tyson_braun

I don't mind sharing.

My camera settings:

F/22, 800ISO, 18mm FL,

5s, 10s, 20s, 30s shutter speed for 4 exposure HDR.

I needed to use a high F-value because I wanted to create the star-burst effect with the lights, it also gave me a high DoF.

I can't remember exactly what my focal point was.  It was probably around the rim of the fountain as I tend to focus in moderately close.  I used auto focus to focus, then turned to manual when I took the photo's.  Obviously I needed a good tripod for the long and multiple exposures.  I used long exposure noise reduction in camera.  On this particular night there was no wind so it gave me very smooth water and almost no movement of the foliage.

I used HDR Efex Pro to create the HDR color image.  I kept the HDR more to the realistic side.  I tried surreal but it looked bad.  I did some additional post process noise reduction.  I did some selective sharpening - specifically to the concrete of the fountain and puddles in the courtyard.  I did the B&W conversion in PS using a gradient map adjustment layer.  I played around with individual red/green/blue channels under the gradient map to create the effect I wanted.  I added a very subtle vignette to emphasize the fountain and courtyard.

I hope this helped.

Thank you for your comments,

Tyson Braun

Three of this series are HDR (all but the first one - Harmony Square Night, the one with the benches).

Thank you for your comment.

Tyson

I'm just starting to experiment with night photography. Here is

another one from my Harmony Square series.

Thank you,

Tyson

I've recently started playing around with night photography.

Comments and critiques welcome.

Thank you,

Tyson Braun.

Amazing work!  7/7.

Tyson

Excellent.

Nice detail in the eyes - looking right down the barrel of the lens.

Tyson

Excellent work.

That's great color and layout.

Tyson

Excellent photo.

I like the effect with the sky.  I also can't tell if it is a PS effect or a long exposure.

Nice work,

Tyson

I shot this back in March 2011 at sunrise. I used a 10-stop B+W

ND1024 filter. This was my first attempt at playing around with

digital cross-processing on a landscape image.

Comments welcome.

Thank you,

Tyson

I took this photo a couple of months ago during a photo tour of

abandoned factories in the Brantford Brownfields. It is an HDR image.

Even with the HDR I found the colors a bit bland. I tried color

enhancement with digital cross-processing. I've only recently started

playing around with digital cross processing.

Thank you,

Tyson Braun

It's Port Dover, Ontario.

Tyson

I did some color adjustment in LAB color space, I may have went a little heavier than usual.  Now that you pointed it out I do notice how much blue hue there is in the shadows. 

Thank you for the comment.

Tyson

I used an IR720.

Tyson

Gregory

I'll have to give it a try on a cityscape.

Tyson

I used a 10-stop B+W ND to get this exposure. 

I took this photo the day after a heavy rainfall so the water was flowing fast and was kicking up a lot of dirt, so it was browner than normal.  I do find this ND can add a bit if a brown cast also.