Santa Monica Pier

Another view of the Santa Monica Pier.

Photomatix of -2, 0 and +2 exposures.

Photoshop:
- Reduce noise on sky.
- Blend -2 exposure on the sky.
- Clone stamp on the sky to cover up Photomatix artifacts that remained after blending the -2 sky exposure (need to refine my technique for doing this, advice welcome).
- Unsharp 140 radius for contrast everywhere but the sky.
- Reduce brightness of the blue building.
- Blue filter on the sky.
- Warm filter on the water to neutralize blue color cast.
- Dodge house to bring out some detail.
- Overall curves for contrast

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  5. Roger Lynn (50 months ago | reply)

    really gorgeous image - wow
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  7. atsjebosma (50 months ago | reply)

    Great HDR........wonderful colours!!

  8. larigan. (50 months ago | reply)

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  10. Sheree Altobelle (50 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic....love that reflection! Beautifully processed!

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  12. 57 Corvette ~ Bob (50 months ago | reply)

    Another Santa Monica classic .... great job.

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    This is gorgeous.. I love the colors in your night shots !

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  19. Rebeca Mello (50 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful image !!! ; )))

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  21. milomingo (50 months ago | reply)

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  24. sytoha / Syed Touhid Hassan (50 months ago | reply)

    Great work, my friend !
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    Beautiful scene!

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    Preciosa foto.
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  34. Nejdet Duzen (50 months ago | reply)

    Excellent shot again,my friend..

  35. rbsuperb (50 months ago | reply)

    Such an amazing composition and capture! truly a masterpiece my friend! love every bit details of this image!

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  39. roberto.gennari (50 months ago | reply)

    foto eccellente, bravissimo complimenti.

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  49. wolfgang.gruber (50 months ago | reply)

    great hdr!



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