Cholla Bay Sunset

Started by imapyr8 · Jul 13, 2011 · 14 replies

imapyr8 Jul 13, 2011 at 4:14 PM #1

Ladyjeeper Jul 13, 2011 at 6:57 PM #2

What a cool picture!

imapyr8 Jul 14, 2011 at 1:49 AM #3

THX Ladyjeeper. Looking forward to taking more shots!

Lynnie Jul 14, 2011 at 5:18 PM #4

What a great picture. I live in cholla and would love to get a print. Is that possible?

Terry C Jul 14, 2011 at 6:10 PM #5

How did it come out like that? That is really cool. Thanks

jerry Jul 14, 2011 at 7:10 PM #6

Where did i put that tab of acid and my pink floyd album?

imapyr8 Jul 14, 2011 at 8:11 PM #7

Terry C said:
How did it come out like that? That is really cool. Thanks

I used a style called HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. Basically, I take 3 or more shots, one exposed normally and the rest over and under exposed, then merge them into 1 shot.

imapyr8 Jul 14, 2011 at 8:13 PM #8

Lynnie said:
What a great picture. I live in cholla and would love to get a print. Is that possible?

I'd be happy to email you the file, as long as it's not used for commercial purposes.

Lynnie Jul 15, 2011 at 10:50 AM #9

Not commercial, just want to frame the photo and hang it in the Cholla house. Maybe once I've finished the project,
we could get together and I could get you to sign the piece. Maybe you will become FAMOUS!

rockyptjoe Jul 15, 2011 at 11:27 AM #10

What program are you using for the overlay/merge? I know that there are a couple commercial ones out there....

imapyr8 Jul 15, 2011 at 6:08 PM #11

Lynnie said:
Not commercial, just want to frame the photo and hang it in the Cholla house. Maybe once I've finished the project,
we could get together and I could get you to sign the piece. Maybe you will become FAMOUS!

PM me with your email address and I'll send it this weekend. The file itself is a little over 8 MB.

imapyr8 Jul 15, 2011 at 6:09 PM #12

rockyptjoe said:
What program are you using for the overlay/merge? I know that there are a couple commercial ones out there....

Photomatix and a very small amount of Adobe Photoshop.

Lynnie Jul 24, 2011 at 9:10 AM #13

Hi,
This is Lynnie from cholla that inquired about framing your photo. I cannot receive or send private messages since I do not have enough posts.
my email is [email protected]. Thanks for your patience.

rockyptjoe Jul 24, 2011 at 9:33 AM #14

imapyr8 said:
Photomatix and a very small amount of Adobe Photoshop.

Thanks!

Was looking at that program.....I understand CS5 has an hdr feature (I'm still running CS3). Does photomatrix essentially automate what you could do in photoshop with layers and opacity of the individual layers?

imapyr8 Jul 24, 2011 at 4:50 PM #15

rockyptjoe said:
Thanks!

Was looking at that program.....I understand CS5 has an hdr feature (I'm still running CS3). Does photomatrix essentially automate what you could do in photoshop with layers and opacity of the individual layers?

Photomatix Pro gives you much more control over the output, as well as better image alignment and anti ghosting capabilities. Will give you a better "HDR look" if that's whay you're going for. You can download a trial for free, but it watermarks the finished version.