Istiklal Street at Night - Istanbul 2009

Comments are welcomed. Regards.

Very nice, I like the post process work. Regards, --George

this is a great image my friend....really like the effect you have applied too... is there name for this effect or just your creation ? hope you holiday was good and you enjoyed Istanbul...take care.

Dear Okmen,

 

Thank you for your kind comment, my short trip to Istanbul was great, its one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen!

 

As for the photographic post production effect, its a mixture of :

 

1- HDRI made with Photomatix Pro,

2- Some stitching and perspective correction made with PTGui,

3- Some dodging and burning in Photoshop,

4- Some B&W layers of the same image (made with NIk Silver Efex Pro) blended with the original coloured image under multiply blending mode,

5- Some sharpness with Nik Sharpener Pro,

6- Finally colour adjustment made with Adobe Lightroom

 

Well I am thinking of writing a short tutorial to show how create such effects , in fact its not that hard at all.

 

Well thanks again for your kind comments, keep posting and keep in touch.

 

Kind Regards

 

Hayder

great job!

Very nice composition. Wonderful execution. Best regards.

Brilliant image.. The post process is just perfect.. Love the lights and the composition of this image... You have done a excellent work on this....

 

All my best,. Jill

great shot, well done! :)

very good night shot...congrats

To be honest, manipulated or post processed images are not to my taste but this one is a striking image. Bravo!

You have done very well here. Composition and tone handling are excellent. Best regards.

Very nice capture of the details in the architecture. Your post processing also works well in this picture giving it an almost unreal feel. Good work Hayder

Great work. Please let me know when you put together your tutorial.

~ Alain

Hayder,

 

Bring on the tutorial, what a great result (7/7)!

All your images are a real source of inspiration but this really is my favorite... I've never imagined our Istiklal Street would look such fascinating:) Thanks for sharing your excellent work.

wonderful night shot.