This is a bonus photo for this week, as I won’t be working on a long form blog post.
This is an HDR shot from my backyard. My wife and I had just gone for a canoe ride on the river here and I loved the sunset, so when we were finished I grabbed my camera, tripod, and set out to try an HDR. I took 11 exposures ranging from 1/400 to 1/8000 at f/3.5 and ISO 400.
Shot with Canon 40D with EF28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 USM set at 28mm. I used the auto-bracketing feature multiple times. HDR put together in Photomatix with some minor editing in Photoshop.
Sunset Over the River
Tags: bracket, Canon, exposure, HDR, landscape, Photomatix, Photoshop, river, sky, sunset, trees, water, wide
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Once again, a photo up on Friday for my 52 week project. This one comes in as number 13.
This photo is from the building series that this one here produced. I am really happy with this image. Inspired by all of the HDR images I have been looking at lately, such as in this interview when I was looking through my RAW images from this building, I saw I bracketed this photo with two images. So I dropped them in to Photomatix and worked with it for a while with some final touches in Photoshop.
Photo details: ISO500, f/5.0 brackets of 1/5 and 1/10.
Let me know what you think of this HDR photo in the comments below. Subscribe in the left hand sidebar to see more progress from this series, and I definitely plan on doing more HDR photographs in the future. If you are interested in buying a print, write it up here.
It’s Electric
Tags: exploration, fan, HDR, Photomatix, Photoshop, processed, urbex, wilson bros
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One of my favorite photography subjects is urban exploration and abandoned building photography. Unfortunately, I am unable to do much, if any, urban exploration (urbex) because I live in such a rural location. I do occasionally get to some abandoned houses, but time only permits so much. So I approached photographer Chris Maskell, who is based in London to ask him a few questions and feature his great HDR work.
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Tags: abandoned, dangerous, featured artist, HDR, interview, photographer, Photoshop, urban exploration, urbex
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This week I have on display a couple super panoramic photographs that I recently finished. These are both available as fine art prints. (available with the 11% off discount until the end of July 2010)
The Photos:
River Pan
This shot is a combined 10 photos and at full print size is over 5.5 feet wide.
Click here or the picture to see a larger size.
Cloud Panorama
This shot is a combined 16 photos and at full print size is over 13.5 feet wide.
Click here or the picture to see a larger size.
The Method
The way I take these is through multiple exposures as I swing my camera (on a tripod) to the side. I don’t just sweep Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: camera, free transform, Move tool, panorama, Photoshop, stitching tool, tripod
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The newest tutorial on the Refine Edge function for Photoshop CS3 is now available.
The refine edge function is the best way to get the best selection you want. Use it especially in conjunction with the magic wand and quick selection tools.
If you missed it, don’t forget to watch the other tutorials available here.
I went with a bit wider of a video format this time so that I didn’t have any wasted space when I post it on YouTube. Not sure if this is a great way to go, since the videos are hosted on here, but I didn’t want to make two different versions either. Let me know what you think. Are they too short, or do you prefer the widescreen format? If I happened to miss anything, let me know in the comments below. Don’t forget to subscribe by clicking the link to the left for any updates, new tutorials, and more.
Tags: Free!, magic wand, Photoshop, Photoshop CS3, quick selection, Refine Edge, selection, Tool, Training, vidcast, video
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