Chris's Pix 365/2011 starting AFTER PETE!!!

[ohkphoto]

Really nice tulip shot, Chris! I love the raindrops and the yellow colors really brighten the photo. Great job.

 

[Vermontster]

Thanks Rick, Jen and Helene. I'm going to have to setup an indoor studio to continue this photo a day thread. The rain doesn't want to let up for me to hot outdoors "except some tulips".

 

[Vermontster]

Partly sunny today. Thought I'd take a look at Lake Champlain flood waters.





Hope to add some decent shots once the weather turns!!!

 

[jcottone45]

Thanks for the reply Chris, Helene has always been my go to gal & she always comes thru, but I don't have windows 7 so I'll just have to grin & bare it.!!

 

[Vermontster]

Pete said we haid to do flowers

 

[Vermontster]

The makings of a Mother's Day omlette. Happy Mother's Day to all you Nikonite Mother's.

 

[jengajoh]

All very nice shots, Chris. I would not want to be near those flood waters, that sucks.
The mother's day Omelette, did you make it?

 

[Vermontster]

The mother's day Omelette, did you make it?

I am the cook in our house. I was afraid (and rightly so) that I would not get a pic for the day in, so.... I saw all the bright colors in the pan and got my camera out. Oh, and it was goooood!!!

 

[ohkphoto]

I love the omelette shot, Chris! Great combination of colors . . . and looks yummy, too! Good job!

 

[Marcel]

Nice healthy attractive food. Gives me a good recipe hint. Great color combination.

 

[Vermontster]

New England town in early Spring.

 

[Carolina Photo Guy]

Has this shot been stacked or something? I like the composition, but the clouds look really weird.
Of course, I am old as dirt. It could be my eyes!
I still like the look of this one.

Pete

 

[Vermontster]

Not your eyes Pete. The time of day had the colors washed out of the scene, so I chose to bracket a few shots and covert it to HDR to pep it up if you will.

 

[Vermontster]

Here is the shot with without the HDR effect. Even with some tweeking in CS5, it is still pretty flat.

 

[Marcel]

Hi Chris,
I think that your cloud problem comes from the time lapse between your bracketed shots. Seems that they moved between the different exposures. When doing HDR I always try to use High Speed Continuous exposures.

I'm not so sure your un HDRed shot is that flat. See what a little PP could do to it:

 

[Vermontster]

Thanks Marcel. I cranked up the vibrance in PP, but it went to far. Did you increase vibrance and contrast? or something else?

I have the battery grip on the D700 that allows forhigh speed continuous shooting. I pushed the HDR effect in the clouds in PP, though I wasn't pleased with the outcome. Was in a hurry to get the pic posted last night!!!

 

[Marcel]

I first did sharpening using a copy of the basic layer and the "high pass" filter, then using the curve adj. layer, I increased contrast an exposure but only for the ground. Then I opened a level layer adjustment and darkened the sky and increased contrast a little. I used the paintbrush in the layer mask to remove the created effect where I didn't want it to be effective.

It takes more time to write the explanation than to actually do it. ;-)

 

[Vermontster]

Hmmmmmmmmm. I have CS5, but I am not proficient with it. I will play with a couple of my photos and try out some of the adjustments you made.

Thanks again Marcel

 

[jengajoh]

I like the effect on your HDR with everything but the clouds, they do look a little weird.

 

[Vermontster]

Moss Glen Falls - Stowe, Vermont