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Looking out to Sea

February 12, 2010 by admin 5 Comments

Another shot taken at Wind and Sea Beach.  It is possible to take multi shot HDR’s with people in them.  You can either layer a single file to the HDR and mask in the person without movement.  Or you can yell “hold still for a minute.”  That’s what I did this time.

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Filed Under: Photo education, San Diego Tagged With: beaches, HDR, photography, San Diego

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  1. Joshua says

    February 12, 2010 at 10:00 am

    Hold still. Gotta love the simplicity.

    Wonderfully dynamic image, too. Leads the eye correctly and smoothly!

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    • randystetz says

      February 12, 2010 at 11:54 am

      Thanks Joshua. I appreciate it.

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  2. Dan Fields says

    February 12, 2010 at 10:01 am

    Hello Randy,

    Nice image. Do you use the “auto bracketing” features in your camera? If not, check it out. I can take a HDR with a person in my image….even close up……a bang off the 3 “programed” exposures in 2 seconds. This will eliminate the need for the person to stay still for a longer period of tiem.

    Curious, are you using Photomatix Pro or Photoshop for your HDR?

    Take care,

    Dan

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    • randystetz says

      February 12, 2010 at 11:53 am

      Hi Dan,
      Thanks. Yes I always auto bracket, and if you’re lucky moving subjects (like people) get captured correctly. But sometimes there is a small amout of movement. I find some subjects move more than others.

      I use Photomatix for the HDR’s. Good program. You can even do pseudo HDR with a single image.

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  3. mistersaxon says

    February 17, 2010 at 6:52 pm

    My only criticism of this is that the horizon line doesn’t look level! These days I find that my glasses can make verticals slope if they aren’t head on but I’m pretty sure this image would benefit from a couple of degrees of rotation.
    Wow, that sounds like the worst kind of carping but I just have to set my jaw and say it looks . . . wrong to me.
    Sure I could download the JPG, rotate and re-crop square – in fact I did (1.37 degrees left in PaintShop) and my headache went away.
    In every other way this is a pristine example of how a beach shot can look, especially the way the green leaps out, which I love.

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