I had the opportunity to try some shots around the Opera House in HDR last week with my daughter as my lovely assistant.
These were all taken with the 20D at various F.L, with each HDR image consisting of around 10 images of various exposures combined in PS CS3 HDR.
No sharpening has been applied to these at all.
Stunning images RB, as we have come to expect from you. I'm old enough to remember the controversy surrounding the construction of the Opera house, which has turned out to be IMO the most beautiful structures (and most recognisable landmarks) that man has ever created.
Simply stunning Andrew – the tonal range is quite extraordinary yet the photos have not suffered one jot – they look very real and natural. Top stuff.
Cheers
Dennis
Thanks Dennis, I was quite surprised at how much tonal range came through in these.
Cheers
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Beautiful images, RB. Just excellent.
Thanks Mike, we'll have to get together sometime for a trip around town again.
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Andrew,
Woohoo, Southern Cross and Pointers above the Opera House in the second picture, if I'm not mistaken.
Beautiful stuff.
Regards,
Humayun
Yep framed it specially to get the Southern Cross and pointers in too.
H.
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Good to see the HDRs getting posted RB! Must say. I AM a fan!
Me too Alex, I'm looking forward to doing more.
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Stunning images RB, as we have come to expect from you. I'm old enough to remember the controversy surrounding the construction of the Opera house, which has turned out to be IMO the most beautiful structures (and most recognisable landmarks) that man has ever created.
Thank you Phil, I agree it's one of the most beautiful structures indeed.
I find it so relaxing to wonder around the forecourt admiring this wonderful building, can never get sick of it.
Also love reading about it's history and seeing some amazing images during it's construction including all the troubles and controversy surrounding it.
Lovely images andrew i have never seen the opera house up close like this,well never anywhere near this close./!!!!
But it does show one thing,the amount of unnecessary lighting we use to display our cities and monuments,ironic as it is the thing we astronomers detest!!
still looks **** hot
cheers rob
Lovely images andrew i have never seen the opera house up close like this,well never anywhere near this close./!!!!
But it does show one thing,the amount of unnecessary lighting we use to display our cities and monuments,ironic as it is the thing we astronomers detest!!
still looks **** hot
cheers rob
Thank you Rob, glad you liked them.
As astronomers though, it really is heartbreaking to see all the unnecessary light pollution that's around.
When walking through the city at night and I see so many buildings and shops lit up it tears me to think of all the wastage going on, no wonder we've lost our night sky.
I had the opportunity to try some shots around the Opera House in HDR last week with my daughter as my lovely assistant.
Hi Andrew, inspiring shots that defy the eye's assumption on dynamic range
I've been wanting to try HDR for a while on landscapes, but never thought it might be put to good use for night city-scapes.
You mentioned PS CSR HDR... I'm still finding my way through all (well a small fraction really) of the features in CS3. Is the HDR in there as standard or does it require an add-on or plug in?
HDR is ideal for Landscape where there's very little or no movement in the scene and night Landscape is very rewarding because it picks up subtle detail that normal imaging methods can't display properly.
PS HDR is a standard item, you don't need a plug-in and it can be found in:
File | Automate | Merge to HDR...
Here you navigate to your folder containing the images you want to combine.
Highlight the images and go from there.
I always use RAW files.
It's important to have images that have enough difference in exposure so that PS can work with them.
In these images I've done here and also my Luna Park set, I used around 13 frames on each !
All ranging from very quick exposure (1/5th sec) up to 2 minutes.
Must say. I AM a fan!
