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lespicaros (5514) 2009-02-08 10:31

superbe HDR, quelle ambiance, bravo
Lespicaros

matylda76 (139) 2009-02-08 10:31

hello Ika;
wonderful pp effect, excellent image
nice POV, great sharpness and well seen details
interesting architecture
tfs;
regards Karolina

rgarrigus (0) 2009-02-08 10:45

Hi Ika,

An interesting subject and compelling composition but I think the HDR is a little too noticeable for my tastes. Some people like the surreal effect though. What I find distracting in these type images is the halo around the building and the uber saturation in the reds and blues. I'm also not a big fan of the dingy spots in clouds. Again, this is only my tastes and does not make this a bad image at all.

If you are interested in achieving a more realistic HDR effect try backing down to about 50% on saturation and set the Light Smoothing slider at its highest setting. Light Smoothing is the culprit behind 90% of the halo effect we see in HDR. You can adjust saturation more elegantly in Photoshop after the HDR process as well. I find that I sometimes do well to reduce saturation specifically in the blues as even grey area can take on quite a blue cast.

Cheers!

Bob G.

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mkamionka (4226) 2009-02-08 11:09

Beautiful work.
Very interesting architecture, you should paste some more information about it.
M

Bianconeri78 (643) 2009-02-08 11:48

Hi Irakli,
I love this picture, great architecture and great colours.
Best,
Jeremy

dabeed (282) 2009-02-08 14:18

i have to agree with bob g. that the colors are a little over saturated for my tastes however some might like this surreality. also the ghosting effect or haloes are not what i want to see in my images. i do a lot of hdr images and i, too, would recommend post processing with photoshop once the composite images are made (never before). colors need to be tweaked individually to avoid blowing out certain hues and most hdr images will have a steely colorcast in the blues and muddy whites.
hope this is helpfull
cheers
dabeed

cadel (1839) 2009-02-08 14:51

HDR effect can be cool, but also destructive. It is a delicat effect to handle, for use with caution...
Here, I think it is way too much strong !

thor68 (5529) 2009-02-09 1:37

yeah, great composition, wonderful architecture and a nicely tonemapped HDR-image. the unnatural look is cool as usual,
just the way i like it...just maybe no so suitable for TE. well done & best wishes, thor.

marjan (6081) 2009-02-10 7:59

hi Ika, very nice shot, strong colours and lot of sharpness. I miss some information about this beautiful entrance.

Marjna

wisat (398) 2009-02-11 2:40