I was excited to have this picture win an honorable mention in my camera club last week:
ISO 800 50mm -0.33 f/16 1/400
I gave the original photo information in the caption above but this is an HDR image that I created in Photomatix. The day of the Forest Park Balloon Festival the sky was pretty bland all day. It was a bit nicer right as the sun was setting. Using Photomatix really helped make the sky more interesting.
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Earlier in the week I posted another balloon photo and I am at it again. I thought it would be a nice way to end the work week:
ISO 800 50mm -0.33ev f/16 1/400
Looks like fun doesn’t it? Just float away. Here is the original photo:
Some of the editing I did was very similar to what I wrote about earlier in the week. With this photo though the first step was to crop. Basically I was just interested in the middle section of the photo. Then in Aperture I made two additional versions one with a lower exposure than the original and one with a higher. Then I took the three photos to Photomatix, where I put them back together. Back in Aperture, I saturated the color a bit more and sharpened the image.
I’d love to hear what you think! Have a pleasant Friday.
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It has been awhile since I have posted a hot air balloon photo, but I was working on some this weekend:
ISO 640 50mm -0.33ev f/16 1/40
This was taken in the fall at the Forest Park Balloon Festival. Here is the original photo:
Looks pretty different eh? In Aperture I created two additional versions of the photo, I lowered the exposure on one, raised it on the other. Then I took my three photos into Photomatix and put them back together. I ended up liking one of the “painterly” settings best.
I also took out some stray ropes, boosted the color and sharpened the image.
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Presenting the biggest Energizer bunny in existence as part of the WordPress weekly photo challenge.
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