Another Nomination!

[Mike4AU]

Wow, too cool.

The challenge for June in the landscape section of The Nikonians was Digital Artistry (i.e., have at it in Photoshop, etc.). I got nominated for this shot. It is a 5 shot HDR image that I "painted" with Topaz Simplify. Hope you like.

[Fancypants]

I remember when you originally posted this, can you link to the original thread?

[Mike4AU]

I remember when you originally posted this, can you link to the original thread?

You may be thinking of this thread.

http://www.tweakcityaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=524

Actually, I don't think I have ever posted this image. The image that got nominated has my son in the image, but the one's I posted do not have him in the images.

[bunnyma357]

Really nice shot & effect. It actually looks painted and organic, rather than the kind of blobby posterized look that you often get with "painterly" plug-ins. Very nice work.

Jim C

[Fancypants]

You may be thinking of this thread.

http://www.tweakcityaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=524

Actually, I don't think I have ever posted this image. The image that got nominated has my son in the image, but the one's I posted do not have him in the images.

lol, I did notice the kid in this one, but cut me a little slack, it's the same building... you even did one "painted" in the original thread!

I was really just wanting to go back and read about how you did it so I can recommend the technology to my wife, who has shown an interest in photography as of late.

[Mike4AU]

Fancy, will your wife's camera do "bracketing?" I cannot recall if I mentioned in the previous thread that I used Photomatix to produce the HDRI. It is not very expensive and fairly easy to use (at least I think it is).

Good luck.

Mike

[Fancypants]

She has a Canon Rebel XS, doing a quick google search it looks like it does... but I'm not 100% what that even is lol.

**Edit**

Per this Yahoo Answers post, I am pretty sure it does do the bracketing, but what exactly is that?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081212121020AAS51nu

[Mike4AU]

FP, take a look at this video. While he uses a D300, the technique will apply to other cameras. This will give you a better understanding of the HDRI stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJS6X-pHTNg&feature=related