up there!
17mm f/2.8 ISO-3200 20 sec.
mikeh32217
Senior Member
Nicely done!
I love space/star shots, a person on a programming site that I frequent posts an Astrology Post OTD and they are quite stunning.
I love space/star shots, a person on a programming site that I frequent posts an Astrology Post OTD and they are quite stunning.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
9/1/2013
Thanks to a house full of academianuts, I managed to get Photomatix at a seriously good price last night.
As if I didn't have enough to learn, lets throw some HDR in with it! Yup, I'm also nuts.
There's one place I know of that I could use some good HDR, and that's this tunnel under the train tracks, so this'll be my test subject.
Here's the bracketed photos I took, while standing in water.
View attachment 50514
I know with HDR people either love it or hate it. I'm trying to find that fine line where you're not completely sure if it's HDR or not. Ok, I know everyone here can probably tell it's HDR, I mean everyone else.
Here's what I wound up with. I think it might be a tad over the line, but I can't quite figure out how to get pull it back a bit. Yet. I will figure it out.
View attachment 50518
Very good job with the HDR. I think you got the results you wanted. The only spot you missed was the other side of the tunnel. Not sure about Photomatix if it has a burn tool but in PhotoShop you can burn in (darken) any area by brushing it.
Kias
Senior Member
Thanks!
No idea what photomatix is capable of yet, I could probably darken it in LR though, huh?
I am headed back out to that spot tomorrow to perhaps get a little closer without falling in the water. There's a bed spring, some pipes, a boot, weeds, etc... I found some writings on the wall when I went to full screen with it. Looks like someone loves someone, but still. It's an excuse to go back and see what it says.
Ok, I darkened it a tad in LR. Looks better, I think. Thanks for pointing it out!
Ahhh geee! I'm back to that whole it looks good on one screen, looks horrible on the other screen. The light at the end of the tunnel looks completely blown out. I'll try for better photos tomorrow. LOL :encouragement:
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
I am pretty much never satisfied with some of my photos. I am not sure what it around the area but a little wider might look nice. Maybe to the outside borders of the concrete? Just an idea
Kias
Senior Member
9/2/2013
Put your waterproof hiking boots on, leave your sandals behind, and come with me back to the tunnel.
Ok, it's actually just a tiny bridge for a major railway corridor. I do know where there's an extremely large bridge, but I'm still trying to figure it out in my mind. Anyway... Standing on top of the bridge, it looks like this. I have my suspicions that the railway used to run over those two cement walls.
Now lets move around to that left cement wall and take a look at our subject matter.
No, not the train. A bit lower. No, not the wild grapes. Lower! There ya go, the tunnels! Specifically the one on the right.
Let's take one step in and see what's there. Still got your waterproof hiking boots on I hope.
Let's go about halfway in now.
What's that behind us? That's just where we came in at, silly.
Well... that's it. I know they're over the top HDR, but they looked rather boring if I didn't cross that line.
Put your waterproof hiking boots on, leave your sandals behind, and come with me back to the tunnel.
Ok, it's actually just a tiny bridge for a major railway corridor. I do know where there's an extremely large bridge, but I'm still trying to figure it out in my mind. Anyway... Standing on top of the bridge, it looks like this. I have my suspicions that the railway used to run over those two cement walls.
Now lets move around to that left cement wall and take a look at our subject matter.
No, not the train. A bit lower. No, not the wild grapes. Lower! There ya go, the tunnels! Specifically the one on the right.
Let's take one step in and see what's there. Still got your waterproof hiking boots on I hope.
Let's go about halfway in now.
What's that behind us? That's just where we came in at, silly.
Well... that's it. I know they're over the top HDR, but they looked rather boring if I didn't cross that line.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
I like all of them. The one with the train is really good when seen with the rest of the tunnel shots. Good job on the HDR
Yes, or at least the imprint of one.
Kias
Senior Member
Thanks! I don't like climbing around those, the trains are relentless on these tracks. So I set all the settings on the camera, looked both ways 6 times and was in and out of there in seconds. I have been safely on the side taking photos of the train coming one way, when a train coming the other way snuck up on me. Had to go do laundry if you know what I mean... That was a couple days after reading a photographer got killed while standing on one track taking a photo of a train on the other track, and got hit by a train on the track she was standing on. I thought, "Why oh why would you ever stand ON a track??"