Jim Sanderson wrote:
Cool, I like photomatix type HDR effects. The second one is my favorite....killer shot.
Jim
Thanks Jim. Yeah, I\'m using Photomatrix but I\'m not doing the crazy-color thing - or at least I\'m not trying to. These shots are, on their own, already extremely colorful. I\'m mostly just trying to coax out some of the colors and exposure dynamics that my camera isn\'t capable of on it\'s own - in a single exposure. I think if I were using a FF-Sensor camera with a nice bright lens I wouldn\'t be doing this - or at least not as often. I made a little comparison of an image in Autumn In Japan II to show the difference between a single exposure and what I\'m accomplishing - or trying to accomplish - with multiple exposures in Photomatrix.
Notice that besides the cloned out branches and the hand colored rocks, most of the differences are in how the darks (shadows and etc.) are brought into view and exposed more as if that were the target of the exposure. The color range is also more dynamic and closer to reality as on-site human eyes would take in over time - while enjoying the scene. I\'m not trying to defend the technique or anything - I\'m just trying to communicate what I\'m going for by incorporating it.
Dec 26, 2009 at 11:21 PM
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These shots are, on their own, already extremely colorful. I\'m mostly just trying to coax out some of the colors and exposure dynamics that 
