ACR to CS3, Nik HDR Efex Pro, Selective color to mute sun disk, resize, sharpen, save for web.
[Mar. 15th, 2011 03:10:37 AM]
I had worried this might be seen as DNMC, but it's doing quite nicely, holding steady in the 6.75 range, which might be ribbon territory the way scores are going lately.
Obviously, I've shot this same, exact scene several times over the years, including my 3rd highest-scoring image thus far. But I'm especially pleased with this version, which seems altogether much better-controlled to me, especially considering this is basic editing with no spot editing. The 5D is wonderful in its tonal range under extreme lighting conditions.
[Mar. 15th, 2011 03:11:56 AM]
Note to add: all settings in HDR Efex Pro were global, none of the selective/local controls were used.
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Sigh, lost a 9 and two 8's in the scrub and dropped from 6.7610 to this :-(
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Oh, I so thought you had be beat with this one. Glad you didn't though, I'll keep my blue. Congrats on H.M. besides it sounds like you played a big role in the top 2 winning anyway.
Not hard to figure out who's this is. Great image, I would love to know your secret on the sun (getting it and everything else exposed right). This was my top pick!
This picture is beautiful. The lighting is perfect in this photo, no doubt about it. Also, I like the fact that you can see the glistening water wrippling and the plants around the water blowing. This photo makes you feel like you are actually standing right there watching the sun, feeling the wind, enjoying nature, and feeling free.
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