[HDR-photo] long-time-lurker, first-time poster [sharing my work]

[chris schmauch]

Thanks Terry, that's my goal!
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Chris Schmauch
[GoodEye Photography + Design]
www.GoodEyePhotography.com
[ 408 ] 431 - 4808

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On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Terry Wyse <terrywyse at mac.com> wrote:

> Great work Chris....some of the best (natural) interior HDR I've ever seen.
> My best complement is.....had I not known that it was HDR, I wouldn't have
> known that it was...all I saw was a very natural interior with an incredible
> amount of "range".
> Regards,
> Terry Wyse
>
>
> On Oct 6, 2009, at 7:18 PM, chris schmauch wrote:
>
> Hi All, I've been lurking on this list for quite some time now (two to
> three years?). I thought I'd share the fruits of my HDR labors. I have a
> gallery that I update here with my latest HDR work:
>
> http://www.goodeyephotography.com/Experiments/High-Dynamic-Range
>
> I mostly use it for interiors / architecture type of work - like for
> restaurants and hotels and the like. My process has evolved and become more
> complicated over time, but eased with photoshop actions.
>
> My basic workflow is shooting 7 bracketed frames, exporting the RAW data
> from Lightroom --> 16-bit TIFF files, then creating the .hdr with basically
> default settings in Photomatix. This results in a pretty low-contrast base
> image for all my photoshop work.
>
> The very last step, which I've only incorporated recently, is bringing in a
> "regular" single exposure from the series and giving it a "darken" overlay
> property and adjusting the opacity of that layer to taste. I find that this
> helps bring back those darker shadows that, during the creation process, can
> get overly and unnaturally light. My ultimate goal is to simply create more
> realistic images that look like they were single exposures from, say, a
> high-end medium-format back.
>
> Love your feedback...
> --
> Chris Schmauch
> [GoodEye Photography + Design]
> www.GoodEyePhotography.com <http://www.goodeyephotography.com/>
> [ 408 ] 431 - 4808
>
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