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Watch the Before and After - Comparison to see where this photo comes from!
The story of this photo:
This was shot as we slowly floated into the harbor of Palermo, Italy
on the AIDAbella cruise ship. When I was shooting this, I was
bracketing the shot as usual. But I did not think that I would get
these shots aligned properly as there was a parallax effect since I
was moving. I was quite surprised that Photomatix somehow managed to
cope with this. This is another proof for my most important rule:
Always bracket, no matter what! :-)
Enjoy!
Take a look at my "HDR Cookbook". It contains some more information on my workflow and techniques.
NEW: My HDR Cookbook now contains a "Making of" section. Go and watch it!
How it was shot:
> Taken handheld [details]
> Camera: Nikon D90
> Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm 1:3,5-5,6G ED VR
> Details can be found here
How it was tonemapped:
> HDR creation and tonemapping using Photomatix Pro 4.0 (Detail
Enhancer)
> Saved as 16bit TIF
How it was post-processed:
> Post-processing was done in Photoshop
> Topaz Adjust on the entire image to get back the colors and the
details [details]
> Topaz Denoise on the water, the sky and the rest of the photo
with different strength [details]
> Saturation layer on the sky (master)
> Saturation layer on the clouds (slight desaturation)
> Levels layer on the clouds (increase of contrast)
> Saturation layer on the water (master)
> Curves layer on the water (more contrast to enhance the
reflective look)
> Levels layer on the docks etc. (slight increase of contrast)
> Saturation layer on the docks etc. (master)
> Saturation layer on the foreground dock and some ships (slight
desaturation)
> Sharpening using the high-pass filter (different strengths on the
water and on the rest of the photo) [details]
> Watermarking
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Jared Peters 24 months ago | reply
It amazes me how some people manage to achieve photos with such huge dynamic range. Really glossy looking!! Love it!
jeepernestino 24 months ago | reply
simply great! I like it very much!
Bayan AlSadiq 24 months ago | reply
The colors are so nice
Luís Henrique Boucault 24 months ago | reply
Nico shot! Well done!
BarrÓn PráŠil 23 months ago | reply
nice, nice, nice... :)
DB__Photography 23 months ago | reply
What an incredibly great pic, one of the best HDR pics i have seen yet!
pictureThis-d.i 23 months ago | reply
Excellent work
ShaneSinclair 22 months ago | reply
Love the before and after. Shows what can really be done when you know what you're doing.
Chatchai-ROMBIX 22 months ago | reply
Very professional Klaus, perfect !!!
Emmanuel Lemée | Photographie 20 months ago | reply
Wonderful picture !!!
CESAR EG Photos 20 months ago | reply
fantastic photo !
smbrooks_2000 19 months ago | reply
Great shot!
© Rizwan Mithawala 19 months ago | reply
fantastic image
Marcello Bardi 19 months ago | reply
Another great masterpiece my dear friend!
Fantastic shot and very wonderful processed !
Ciao and please visit my gallery again.
See you soon......Marcello.
ValveHead™ 19 months ago | reply
nice colours
nziegemeier 17 months ago | reply
Great pictures Klaus! Love your style! I hope I can do something like this too someday ..... ;)
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vag..k 13 months ago | reply
great work !! well done :)
edewar photography 12 months ago | reply
amazing photo and nice watermark idea!!!
jutfotos 10 months ago | reply
Wonderful !