LightningPaul

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photoblog image The Red Pyramid Building

The Red Pyramid Building


In the new part of the city Den Haag, Holland. If you love modern architecture then this is a nice place to be.


TECH-INFO: If I would say I took one RAW, used some exposure recovery and enhanced contrast and colors a bit using the curves and selective color tools, then you would believe me because it could be very possible.
But as many of many images I took 5 JPGs hand held, used DxO for lens corrections (to make the straight lines straight), aligned and merged them into a HDR file using Photoshop, tone mapped it in Photomatrix to get a very natural result and finally finished it in Photoshop (curves and color selective tool). In fact the end result looks very very similar as my middle exposure JPG, except there are no blocked shadows or blown out areas and the contrast is a bit higher.
So I can say I succeeded in making a natural looking tone mapped HDR image :-) Feel free to give critics.

The Red Pyramid Building


In the new part of the city Den Haag, Holland. If you love modern architecture then this is a nice place to be.


TECH-INFO: If I would say I took one RAW, used some exposure recovery and enhanced contrast and colors a bit using the curves and selective color tools, then you would believe me because it could be very possible.
But as many of many images I took 5 JPGs hand held, used DxO for lens corrections (to make the straight lines straight), aligned and merged them into a HDR file using Photoshop, tone mapped it in Photomatrix to get a very natural result and finally finished it in Photoshop (curves and color selective tool). In fact the end result looks very very similar as my middle exposure JPG, except there are no blocked shadows or blown out areas and the contrast is a bit higher.
So I can say I succeeded in making a natural looking tone mapped HDR image :-) Feel free to give critics.

comments (8)

Have to agree Paul, excellent details in this fascinating architecture and it is enhanced perfectly. HDR is great for such images. One can have a natural looking image with great contrasts and details. The other nice thing is, if you feel in the creative mood you can create some surreal images with HDR too! HDR is just another form of visual expression.
LightningPaul: Many thanks John. I mainly use HDR techniques for covering too high contrasts, detail enhancement and to make it looking more edgy (so balancing between real and surreal). I'm also waiting for the HDR television to watch my HDR files smile
  • SAVO
  • United Kingdom
  • 25 Aug 2009, 00:25
I would say you did a good job as it does not resemble an overly twiddled 'HDR'.
Lovely architecture and well composed shot.
LightningPaul: Many thanks for your comment smile
  • Chris
  • England
  • 25 Aug 2009, 07:36
I love modern architecture aul - and I very much appreciate this great image
LightningPaul: Many many thanks Chris smile
Great architectural perspective photograph.
LightningPaul: Thanks Chad
the low angle makes it look even bigger
  • vintage
  • Brisbane Australia
  • 25 Aug 2009, 10:48
Great capture most building in Australia are all glass and steel at the moment this looks good.
LightningPaul: Looks like I should fly over to Australia to shoot buildings over there.
A lovely perspective with the tree in the middle!
  • Tayab
  • UK
  • 26 Aug 2009, 14:28
Good stuff about the post processing, it does look like there hasn't been much work done it in that respect.

However, that red building is awful, its a shame it got built imo.
LightningPaul: Many thanks for your comment.

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aperture f/8.0
sensitivity ISO100
focal length 12.0mm
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