[HDR-photo] One of my first HDR images from back in July
Charles Carstensen
chas3 at qwest.net
Mon Sep 7 22:09:44 EDT 2009
Tom, great story. What a fine memory to have. I think your HDR photo
is very very creative. Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing the
story.
Best,
Charles Carstensen
On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:23 PM, Thomas Zimmer wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Thank you for the pointers, yes I have been involved with
> photography for many years as well, though not professionally as a
> photographer. Many years ago, I am not sure of the exact year, but
> I believe it was in the late 70's, my wife and I actually had the
> privilege of spending a couple of hours with Ansel Adams and his
> wife Virginia in their home in Monterey California. He gave us a
> tour of his dark room and we sat down and had Triscuits (an american
> crackers) and cold drinks. It was truly one of the thrills of my
> life. This all came about because at the time a friend and myself
> had developed the first handheld shutter meter for measuring the
> shutter speed of the shutters that are used in large format cameras.
> We converted a pocket calculator into the device, after exchanging
> the insides with out own board. One of the photographers that
> worked with Ansel had contacted us and was interested in trying the
> device out. We were happy to oblige, on the simple condition that I
> personally had the opportunity to deliver the device to Ansel Adams
> my self. Ansel agreed, and so we scheduled a convenient date and
> time, and went down to his home. This was a few years before his
> death. He was still pretty spritely when moving around the
> darkroom, but I could see that he had a pretty advanced case of
> arthritis. My wife took a photo of us in his darkroom (a slide
> actually), but it has been misplaced over the years. This was
> definitely a memory I will always treasure.
>
> Sorry for the long story, but after you mentioned Ansel Adams, I
> couldn't help but share.
>
> Tom Zimmer
> Chaplain, New Life Riders (CMA)
> Chaplain, UCOA
> cell: 512-775-4782
> win32forth at mac.com
> Blog page: http://tomzimmer.blogspot.com
> NLR page: http://cmaaustin.org
> CMA page: http://cmausa.org
>
>
> On Sep 7, 2009, at 6:51 PM, Michael Witwicki wrote:
>
>> Hi Thomas:
>> When ever am shooting, I pre visualize what I want the end product
>> to look like, this comes from many years of dealing with producers
>> and Ad agency people. Another to way to look at it is a commitment,
>> of the shot.
>> Here are a few links to Ansel Adams, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams
>> , learn more please pick up his books on Camera, the
>> negative,Darkroom, Print. Minor White also wrote some great books
>> as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_White.
>> You must practice all the time, know you gear inside out.
>>
>> when Warren Miller ski producer, would be looking for a
>> Cinematographer to be on his crew he would test the Cinematographer
>> by placing him in gym sit him down by a camera, have a small
>> radio at one end, turned on about 100 away and the cameraman would
>> have to have the radio in focus with all of the lights turned off.
>> cheers
>> Michael Witwicki
>> Executive Producer
>> Sam Steele Project
>> m.witwicki at shaw.ca
>> cell 403 710 2999
>> Calgary Alberta Canada
>>
>>
>> On 7-Sep-09, at 1:17 PM, Thomas Zimmer wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you everyone for your comments. As I mentioned, this was
>>> one of my first HDR images, and I realize I have a lot to learn.
>>>
>>> Michael: This shot was really one of those coincidences, that was
>>> taken to see what could be done. Visualization? What is
>>> that :-} Ok, yes I know what it is. Lately, as I have been
>>> taking more HDR images, I have been learning that the sky is very
>>> important (to me), and blank skies don't do much for the
>>> "attractiveness" of the image. As I said, I am still learning, and
>>> working toward finding what I like in an image. Getting an image
>>> that really stands out is more luck that skill at this point.
>>>
>>> Here is a link to a few later and I think better images;
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/win32forth/sets/72157622289770350/
>>>
>>> All taken with my Canon Rebel XT at AEB +-2 f-stops as High
>>> quality jpgs (I have not yet found an advantage to raw files in
>>> this application, probably just need to learn more), and processed
>>> with Dynamic Photo HDR on an iMac.
