LightningPaul

09 Aug 2010 • 440 views
 
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photoblog image Pole Pole Festival Zeebrugge #1

Pole Pole Festival Zeebrugge #1


This weekend it was the big Pole Pole event on the beach of Zeebrugge, Belgium. Always spectacular to see. I went on the roof of the apartment with my tripod to take a few shots.


TECH-INFO: The key was to shoot at the right moment, while the lights are on and the sky is still pretty bright to provide enough ambient light. This periods lasts for less than 20 minutes. After that it's too dark. 5 RAW shots, each a stop difference to compose a HDR image (using DxO Optics Pro for RAW conversion, Photoshop for HDR merging and Photomatix Pro for HDR tone-mapping).
After tone-mapping, I cropped the image and worked on the contrasts in Photoshop. The result got a bit too noisy but Noise Ninja helped me to clean it up.

Pole Pole Festival Zeebrugge #1


This weekend it was the big Pole Pole event on the beach of Zeebrugge, Belgium. Always spectacular to see. I went on the roof of the apartment with my tripod to take a few shots.


TECH-INFO: The key was to shoot at the right moment, while the lights are on and the sky is still pretty bright to provide enough ambient light. This periods lasts for less than 20 minutes. After that it's too dark. 5 RAW shots, each a stop difference to compose a HDR image (using DxO Optics Pro for RAW conversion, Photoshop for HDR merging and Photomatix Pro for HDR tone-mapping).
After tone-mapping, I cropped the image and worked on the contrasts in Photoshop. The result got a bit too noisy but Noise Ninja helped me to clean it up.

comments (6)

I don`t know how you have the patience, Paul, but I`m glad you do! This is a stunning image. (:o)
I like all the small lights in the back
  • Scarlet
  • The Netherlands
  • 9 Aug 2010, 09:21
It's great Paul. And again thanks for the tech-info.. I'm soo making notes smile
Fascinating tech info, Paul, but for me there's something lacking - or perhaps it's just that those boxes in the foreground are too dominant?
Mmmm, I'm not a fan of this HDR style... Everyone has different tastes! wink
  • Andre Vergison
  • Belgium
  • 19 Aug 2010, 07:52
I particularly love the transition from the real world boxes foreground towards the slightly surrealistic rear scene.

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camera NIKON D300
exposure mode full manual
shutterspeed 2,5s
aperture f/11.0
sensitivity ISO200
focal length 10.0mm
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