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All the who-ha this week has been about Valentines Day. I'm not one to indulge but thought I'd hunt through my old photo collection to find an image to fit the theme of Valentines Day.
I remembered this pic from my Y2K backpacking trip through Europe, taken with one of those cheap Kodak disposable cameras with the tiny plastic lens.
I've previously posted some of the scanned prints but decided to go one better and scan the actual negatives. I haven't got around to processing them yet. Photoshop Lightroom (my photography app of choice) did a nicve job of cleaning up noise and boosting the colour rendering.
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Morning light strikes building on Hobart's dock area.
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Morning light on hobart's Constitution Dock. P&O's Pacific Dawn in port.
4 image panorama consisting of;
3 image exposure bracketing at +/-2.0.
Photomatix Pro HDR and tonemapping.
Lightroom enhancements.
Photoshop Elements Photomerge panorama.
Not quite as successful as I'd like... for some reason the Nikon wanted to compensate for the head-on sun exposure.
See other captures in the photostream for comparison.
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Morning light on Hobart docks.
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Evening sky I captured last week. Multi layers of cloud catching the last of the sun's rays.
3 image exposure bracketing @+/-2.0
Photomatix Pro HDR and tonemapping
Lightroom enhancements - clarity and vibrancy, etc...
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Just as Tony and I could hear the early evening fireworks, an additional rumble could be heard. Soon the sky was alight with not New Years Eve fireworks, but an impressive lightning storm across Hobart.
The shot is a bit out of focus - it's hard to manual focus in the dark - but this is the best of a bad bunch.
The flash light on the trees is actually off Tony's camera not mine - wow, freaky.
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Took this one the other night from my back door.
Yet another amazing Tasmanian sunset.
Exposure bracketed 3 image RAW
Processed in Photomatix Pro and Lightroom 2.
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The Margate Train, formerly known as the Tasman Limited, made its final rail journey on 28 July 1978. The Tasman Limited was built in England in 1950 and served as a passenger service between Hobart and Launceston until 1978. The train’s carriages now house a variety of specialty shops offering a wide variety of goods from antiques and collectables to second-hand goods and a cafe.
Exposure bracketed RAW 3 image HDR processed in Photomatix Pro and Adobe Lightroom 2.
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I may have over done the colour saturation here. While Photomatix has colour saturation and colour temperature controls, Lightroom seems to have more grunt when cranking the Vibrancy and Saturation sliders - much higher than I normally would.
Exposure bracketed 3 image RAW HDR
Processed in Photomatix Pro and Lightroom 2.
PLEASE NOTE: A revised version of this image has now been rendered and that the image above has been removed from Group Pool's and replace with the revised version. Thanks to all those who viewed and commented on this image.
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I may have over done the colour saturation here. While Photomatix has colour saturation and colour temperature controls, Lightroom seems to have more grunt when cranking the Vibrancy and Saturation sliders - much higher than I normally would.
REVISED VERSION: The previous rendition was exported from Lightroom to Photomatix as .TIF files. This version was a direct import of RAW .NEF files to Photomatix - there's less highlight blow-out of the SUN in the lower right. The result saved and imported to Lightroom where the previous settings were reapplied.
THANKS to those who viewed and commented on the previous version. Sorry for the duplication - the replace file function didn't seem to work.
Exposure bracketed 3 image RAW HDR
Processed in Photomatix Pro and Lightroom 2.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Abandoned house at Nile, south of Launceston.
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Here's a shot looking over my back fence last week of a sunset. Yep, I know I'm pushing the crap out of the level adjustments here, but hey... I came up with something better than the original settings.
The foreground was entirely under-exposed so I pushed that with Lightroom's gradient filter and coloured the sky with the adjustment brush.
If you look closer, you'll see some powerlines going through the shot
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My first attempt using ArtsandMobole .com TiltShift Generator tool.
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Pine cone (taken near Perth, Tasmania)
Topaz Adjust processing
Slight overkill in the colours, but then if it looks stuffed up, just call it "art"!
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One of my favourite buildings in the world seen here on the left... The Bank of China tower in Hong Kong.
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4 image Photomerge taken from Peak Tower in Hong Kong. This is the view from the back of the tower.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
The view of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak.
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An HDR enhanced image taken inside Hong Kong's Peak Tower. Escalators take tourists up to the observation deck.
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3 image Photomerge of Macau Tower
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
4 image tilt Photomerge of Venetian Casino in Macau.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Shopping arcade in the Venetian casino complex in Macau.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
3 image Photomerge of Wynn Casino in Macau.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
An alley off Senado Square in Macau.
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Macau, being a former Portuguese colony in Asia, has some fascinating architecture.
Single image x3 virtual copies at +/-2EV in Lightroom, exported to Photomatix Pro for the grungy tonemapping and re-imported back to Lightroom for sharpening and a few other tweaks.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy20au/4123036485/
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Residential apartment blocks in Macau.
Single image RAW
Lightroom 2 bracketed virtual copies at +/-2EV, exported to Photomatix Pro.
Imported back to Lightroom for sharpening and a few other tweaks.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy20au/4205273697/
Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
4 image Photomerge of Macau
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy20au/3733372219/
Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
2 image Photomerge of a park area in Macau.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Edinburgh Castle
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
View from Edinburgh Castle
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
The port at the foot of Fira, Santorini.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Panoramic wide view of Santorini island from Mount Profitis Ilias.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Panoramic view of Santorini airport from Mount Profitis Ilias.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Wide view of the caldera.
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Tony and the sunset. Taken with a disposable panoramic camera with a noisy winder... which made Tony look around with an expression of disdain and annoyance.
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Wide view of the caldera.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Tony relaxes and enjoys the caldera view from our villa in Fira.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Santorini sunset seen from Fira.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
The Acropolis in Athens.
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View of Fira, Santorini. Taken about 7am on the morning we arrived.
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Wide view of the caldera and the volcanic islands of Nea Kameni and Palea Kameni.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Villas in the northern village of Oia.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Boat in the harbour below Fira, Santorini
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Santorini sunset
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Santorini sunset
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
The port at the foot of Fira, Santorini.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Looking down the caldera from Fira
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Main town of Fira.
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
View of Fira
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Andy poses in the town of Fira
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Andrew Shepherd posted a photo:
Tony and I stopped for a Tequila Sunrise in the Little Venice area of Mykonos town.
Photo taken Thursday May 11, 2000
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