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Lorne Sunrise

Postby agriffiths on Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:43 pm

I caught this the other day as I was driving through Lorne (Great Ocean Rd). I wouldn't normally shoot directly into the sun but thought what the hey!

Is it just me or is the second shot a lost cause?

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Postby johnd on Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:28 pm

My opinion (and your mileage may vary): With these sorts of shots straight into the sun, you can sometimes make them work if you can hide the sun behind something and if you use a sequence of bracketed shots and some HDR software. If you have these as raw images, it would be worth trying the first as a sequence of 0, -2, -4 EV and then putting thru Photomatix. I think the dynamic range of directly into the sun in the 2nd is too much for any software to handle.

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Postby PiroStitch on Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:47 pm

First one is great - love the colours!

The second one looks like you just took a photo of a nuclear explosion. It' sjust missing the mushroom clouds
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Postby Manta on Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:56 pm

I reckon the second is a lost cause but the first more than makes up for it. Be great if you can rescue some detail form the darker areas - perhaps open multiple exposure versions of the RAW and then blend them over a low heat. Serves 4.
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Postby agriffiths on Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:48 am

Thanks guys. Unfortunately the shot was taken in jpeg mode so RAW bracketing is out.

I like the idea of bracketing and blending several shots together. I tried this once for a lightening shot and was pretty happy with the results.

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