>>>
>>> Process works something like this;
>>>
>>> 1. Images are first imported into iPhoto.
>>> 2. Export triples to a folder where DPHDR can get them. (DPHDR is
>>> a little picky about where it will pick up files on a Mac)
>>> 3. Process with DPHDR to get what I want.
>>> 4. Save back to same folder.
>>> 5. Import back to iPhoto.
>>> 6. for panoramas, open in external editor (Photoshop Elements 6)
>>> and merge images into a panorama.
>>> 7. Save panoramas back to same folder.
>>> 8. Import panoramas back to iPhoto.
>>> 9. perform final brightness, detail and color adjustments in iPhoto.
>>>
>>> It is amazing how much time all this takes.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Tom Zimmer
>>> Chaplain, New Life Riders (CMA)
>>> Chaplain, UCOA
>>> cell: 512-775-4782
>>> win32forth at mac.com
>>> Blog page: http://tomzimmer.blogspot.com
>>> NLR page: http://cmaaustin.org
>>> CMA page: http://cmausa.org
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 7, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Michael Witwicki wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Tom:
>>>> Good effort, little heavy on chroma, and a few of the other
>>>> effects. Am just wondering what your visualization was when you
>>>> took the shot? Or just see what happens, in Post production, keep
>>>> practicing, and see if you can get it to a some what realistic
>>>> shot.
>>>> Here is a link to Apple's site about Snow Leopard compatibility, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258
>>>> I do know that many people have had problems with Adobe
>>>> lightroom 2.4, not working as well. Am going to wait a while, am
>>>> happy with Leopard for now.
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>> Michael Witwicki
>>>> Executive Producer
>>>> Sam Steele Project
>>>> m.witwicki at shaw.ca
>>>> Calgary Alberta Canada
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7-Sep-09, at 9:38 AM, tjdnewsletters Verizon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It depends upon what you are trying to achieve. The results
>>>>> are totally "unrealistic" from black skies to exaggerated
>>>>> colors. Art, of course, lies in the eyes of the beholder.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had more than my share of difficulties trying to get
>>>>> good HDR results from nighttime photography. I encourage
>>>>> you to keep working at HDR.
>>>>>
>>>>> =====================================================
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is a link to one of my first HDR images.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/win32forth/3895436946/sizes/l/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was take at my local neighborhood community park at sunset
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> a Canon Rebel XT using the built in AEB at + and - 2 f-stops with
>>>>>> the 18-55 kit lens.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used the qtpfsgui software to process it, using the "fatal"
>>>>>> setting. I have since downloaded and purchased the Dynamic Photo
>>>>>> HDR software for my iMac, and I have been using that. I
>>>>>> certainly
>>>>>> can't complain about the capabilities of the qtpfsgui software,
>>>>>> especially for free, but I am finding the DPHDR much easier to
>>>>>> use
>>>>>> wile experimenting to get the effect I want.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By the way, if there are others using DPHDR on a Mac, and have
>>>>>> had
>>>>>> it stop working on Snow Leopard, I was able to get the author to
>>>>>> let me use the Windows version while a fix is being created for
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Mac version. Oscar just had me send him an email using the web
>>>>>> email client on the DPHDR site, and he sent me a link to the
>>>>>> windows version of the software. Support is a little slow on
>>>>>> DPHDR, but he is trying.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your comments are appreciated,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom Zimmer
>>>>>> Chaplain, New Life Riders (CMA)
>>>>>> Chaplain, UCOA
>>>>>> cell: 512-775-4782
>>>>>> win32forth at mac.com
>>>>>> Blog page: http://tomzimmer.blogspot.com
>>>>>> NLR page: http://cmaaustin.org
>>>>>> CMA page: http://cmausa.org
>>>>>
>>>>> Ted
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