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Matt Anderson
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p.1 #1 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

An early morning hike led me to this beautiful view. The dynamic range of the sunrise was way more than the DB could handle, so I bracketed the shots. Unfortunately it's been a real bugger to process. Anyone doing HDR ( and doing it good ) knows how difficult it is to pull off, and not create some kind of psycho-color monster.
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Hasselblad H3D-39
28mm f/8 ISO 200 1/125, 1/250, 1/500
CP, cable release, Gitzo, RRS

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May 11, 2008 at 11:37 PM

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p.1 #2 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

This is a real pretty image... I love all of the detail in the foreground.
However, it definitely has that HDR thing about it...
I look forward to seeing more,
bruce

May 11, 2008 at 11:41 PM

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p.1 #3 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

Fantastic job on a near impossible subject. Gorgeous!

May 12, 2008 at 03:11 AM

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p.1 #4 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

It works for me. Although the foreground appears lighter than I would expect it has something mysterious about it that I like a lot.
Ute

May 12, 2008 at 06:29 AM

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p.1 #5 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

Excellent job maintaining a rather natural looking image in such a difficult DR situation. I see some posterization in the sky where the image is falling apart a bit, but I'm pretty sure that's just because of the web compression. I bet the sky is silky smooth in the full res shot.

May 12, 2008 at 08:09 AM

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p.1 #6 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

Ah...beautiful scene. I was in Kauai this past January. The most beautiful of the Hawaiin Islands in my opinion. Good job of not making this look too HDRish. My only minor nitpick is the left side seems a tad dark. I looked at your gallery. Very nice work. The shot of the Kilauea Lighthouse is most impressive.

May 12, 2008 at 09:34 AM

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p.1 #7 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

I like this a lot but the light in the foreground does not seem to match the rest of the photo? You have a beautiful gallery!

Aloha

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May 12, 2008 at 05:17 PM

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p.1 #8 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

That's a stunner Matt - well done

David

May 12, 2008 at 10:37 PM

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p.1 #9 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

Foreground was tough to balance given the dark exposures and blending.

May 14, 2008 at 03:10 PM

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p.1 #10 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

A stunning photo none the less!

May 14, 2008 at 07:30 PM

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p.1 #11 · • Sunrise at Kealia Coast Kauai •

Hi, Matt:

Wonderful shot! The color on the clouds are stunning! I haven't tried HDR yet. Any trick that you can share? Do you think that a 3-stop ND filter can achieve similar result here?

BTW, you have a very nice series of landscape shots in your gallery as well. I really enjoy it and wish I could be there.

Thanks for sharing,
Fred :-)
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May 14, 2008 at 09:31 PM


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