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Climax Bridge
Climax Bridge
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Challenge: Free Study 2010-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
Location: Climax, MN
Date: May 13, 2010
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: May 18, 2010

 I came across this bridge while driving around south of Grand Forks, ND recently. It was just by chance that I stopped and took a bunch of different pictures of this playing with some HDR techniques and am really glad that I did. All of the pictures that day were bracketed with 5 exposures.

1. Batch processed in PhotoMatix after fine tuning settings using a different picture
2. Imported into Lightroom
3. Used spot removal tool to get rid of several spots (rainy day and all)
4. Exported into Photoshop CS5 and used Topaz DeNoise to get rid of the HDR noise generated by the overlapping pictures
5. Imported back into Lightroom and then saved as JPG at full size
6. Finally resized using Photo Gadget Pro to DPC requirements

Statistics
Place: 130 out of 380
Avg (all users): 5.8092
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7905
Avg (non-participants): 5.8846
Views since voting: 1079
Views during voting: 214
Votes: 131
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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Pentax K-30
Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL WR
 09/05/2010 05:45:41 PM
Thanks for posting the originals. I haven't been around too much this summmer so just finally got back for a second look. I find it interesting how much of a difference there is when you combine the shots. I like the effects on the bridge. The deep saturation of the greens is a little over the top for my taste.

Message edited by author 2010-09-12 19:22:04.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 06/08/2010 01:03:33 AM
I have to say that I am EXTREMELY disappointed that this one didn't do a lot better. The week started off with a high 7 and held for about 24 hours before being dragged down sub-six. Too bad I was a week off for the HDR challenge as I think I put up 2 very good HDR images for the 2 challenges the week before it came out. I really expected this one to do better and it amazes me that anyone would vote this with anything less than a 5. To get 3 2s and 2 3s and 12 4s is really a testament to how people must really be jaded on this site. And to think the 5.5 should be considered average as the midpoint between the bottom of the scale and the top.

For Prism, I have placed the 5 images I used to make up this picture below. The 2nd one is probably what it closest to an original if I hadn't HDR'd it and added the post processing.






 Comments Made During the Challenge
Pentax K-30
Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL WR
 06/07/2010 11:09:03 PM
would love to see this image without the pp effects
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/01/2010 06:45:12 PM
7 from me. Looks like a good setup shot. Not something you just snapped. The post processing is also very good. I could pop this up to an 8 depending on what I come across in later voting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6D IF
 06/01/2010 02:32:07 PM
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