culturedphoto.com 0 Posted March 26, 2008 Its been a while since I have posted here as I have been busy with various projects and of course the camera. This was taken recently on Teesside UK and is part of a study of local industry. This uses a new processing technique i have been working with which includes straight and HDR exposures as well as CS3 work. Comments and crit welcome. Link to comment
JamieK 1 Posted March 26, 2008 hi. for me, it looks ok at the smaller size, but becomes very obviously oversharpened and too artificial when viewed bigger. nice image, though. Link to comment
juro1 0 Posted March 26, 2008 I like the picture but the title of it disturbing me. In my humble opinion, your picture is not critique, but a celebration of modern industrial world. There is a beauty in the "dark side" and you show it here. It happens sometimes we are amazed by something we hate, or we believe we hate it from the deep of our heart. Link to comment
younes 0 Posted March 26, 2008 I am personally no big fan of the HDR look, but must admit that you have achieved an excellent result here. The glowing sky contrast very nicely with the dark towers and gives the scene a "radioactive" and almost otherworldly look that is very appropriate. Very effective. Link to comment
andrzejp 9 Posted March 26, 2008 Very Nice image, definitely no waste there ( I agree with Juraj). I like the contrast and color. It makes the image more dramatic. Unfortunately without industry we woul remain cave dwellers. Link to comment
culturedphoto.com 0 Posted March 26, 2008 Hi, Thanks for the comments .. the final version isnt over sharp but this web version maybe as I just ran a quick action against it. The halo behind the towers comes from them being backlit though not through oversharpening or the HDR. The idea isnt to critique industry as such but to show a contrast between the damage it does and the beauty it can hold. I do a lot of industrial shoots and may well post a few more here over the coming months. Dan Link to comment
jose reina 0 Posted March 27, 2008 Fantastic shot with lot of details. Very good edition. Regards:Jose Link to comment
julio_segura_carmona1 4 Posted March 27, 2008 Beautiful image of great beauty, excellent light, color and an I magnify alignment. Cordial greetings Dan. Link to comment
photodonn 0 Posted March 28, 2008 Technically perfect, emotionally imposing. Couldn't be better. Link to comment
albertogomez 0 Posted January 22, 2010 Excellent job straightening and HDR blending! Indeed you've succeeded!! Regards! Link to comment
boileau 0 Posted January 22, 2010 I almost always frown upon (what I would consider) over-dramatic HDR merges, but I like this one a lot! My only qualm would be the edges in the clouds (most noticeably the orange streak between the two reactor towers). It looks like you had some bleed from the brighter exposure that cause a weird overlapping when you merged it with the darker image that didn't have the spillover, you might try working with a layer mask, and a soft brush to ease out these edges? Skies and spill over is always the hardest part for me when working with HDR merges. It usually takes me ~5 minutes to get the initial merge and countless hours to do all the subtle tweaks... Otherwise, great image! I love the palette and the balance. I am also very impressed that the steam from the towers came out in such detail! Link to comment
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