Cloudy day in Gotokuji

3xp handheld low saturation HDR. Taken on the way to a friend's house (not far from Gotokuji station)

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Roger.C says:

Awesome work Stu!
Really dark and mean looking.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

bennyr says:

Interesting perspective
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

smile4max (photoblog) says:

Super... just fantastic... This HDR is one of the best that I saw...
May you add the orignal foto ( as a html comment - medium size ) ?
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

stu72 says:

Thanks guys ... FYI here is one of the original shots. The HDR was from 3 shots at -2,0,+2. This is the over-exposed image ... on the two others you can only see the sky.

Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

stu72 says:

BTW, the reasons I think this HDR worked are: -

1) It was a cloudy day, with the sun shining through the clouds.
2) The shot was taken at a very wide angle (10mm).
3) The saturation was kept low (i.e. so the end result is more believable).

Comments welcome...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

ajikan81 says:

that is an amazing photo. It looks just like the beginning of a really creepy movie. Well done! I also like a lot of your photos of Tokyo, really captures the oversaturated feel of the place.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

stu72 says:

@ ajikan81 - thanks very much. Most of my HDR's I do quite over saturated, but this one I thought could do with a low saturation treatment.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Nokillmonkeys says:

I love these pictures, is there any way I can have these as my background? When I save the image, it doesn't seem to work.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

stu72 says:

@Nokillmonkeys - not sure why it won't work as a background for you ... I just downloaded the original size and set this to the background on my laptop and it worked for me (I right clicked and chose "preview" then right clicked the image in "windows picture and fax viewer" and chose "set as desktop background")
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

dokool says:

So I had the honor of my photo being posted right under this one in the Pink Tentacle entry and just wanted to say that your stuff is great!

Also I envy that you can do good HDR stuff handheld. Are you going off 3 exposures?
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

six7777 says:

Just sick....amazing photo... looks like a painting...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

stu72 says:

Thanks for the kind comments guys.

@dokool - I shoot almost all of my HDRs handheld and using 3 exposures (-2,0,+2). The main reasons for this are I am too lazy to bother with the tripod (unless it is dark) ... and the D80 can only bracket for 3 shots. With the AEB and multi-shot I can take 3 shots in around 1 second and photomatix does a pretty good job of aligning the images.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Guav says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Dark Days, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

M.D.P. says:

AWESOME pic!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Nokillmonkeys says:

Oops, my mistake. I'm new to Flickr, and I didn't see the "All Sizes" button. I got it now :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

kouyoushashinjutsu says:

Interesting Photoshop job. Have you ever thought about doing some photography?
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

stu72 says:

@corpsman - photography is just my hobby. I doubt I'll ever make any money from it ..... but I enjoy it.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

dokool says:

>stu72

Yeah, I do the same exposure bracket as you (on a D50), but I'm always mortally afraid of keeping my hands steady enough.

However your prolificness and the quality of your stuff is inspiring me to give handheld HDR a short more often, because I regret that I've only really done half a dozen HDR shots so far as I thought I'd have to be tethered to my tripod. So I'll have to give it a shot more often ;-)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

stu72 says:

@dokool - thanks for your kind comments.

The only tips I have for shooting HDRs handheld are: -

1) ensure the image preview is turned off (so you can take the shots faster)
2) have the camera set to multi shot
3) squeeze the shutter release and hold it down for the full 3 shots
4) time the squeeze of the shutter release with your breathing (kind of like shooting a rifle)
5) if possible lean on something to help keep steady

Good luck ...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

walla2chick says:

Great HDR and wonderful tips for HDR! Thanks for sharing.
Kris Kros Contacts
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

badwood_digital says:

Very cool shot. It's amazing how so many of the HDR images have an "illustrated" quality to them. I'm very interested in trying out some HDR. Did you use auto-bracketing for the shot? Also, I noticed you mentioned photomatix. Have you ever used Photoshop for aligning the images?
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

stu72 says:

@badwooddigital - yes, I always use auto-bracketing ... and no, I haven't (yet) tried using photoshop for HDR ... so far have always used photomatix.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

dai oni says:

nice, the desat works very well here
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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