Small railroad bridge to play with

[Frank Lopes]

I shot these three image with the intent of playing with them but never got to them.

[0lBaldy]

Played for you using Photomatix
1st combined using Default settings
2nd Combined and played with sliders
3rd just used the center exposure (7613) and did a single picture HDR and played with the sliders for a comparison

~~1st ~~~ 2nd ~~~3rd ~~

[Frank Lopes]

0lBaldy,

nicely done.
Here is my take on the same theme: I used the three images and played with the gamma and vignette options

[kliph]

Ok, here is my attempt. Great picture, thanks for posting.

I used the first 2 pictures. I played with a layered blend/mask. I used a levels mask and a burn mask. I finished with an OoB.

[Frank Lopes]

Very creative.

Originally Posted by kliph

Ok, here is my attempt. Great picture, thanks for posting.

I used the first 2 pictures. I played with a layered blend/mask. I used a levels mask and a burn mask. I finished with an OoB.

[kliph]

Do you mind if I post this on my flickr account in the OoB section?

[Frank Lopes]

Absolutely not: I don't mind at all.

Originally Posted by kliph

Do you mind if I post this on my flickr account in the OoB section?

[kliph]

I added a wooden frame and mat. I also gave a plug for this forum.
http://flickr.com/groups/oob/pool/

[LaDair]

Hi Frank,

First post on the forum. Beautiful bridge and thanks for the play.

LaDair

[Frank Lopes]

Well done indeed!

What was your workflow?

Originally Posted by LaDair

Hi Frank,

First post on the forum. Beautiful bridge and thanks for the play.

LaDair

[LaDair]

Hi Frank,

Sorry it took so long for me to see this. Since this was my first post I didn't have email notification set, plus it was my birthday today and I was not in for the whole day.

Thank you for the compliment and I have to say, I came in from some other way onto the forum so I didn't know I was on a HDR thread. Even though I knew your shot was HDR I somehow came directly to it. Just learning how to get around a little.

It's a beautiful setting and great fun to play with. My workflow was, that I used number two and only under the bridge on number three.

I did not use a standard HDR workflow as I've been doing scenics for so long now before all the HDR workflows and software came to be.

So it was pretty standard stuff, except I love to add touches of accent colors like some blue in the water and shades of different greens in the leaves along with some blue in the sky. It's a beautiful spot and really has some great colors that POP really nice.

Here is one of my websites http://www.ladair.com if you are interested to see some things I've done. One of the more interesting things to check out is the 3D section. For the last couple of years I've been heavily involved in 3D Art Prints and in the last 5 months, the technology has come around so that I can now people in 3D and it is really getting exciting.

Thank again Frank and nice meeting you.

LaDair

[amica999]

Happy belated birthday, LaDair.

[LaDair]

Thank you Amica

[palms]

Hi i thought i would add these into the mix

I Used only the first image ( thank you Frank great images ) for the first two images

one is using Dynamic photo hdr ( the bit that is for just one image )

the second one is using Toapaz adjust

then the third one is using all three in dynamic photo hdr

Palms

[Xaran]

A bit late but here's what I came up with using Essential HDR and a bit of Photoshop.

Christine