p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Painted Hills, OR - Set 3 and LR6
I've been waiting for LR6 to process and post these 2 shots.
Edit: I've reprocessed the Sunrise at Painted Hills image paying closer attention to both the highlights and shadows to make sure I didn't blow them after initial HDR was created. Also, after getting more info about the HDR tool I recreated the HDR using only 3 images instead of 5 based on the recommendations. Interestingly the 3 shot HDR DNG file is about 2MB larger than the 5 shot DNG.
Edit: I also ran the face recognition on the collection containing these shots and there is apparently a face in the back hillside of the second shot around center left.
The sunrise shot is a 3 (was 5) shot bracket processed with the new LR6 Photo Merge HDR with Auto Align and Auto Tone to a DNG and then tweaked with some use of the Gradient filters and the new Brush Erase feature.
The pano is similar to a shot I posted in Painted Hills -Set 2 post but is a 4 shot pano stitched to a DNG and then processed similarly to the post in Set 2.
p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Painted Hills, OR - Set 3 and LR6
#1. Looks like the brackets needed to be spaced wider to capture the full dynamic range of the scene. I don't ever expect to see that many blown-out highlights in an HDR. I would like to see more exposure on the landscape: it looks dark and dull (although actual landscape is very interesting).
#2. Love it! Would like to see the tones and clarity pushed just a bit more, but this looks great. Really nice composition.
p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Painted Hills, OR - Set 3 and LR6
The second one is awesome. I love the composition. I would like to see the first one redone with the blacks darkened a bunch. It looks too bland to me. Also I don't know if it is your lens or the HDR process but some of the sunstars look like they are doubled up some how?? Maybe the separate HDR shots the sunstar moved a bit? Brian
p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Painted Hills, OR - Set 3 and LR6
Brian - the sunstar was like that in the original full and highlight shots. I think it was a result of the sun being so full in the shot. Usually with the nice tight stars there is just a peak of the bright light point but with this it is a relatively large sun in the image and immediately surrounded by brilliantly lit clouds.
