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Originally Posted by Cmike2780 (Post 1256313)

All done in Photoshop. The older one rendered the background better so I used that with the newer one which rendered the car better. Applied a slight lens blur to the background & soft light to darken it a bit. Also adjusted the levels and curves. For the car I air brushed a soft light layer to the underexposed/overexposed areas. The wheels/tires were a bit overexposed and the body was a bit underexposed. I also cleaned up the artifact on the asphalt with the clone tool and adjusted the brightness/contrast.

All I understood was, I made it better.

Post the shot w/ EXIF! I'm in shock that you were hand holding that bridge shot dude.

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Originally Posted by vividracing (Post 1256660)

Post the shot w/ EXIF! I'm in shock that you were hand holding that bridge shot dude.

I too want to see the EXIF. Certainly plausible if you bump the ISO high enough, have a bad-*** camera & really steady hands/fingers. 3 seconds might as well be an hour for a night time hand held shot like that. Even pressing the shutter button ruins a shot.

What's the aperture on the 50? A 1.4 will give you fantastic shots. That 18-55 is junk. Put it away and stick with the 50.

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The guy sold his 1.4 -____- I guess I'm in for the SB-700 only. Still hunting for another 50mm 1.4.

Thoughts on the cheaper, more readily available 1.8?

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Originally Posted by phelan (Post 1256620)

I use Photoshop when I'm building graphics from the ground up, and LR3 for actual photo processing...not that I'm any good with either, but LR3 seems like a more thought out package than PS.

PS, to me, is like taking a sledgehammer to put in a nail. It works...but damn.

This is a fair evaluation. I consider LR3 my digital dark room. The fastest way to process many images with minor editing.

As soon as I need layers, I am off to PS.

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Originally Posted by FromG2Z (Post 1257661)

more photo ops today

Shots look good. I may take the saturation down just a bit and see how they feel. Just a touch too hard/crisp for me.

FromG2Z

Those photos are excellent. What lens were you using and how much did you manipulate them with software? I like them very much.

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Originally Posted by BeachZTT (Post 1258279)

Shots look good. I may take the saturation down just a bit and see how they feel. Just a touch too hard/crisp for me.

Thanks Beach... yeah learning process for me. Some of those are the default levels from EasyHDR, with some very minor tweaking (part of the reason why I love it so much over the other softwares).

How much is Adobe Photoshop and best place to get it???

By the way Beach, thank you for your advice on using the timer for trigger! did WONDERS with reduction of ghosting.

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1258287)

FromG2Z

Those photos are excellent. What lens were you using and how much did you manipulate them with software? I like them very much.

Thanks onzedge! Yeah I am trying to get better... those HDR shots are really peaking my interest and I am into those now. They are essentially "poster" type shots, which I love.

All shots were taken with my Nikon D60, 18-55 lens. The non-HDR shots were taken in auto mode (lazy and too busy with people), the HDR shots were taken at EV -2, -1, 0, 1, and 2, shutter priority mode with tripod of course. You can imagine the people looking at me as I glared at them for getting IN MY SHOTS... lol. Then I rendered the HDR's, some with 3, 4, and 5 shots...depending on which looked better. All rendered and edited with EasyHDR (awesome software...can't beat 55 bucks for it. I still have to learn more how to use it. I just scratched the surface of it.

Not much editing at all... few tweaks here and there, but the settings it gives me for each render is spot on (at least IMO).

G2Z- C6 looks good! :tup:

shoulda mentioned you were up here ><

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Originally Posted by FromG2Z (Post 1258438)

Your shots are definately very cool! I did a little bit of HDR stuff in the past but really wasn't happy with the results. I have been planning on (base on your advise and experience) downloading EasyHDR. Just haven't had time. Thanks for the info and inspiration. :tiphat:

You are very welcome. Glad to help!!! :tup:

Starting to really enjoy the capabilities of my DSLR. Who knew, 3 years later, still learning something new?

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...untainHDR1.jpg