From last trip to Seoul, Korea

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From last trip to Seoul, Korea

Postby iluxa on Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:19 pm

A couple of photos from my last trip to Seoul, Korea.

Deoksugung Palace at Night
Seoul, Korea

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DRI technique was used for these shots.
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Postby Bindii on Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:36 pm

Wow.. they both are superb images..
exposed just right.. and I love the composition too..:)

may I ask what the DRI technique is?
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Postby Pehpsi on Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:45 pm

#2 is awesome. Love the composition with the roof in the top corner. Great colours too.

I believe DRI (dynamic range increase) is the same as HDR (high dynamic range) where you combine multiple shots at different exposures.
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Postby BT*ist on Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:44 am

Both are gorgeous, and I really have to give you props for the second, because the underside of the roof is so intricate and you've found a way to show it without having to do the standard 'shoot from directly below' shot.
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Postby iluxa on Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:50 am

Thanks a lot!

Bindii wrote:may I ask what the DRI technique is?


Pehpsi wrote:I believe DRI (dynamic range increase) is the same as HDR (high dynamic range) where you combine multiple shots at different exposures.

Almost right. For both DRI and HDRI you are combining a few shots with different exposures. However the techniques are slightly different.

For DRI (aka Digital Blending) you are combining shots with layer masks in Photoshop. Say you are taking highlights from one shot and shadows from another one. It's like using "graduated" neutral density filters with a custom shape. 8) People were using it for a long time. Even in old wet B&W process - they created masks from black paper and use them during enlarging negatives.

There are a few good tutorials on DRI:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutor ... ures.shtml
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutor ... ding.shtml
http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/pdfs/h ... covery.pdf
http://www.tofahrn-foto.de/index.php?lg=en&pg=tipps.dri


For HDRI you are creating a 32-bits image from shots with different exposures and then converting this 32-bits image to a 16-bits one with tone mapping software like Photomatix or "Merge HDR" option in Photoshop. Personally I'm not a fond of HDRI as it's something artificial.

And a few tutorials on HDRI as well:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/hdr.shtml
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutori ... -range.htm
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