Shahab's Photoblog
Lonely Tree
Posted by shahab (Qazvin, Iran) on 3 August 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Again a big apologize because of my delay in posting on July.Trying to post much more on this month.
This is an HDR from a single shot,using Photomatix Pro3.
amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
It's really gorgeous shahab! It has an almost 3D effect.
3 Aug 2008 5:20am
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Beautiful, Shahab - great saturation as one would expect from an HDR - and that shadow is perfect. Nice.
3 Aug 2008 5:52am
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
The subject suit well to these great saturated colors. Nice shot.
3 Aug 2008 8:49am
zOOm from Paris, France
Lonely and powerful... this tree is splendid ! Stunning colours.
3 Aug 2008 10:29am
silence from Treviso, Italy
nice place.
maybe you have applied a little bit to much contrast and sharpness with the PS.
3 Aug 2008 1:33pm
Don Smith from California, United States
Hi Shahab,
Not sure where you are seeing the blue? Was it in the shadow of the tree (that would be excess UV light, especially if this was shot at altitude)? To answer your question you posted on my blog, I do think you can HDR a single image to get around the problem of wind. As I'm sure you are aware, you would have to first capture it in RAW, then process three images (-2, 0, and +2). This combination seems to work the best. I think this image may not have been the strongest candidate for HDR. Try comparing it to your original capture. Nonetheless, it is well done; perhaps a bit oversharpened? But that may have more to do with Aminus3's slight degrading of the image during upload (I am not using the A+ account). I know I have to sharpen more when uploading to this sight as it tends to soften the image. I use Nik Sharpener Pro and the advanced sharpening settings (in Halftone mode). For images uploaded to Aminus 3, I apply an additional PSCS3 Unsharp mask setting of (70 / 1.2 / 0) after first sharpening in Nik, which seems to present it as it should. I have gone back and looked at many of your posts here. You do beautiful work - strong compositions and great use of light and design! I'm glad to see you using HDR - it is really opening up a whole new way of thinking while in the field. Keep up the good work!
3 Aug 2008 2:28pm
@Don Smith: Hi Don,
Thanks a lot!Your encouraging words mean a lot to me!I appreciate your attention to my works.About the blues I think it`s more obvious in here:"Summer Wildflowers at Point Lobos" but even on that shot too you can find some grasses turned to blue.
"I use Nik Sharpener Pro and the advanced sharpening settings (in Halftone mode)." I just do the same!Yes I agree,maybe a little over sharpened.Because I wanted to make a contrast between the tree & the meadow by selective sharpening.Again thank you very much!
Don Smith from California, United States
Photomatix Pro has just released a new beta if you are interested. Go to their site http://www.hdrsoft.com and click on downloads. It is Photomatix Pro 3.1 beta 2. No cost if you are already using v3.0.
3 Aug 2008 2:43pm
@Don Smith: Thank you!I`m going to check it!
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Rich colors, fine detail and interesting composition make this image fabulous. Love the shadow.
3 Aug 2008 2:53pm
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
Impressive catch with a great composition here. Your colors are stunning! My picture today was also processed with Photomatix as a single RAW.
3 Aug 2008 3:35pm
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States
just beautiful! what a faabulous composition and capture -- the colors are vivid and truly refreshing! amazing!
3 Aug 2008 8:21pm
Helma from Tehran, Iran
S T U N N I N G Beautiful image !!!
Unique colors and very nicely done .. thank you
3 Aug 2008 8:47pm
Henri Rabagny from Paris, France
Splendid result. With RAW files, HDR using one shot is an excellent solution.
Good composition too...
3 Aug 2008 10:07pm
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
you HDR work has really brought out the colours and detail nicely here! every blade of grass and every leaf are so clearly visible!
4 Aug 2008 2:38am
Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States
Nice work, I know nothing about HDR but I have seen other people who are into it and I love what they do.
4 Aug 2008 4:45am
saeed from ahwaz, Iran
very beautiful! nice work indeed! lovely alone tree! well done
4 Aug 2008 4:55am
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
A magnificent tree, gorgeous saturated colour and vibrancy in this shot.
4 Aug 2008 10:11am
JokeR from Shiraz, Iran
ThankS to MotheR Nature...
PerFecT Choice!
I love The ColoRs...
ThanK SHAHAB
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4 Aug 2008 12:51pm
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
It is a beautiful tree. It would be a good one to follow through the changing seasons and in different weather.
5 Aug 2008 1:59pm
Artin Zaman from Tehran, Iran
Nice colorful and sharp shot
Using HDR was very interesting and resulted great
Regards
6 Aug 2008 3:54am
Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States
I love the colors here... Love lonely trees...
9 Aug 2008 11:21pm
Mahshid from Canada
Twice in life time? I have dreamed under that tree, I have spend hours in its shade, I have wished for days to be longer and summer to last forever laying and listening to the birds singing their heart out:) I thought I 'd never see my tree again
6 Oct 2008 2:49pm
