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Luxor Temple. 2000 BC.

Luxor Temple. 2000 BC. - HDR Photo

This temple was Built by Ramases II about 3500 years ago. It was only discovered when the locals layed foundations for a mosque that can be seen on top of it. Thousands of years of sand had hid the whole complex

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Uploaded on 10 Aug 10:15
by blacknight

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cameraSony Cyber-shot DSC-R1
iso299
Shooting styleHand Held
Lens24 - 120
Exposurenone
SoftwarePhotoshopOthersPhotomatix Pro
Shoot numbernone
File formatJPEG
NotesThis image was taken on a 3meg camera 6 years ago as a single jpeg photograph. Using Photoshop I created 2 more images 1 is 2stops down and 1 is 2 stops up. Then using Photomatix combined all 3 images. Photomatix informed me that all 3 images had the same exposure so I altered the exposure manually i.e. 02, normal +2. When the image was rendered I used a high contrast program to create this affect. I know it won't win any prizes and is not that good but it proves that even with a low quality camera you can still produce reasonable results, after all most of are just amateurs and haven't got lots of money to buy camera equipment. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to read this explanation Blacknight.

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Comments:

bob1140

Nice capture. I love the light of the "golden hour" and your processing on this one shows marked improvement!!!

On August 10, 2010 11:15

mlibrescu

You're wasting a lot of time with your process. Taking a jpg and then making darker and lighter versions won't actually do anything because all the original tonal information is in the original file. All you need to do in order to make a "pseudo-HDR" ima

On August 10, 2010 13:43