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Blue Hour – Caught In Pixels https://caughtinpixels.com A blog by Jacob Surland about making Fine Art Photography Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:44:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 55217772 Curly Tree In the Sunset https://caughtinpixels.com/curly-tree-in-the-sunset/ https://caughtinpixels.com/curly-tree-in-the-sunset/#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:43:25 +0000 https://caughtinpixels.com/?p=699 Read more Curly Tree In the Sunset]]> Curly Tree In the Sunset

Sometimes it’s all about shape. This tree is wonderful I think. I found it close to my home, and caught it as a silhouette just after the sun had set.

About the processing

I adjusted the white balance slightly to improve the mood of the photo, and then I darkened the shadows a bit, to get a stronger silhouette against the sky. And then I cleaned the water for various birds to get a more clean photo.

]]> https://caughtinpixels.com/curly-tree-in-the-sunset/feed/ 0 699 Icy Sunset at Veddelev https://caughtinpixels.com/icy-sunset-at-veddelev/ https://caughtinpixels.com/icy-sunset-at-veddelev/#respond Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:46:17 +0000 https://caughtinpixels.com/?p=635 Read more Icy Sunset at Veddelev]]> Icy Sunset at Veddelev

I was a bit surprised still to find the fiord covered with ice at Veddelev, but I took the advantage of it, and got some close up ice shots. This is from the blue hour after sunset.

About the processing
It is 7 exposure HDR, that I merged and tone mapped using HDR Efex Pro 2. I just got a new laptop and didn’t get Photomatix installed, before going on a business trip to the states, which has forced me into using HDR Efex Pro 2 more intensively. I’m quite satisfied with the results I have been getting, though I feel that it is a little less flexible, compared to Photomatix. While doing realistic HDR photos, it does give quite nice results.

Afterwards I did some Photoshopping. This time I didn’t blend the tone mapped image with the original images. The result from HDR Efex Pro 2 was satisfactory enough. I used a filter in Topaz, just to nudge and pop the colors and details tiny bit. I then used a soft light layer to accentuate various parts to lighten and darken various parts of the photo, by hand painting. FinallyI did some cleanup in the photo.

]]> https://caughtinpixels.com/icy-sunset-at-veddelev/feed/ 0 635 Lake Matheson in New Zealand https://caughtinpixels.com/lake-matheson-in-new-zealand/ https://caughtinpixels.com/lake-matheson-in-new-zealand/#respond Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:17:41 +0000 https://caughtinpixels.com/?p=569 Read more Lake Matheson in New Zealand]]> Lake Matheson in New Zealand

“Get up before sunrise and walk around Lake Matheson at sunset. See Mount Cook mirrored in the lake“. Said the guide book. “Yessir!” I thought, and I wasn’t disappointed. When we got up and drove the few miles to Lake Matheson it was pitch dark. We almost hit a japanese guy running in black clothes with backpack on his back. We arrived at the view point at Lake Matheson exactly at sunrise. Within five minutes the japanese guy turned up too, and he too had a camera. We ended up being a small group taking photos of this beautiful morning. This particular photo is taken about 30 minutes after sunrise. I had expected a golden sunrise, but of cause the mountains give shade a long time. The golden light came later.

This photo is the photo that I have used in detailed HDR tutorial you can find here.

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